diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index dd6c1aaa..1377f588 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ $faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\Lorem($faker));
 $faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\Internet($faker));
 ````
 
-Whenever you try to access a property on the `$faker` object, the generator looks for a method with the same name in all the providers attached to it. For instance, calling `$faker->name` triggers a call to `Faker\Provider\Name::name()`.
+Whenever you try to access a property on the `$faker` object, the generator looks for a method with the same name in all the providers attached to it. For instance, calling `$faker->name` triggers a call to `Faker\Provider\Name::name()`. And since Faker starts with the last provider, you can easily override existing formatters: just add a provider containing methods named after the formatters you want to override.
 
 That means that you can esily add your own providers to a `Faker\Generator`. Just have a look at the existing providers to see how you can design powerful data generators in no time.
 
diff --git a/src/Faker/Generator.php b/src/Faker/Generator.php
index 92a1eb07..b0b306fc 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Generator.php
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ class Generator
 	protected $providers = array();
 	protected $formatters = array();
 	
-	public function addProvider($providers)
+	public function addProvider($provider)
 	{
-		$this->providers[]= $providers;
+		array_unshift($this->providers, $provider);
 	}
 	
 	public function getProviders()
diff --git a/test/Faker/GeneratorTest.php b/test/Faker/GeneratorTest.php
index ce95b208..9533bb2a 100644
--- a/test/Faker/GeneratorTest.php
+++ b/test/Faker/GeneratorTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ use Faker\Generator;
 
 class GeneratorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+	public function testAddProviderGivesPriorityToNewlyAddedProvider()
+	{
+		$generator = new Generator;
+		$generator->addProvider(new FooProvider());
+		$generator->addProvider(new BarProvider());
+		$this->assertEquals('barfoo', $generator->format('fooFormatter'));
+	}
+	
 	public function testGetFormatterReturnsCallable()
 	{
 		$generator = new Generator;
@@ -113,4 +121,12 @@ class FooProvider
 	{
 		return 'baz' . $value;
 	}
+}
+
+class BarProvider
+{
+	public function fooFormatter()
+	{
+		return 'barfoo';
+	}
 }
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