diff --git a/lib/sequent/configuration.rb b/lib/sequent/configuration.rb
index d69e7a6e..342afd56 100644
--- a/lib/sequent/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/sequent/configuration.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class Configuration
                   :event_record_class,
                   :stream_record_class,
                   :snapshot_event_class,
-                  :transaction_provider
+                  :transaction_provider,
+                  :event_publisher
 
     attr_accessor :command_handlers,
                   :command_filters
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ def initialize
       self.snapshot_event_class = Sequent::Core::SnapshotEvent
       self.transaction_provider = Sequent::Core::Transactions::NoTransactions.new
       self.uuid_generator = Sequent::Core::RandomUuidGenerator
+      self.event_publisher = Sequent::Core::EventPublisher.new
       self.disable_event_handlers = false
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/sequent/core/command_service.rb b/lib/sequent/core/command_service.rb
index 90e6af26..d05015a4 100644
--- a/lib/sequent/core/command_service.rb
+++ b/lib/sequent/core/command_service.rb
@@ -34,21 +34,8 @@ def initialize(configuration)
       # * If the command is valid all +command_handlers+ that +handles_message?+ is invoked
       # * The +repository+ commits the command and all uncommitted_events resulting from the command
       def execute_commands(*commands)
-        begin
-          transaction_provider.transactional do
-            commands.each do |command|
-              filters.each { |filter| filter.execute(command) }
-
-              raise CommandNotValid.new(command) unless command.valid?
-              parsed_command = command.parse_attrs_to_correct_types
-              command_handlers.select { |h| h.class.handles_message?(parsed_command) }.each { |h| h.handle_message parsed_command }
-              repository.commit(parsed_command)
-            end
-          end
-        ensure
-          repository.clear
-        end
-
+        commands.each { |command| command_queue.push(command) }
+        process_commands
       end
 
       def remove_event_handler(clazz)
@@ -57,6 +44,34 @@ def remove_event_handler(clazz)
 
       private
 
+      def process_commands
+        Sequent::Util.skip_if_already_processing(:command_service_process_commands) do
+          begin
+            transaction_provider.transactional do
+              while(!command_queue.empty?) do
+                process_command(command_queue.pop)
+              end
+            end
+          ensure
+            command_queue.clear
+            repository.clear
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def process_command(command)
+        filters.each { |filter| filter.execute(command) }
+
+        raise CommandNotValid.new(command) unless command.valid?
+        parsed_command = command.parse_attrs_to_correct_types
+        command_handlers.select { |h| h.class.handles_message?(parsed_command) }.each { |h| h.handle_message parsed_command }
+        repository.commit(parsed_command)
+      end
+
+      def command_queue
+        Thread.current[:command_service_commands] ||= Queue.new
+      end
+
       def event_store
         configuration.event_store
       end
diff --git a/lib/sequent/core/core.rb b/lib/sequent/core/core.rb
index 1a8e03f5..0bc4d325 100644
--- a/lib/sequent/core/core.rb
+++ b/lib/sequent/core/core.rb
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 require_relative 'aggregate_snapshotter'
 require_relative 'workflow'
 require_relative 'random_uuid_generator'
+require_relative 'event_publisher'
diff --git a/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher.rb b/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3607db73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+module Sequent
+  module Core
+    #
+    # EventPublisher ensures that, for every thread, events will be published in the order in which they are queued for publishing.
+    #
+    # This potentially introduces a wrinkle into your plans: You therefore should not split a "unit of work" across multiple threads.
+    #
+    # If you want other behaviour, you are free to implement your own version of EventPublisher and configure Sequent to use it.
+    #
+    class EventPublisher
+      class PublishEventError < RuntimeError
+        attr_reader :event_handler_class, :event
+
+        def initialize(event_handler_class, event)
+          @event_handler_class = event_handler_class
+          @event = event
+        end
+
+        def message
+          "Event Handler: #{@event_handler_class.inspect}\nEvent: #{@event.inspect}\nCause: #{cause.inspect}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def publish_events(events)
+        return if configuration.disable_event_handlers
+        events.each { |event| events_queue.push(event) }
+        process_events
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def events_queue
+        Thread.current[:events_queue] ||= Queue.new
+      end
+
+      def process_events
+        Sequent::Util.skip_if_already_processing(:events_queue_lock) do
+          begin
+            while(!events_queue.empty?) do
+              process_event(events_queue.pop)
+            end
+          ensure
+            events_queue.clear
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def process_event(event)
+        configuration.event_handlers.each do |handler|
+          begin
+            handler.handle_message event
+          rescue
+            raise PublishEventError.new(handler.class, event)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def configuration
+        Sequent.configuration
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sequent/core/event_store.rb b/lib/sequent/core/event_store.rb
index 7d55fe6b..34aedd27 100644
--- a/lib/sequent/core/event_store.rb
+++ b/lib/sequent/core/event_store.rb
@@ -9,19 +9,6 @@ class EventStore
       include ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::Quoting
       extend Forwardable
 
-      class PublishEventError < RuntimeError
-        attr_reader :event_handler_class, :event
-
-        def initialize(event_handler_class, event)
-          @event_handler_class = event_handler_class
-          @event = event
-        end
-
-        def message
-          "Event Handler: #{@event_handler_class.inspect}\nEvent: #{@event.inspect}\nCause: #{cause.inspect}"
-        end
-      end
-
       class OptimisticLockingError < RuntimeError
       end
 
