diff --git a/v3/src/gameobjects/GameObject.js b/v3/src/gameobjects/GameObject.js
index bd6fdd8a1..c9b3ac2cf 100644
--- a/v3/src/gameobjects/GameObject.js
+++ b/v3/src/gameobjects/GameObject.js
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ var GameObject = new Class({
         //  Will Render bitmask flags for the components Visible, Alpha, Transform and Texture respectively
         this.renderMask = 15;
         this.renderFlags = 15;
+
+        //  Trigger a state z-depth sort
+        this.state.sys.sortChildrenFlag = true;
     },
 
     //  For GameObject Pooling and item selection