diff --git a/beetsplug/fetchart.py b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
index ac282179c..632982edc 100644
--- a/beetsplug/fetchart.py
+++ b/beetsplug/fetchart.py
@@ -153,10 +153,14 @@ def google_art(album):
 
 # Art from the filesystem.
 
-def sort_by_keywords_priority(image, cover_names):
-    """Sorting function for image names. Return indexes of cover names found
-    in the image filename."""
-    return [idx for (idx, x) in enumerate(cover_names) if x in image]
+def filename_priority(filename, cover_names):
+    """Sort order for image names.
+
+    Return indexes of cover names found in the image filename. This
+    means that images with lower-numbered and more keywords will have higher
+    priority.
+    """
+    return [idx for (idx, x) in enumerate(cover_names) if x in filename]
 
 
 def art_in_path(path, cover_names, cautious):
@@ -172,8 +176,7 @@ def art_in_path(path, cover_names, cautious):
                 images.append(fn)
 
     # Look for "preferred" filenames.
-    images = sorted(images, key=lambda x: sort_by_keywords_priority(x,
-                    cover_names))
+    images = sorted(images, key=lambda x: filename_priority(x, cover_names))
     cover_pat = r"(\b|_)({0})(\b|_)".format('|'.join(cover_names))
     for fn in images:
         if re.search(cover_pat, os.path.splitext(fn)[0], re.I):
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 52ae301e5..fe227700a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ Little improvements and fixes:
   the previous release.)
 * :doc:`/plugins/replaygain`: Logging is now quieter during import. Thanks to
   Yevgeny Bezman.
+* :doc:`/plugins/fetchart`: When loading art from the filesystem, we now
+  prioritize covers with more keywords in them. This means that
+  ``cover-front.jpg`` will now be taken before ``cover-back.jpg`` because it
+  contains two keywords rather than one.
 
 
 1.3.6 (May 10, 2014)