@@ -39,7 +26,7 @@ def message
       end
 
       attr_accessor :configuration
-      def_delegators :@configuration, :stream_record_class, :event_record_class, :snapshot_event_class, :event_handlers
+      def_delegators :@configuration, :stream_record_class, :event_record_class, :snapshot_event_class
 
       def initialize(configuration = Sequent.configuration)
         self.configuration = configuration
@@ -55,7 +42,7 @@ def initialize(configuration = Sequent.configuration)
       #
       def commit_events(command, streams_with_events)
         store_events(command, streams_with_events)
-        publish_events(streams_with_events.flat_map { |_, events| events }, event_handlers)
+        publish_events(streams_with_events.flat_map { |_, events| events })
       end
 
       ##
@@ -105,7 +92,7 @@ def stream_exists?(aggregate_id)
       def replay_events
         warn "[DEPRECATION] `replay_events` is deprecated in favor of `replay_events_from_cursor`"
         events = yield.map { |event_hash| deserialize_event(event_hash) }
-        publish_events(events, event_handlers)
+        publish_events(events)
       end
 
       ##
@@ -123,7 +110,7 @@ def replay_events_from_cursor(block_size: 2000,
         ids_replayed = []
         cursor.each_row(block_size: block_size).each do |record|
           event = deserialize_event(record)
-          publish_events([event], event_handlers)
+          publish_events([event])
           progress += 1
           ids_replayed << record['id']
           if progress % block_size == 0
@@ -190,17 +177,8 @@ def resolve_event_type(event_type)
         @event_types.fetch_or_store(event_type) { |k| Class.const_get(k) }
       end
 
-      def publish_events(events, event_handlers)
-        return if configuration.disable_event_handlers
-        event_handlers.each do |handler|
-          events.each do |event|
-            begin
-              handler.handle_message event
-            rescue
-              raise PublishEventError.new(handler.class, event)
-            end
-          end
-        end
+      def publish_events(events)
+        configuration.event_publisher.publish_events(events)
       end
 
       def store_events(command, streams_with_events = [])
diff --git a/lib/sequent/sequent.rb b/lib/sequent/sequent.rb
index 437ea9a4..b0b37658 100644
--- a/lib/sequent/sequent.rb
+++ b/lib/sequent/sequent.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require_relative 'core/core'
+require_relative 'util/util'
 require_relative 'migrations/migrations'
 require_relative 'configuration'
 
diff --git a/lib/sequent/util/skip_if_already_processing.rb b/lib/sequent/util/skip_if_already_processing.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ea685dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sequent/util/skip_if_already_processing.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module Sequent
+  module Util
+    def self.skip_if_already_processing(already_processing_key, &block)
+      return if Thread.current[already_processing_key]
+
+      begin
+        Thread.current[already_processing_key] = true
+
+        block.yield
+      ensure
+        Thread.current[already_processing_key] = nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sequent/util/util.rb b/lib/sequent/util/util.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..214b0326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sequent/util/util.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require_relative 'skip_if_already_processing'
diff --git a/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher_spec.rb b/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..daceed23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_publisher_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Sequent::Core::EventPublisher do
+  class OtherAggregateTriggered < Sequent::Core::Event
+    attrs other_aggregate_id: String
+  end
+  class EventAdded < Sequent::Core::Event; end
+  class TriggerTestCase < Sequent::Core::Command; end
+  class TriggerOtherAggregate < Sequent::Core::Command; end
+
+  class TestAggregate < Sequent::Core::AggregateRoot
+    def trigger_other_aggregate(aggregate_id)
+      apply OtherAggregateTriggered, other_aggregate_id: aggregate_id
+    end
+
+    def add_event
+      apply EventAdded
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TestCommandHandler < Sequent::Core::BaseCommandHandler
+    on TriggerTestCase do |command|
+      agg1 = TestAggregate.new(aggregate_id: Sequent.new_uuid)
+      agg2 = TestAggregate.new(aggregate_id: Sequent.new_uuid)
+
+      agg1.trigger_other_aggregate(agg2.id)
+      agg2.add_event
+
+      repository.add_aggregate(agg1)
+      repository.add_aggregate(agg2)
+    end
+
+    on TriggerOtherAggregate do |command|
+      agg = repository.load_aggregate(command.aggregate_id)
+      agg.add_event
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TestWorkflow < Sequent::Core::Workflow
+    on OtherAggregateTriggered do |event|
+      execute_commands TriggerOtherAggregate.new(aggregate_id: event.other_aggregate_id)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TestEventHandler < Sequent::Core::BaseEventHandler
+    def initialize(*args)
+      @sequence_numbers = []
+      super(*args)
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :sequence_numbers
+
+    on EventAdded do |event|
+      @sequence_numbers << event.sequence_number
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'handles events in the proper order' do
+    Sequent::Configuration.reset
+    test_event_handler = TestEventHandler.new
+    Sequent.configuration.event_handlers << TestWorkflow.new
+    Sequent.configuration.event_handlers << test_event_handler
+    Sequent.configuration.command_handlers << TestCommandHandler.new
+
+    Sequent.command_service.execute_commands TriggerTestCase.new(aggregate_id: Sequent.new_uuid)
+
+    expect(test_event_handler.sequence_numbers).to eq [1,2]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_store_spec.rb b/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_store_spec.rb
index ace44a00..3269171e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_store_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/sequent/core/event_store_spec.rb
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class FailingHandler < Sequent::Core::BaseEventHandler
         end
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to be_a(Sequent::Core::EventStore::PublishEventError) }
+      it { is_expected.to be_a(Sequent::Core::EventPublisher::PublishEventError) }
 
       it 'preserves its cause' do
         expect(publish_error.cause).to be_a(FailingHandler::Error)
diff --git a/spec/lib/sequent/support/database_spec.rb b/spec/lib/sequent/support/database_spec.rb
index 03e20db8..9799f668 100644
--- a/spec/lib/sequent/support/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/sequent/support/database_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
+require 'tmpdir'
 
 require 'sequent/support'