diff --git a/modules/lib/types-dag.nix b/modules/lib/types-dag.nix
index 366cc2be..e793940e 100644
--- a/modules/lib/types-dag.nix
+++ b/modules/lib/types-dag.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 let
   inherit (lib)
     concatStringsSep defaultFunctor fixedWidthNumber imap1 isAttrs isList length
-    listToAttrs mapAttrs mkIf mkOption mkOptionType nameValuePair stringLength
-    types warn;
+    listToAttrs mapAttrs mkIf mkOrder mkOption mkOptionType nameValuePair
+    stringLength types warn;
 
   isDagEntry = e: isAttrs e && (e ? data) && (e ? after) && (e ? before);
 
@@ -13,21 +13,30 @@ let
       submoduleType = types.submodule ({ name, ... }: {
         options = {
           data = mkOption { type = elemType; };
-          after = mkOption { type = with types; uniq (listOf str); };
-          before = mkOption { type = with types; uniq (listOf str); };
+          after = mkOption { type = with types; listOf str; };
+          before = mkOption { type = with types; listOf str; };
         };
         config = mkIf (elemType.name == "submodule") {
           data._module.args.dagName = name;
         };
       });
-      maybeConvert = v: if isDagEntry v then v else dag.entryAnywhere v;
+      maybeConvert = def:
+        if isDagEntry def.value then
+          def.value
+        else
+          dag.entryAnywhere (if def ? priority then
+            mkOrder def.priority def.value
+          else
+            def.value);
     in mkOptionType {
       name = "dagEntryOf";
       description = "DAG entry of ${elemType.description}";
       # leave the checking to the submodule type
       merge = loc: defs:
-        submoduleType.merge loc
-        (map (def: def // { value = maybeConvert def.value; }) defs);
+        submoduleType.merge loc (map (def: {
+          inherit (def) file;
+          value = maybeConvert def;
+        }) defs);
     };
 
 in rec {
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ in rec {
     let attrEquivalent = types.attrsOf (dagEntryOf elemType);
     in mkOptionType rec {
       name = "dagOf";
-      description = "DAG of ${elemType.description}s";
+      description = "DAG of ${elemType.description}";
       inherit (attrEquivalent) check merge emptyValue;
       getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ [ "<name>" ]);
       getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
diff --git a/tests/lib/types/dag-merge-result.txt b/tests/lib/types/dag-merge-result.txt
index 9779ef13..0330161e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/types/dag-merge-result.txt
+++ b/tests/lib/types/dag-merge-result.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 before:before
+merged:left,middle,middle,right
 between:between
 after:after
diff --git a/tests/lib/types/dag-merge.nix b/tests/lib/types/dag-merge.nix
index 0b41ec8a..5d502924 100644
--- a/tests/lib/types/dag-merge.nix
+++ b/tests/lib/types/dag-merge.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib) concatStringsSep hm mkIf mkMerge mkOption types;
+  inherit (lib)
+    concatStringsSep hm mkIf mkMerge mkBefore mkAfter mkOption types;
 
   dag = lib.hm.dag;
 
@@ -11,17 +12,22 @@ let
   in concatStringsSep "\n" data + "\n";
 
 in {
-  options.tested.dag = mkOption { type = hm.types.dagOf types.str; };
+  options.tested.dag = mkOption { type = hm.types.dagOf types.commas; };
 
   config = {
     tested.dag = mkMerge [
-      { never = mkIf false "never"; }
+      (mkIf false { never = "never"; })
+      { never2 = mkIf false "never2"; }
       { after = mkMerge [ "after" (mkIf false "neither") ]; }
       { before = dag.entryBefore [ "after" ] (mkIf true "before"); }
       {
         between =
           mkIf true (dag.entryBetween [ "after" ] [ "before" ] "between");
       }
+      { merged = dag.entryBefore [ "between" ] "middle"; }
+      { merged = mkBefore "left"; }
+      { merged = dag.entryBetween [ "after" ] [ "before" ] (mkAfter "right"); }
+      { merged = dag.entryBefore [ "between" ] "middle"; }
     ];
 
     home.file."result.txt".text = result;