diff --git a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.h b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.h
--- a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.h
+++ b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 private:
     enum Type {
-        Url,
+        Url = 1,
         Folder,
         Separator,
         Invalid
diff --git a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.cpp b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.cpp
--- a/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/bookmarks/bookmarksimport/firefoximporter.cpp
@@ -89,33 +89,31 @@
     root->setTitle(QStringLiteral("Firefox Import"));
 
     QSqlQuery query(QSqlDatabase::database(CONNECTION));
-    query.prepare(QStringLiteral("SELECT id, parent, type, title, fk FROM moz_bookmarks WHERE fk NOT NULL OR type = 3"));
+    query.prepare(QStringLiteral(R"(
+        -- Calculate depth of items in tree.
+        WITH RECURSIVE depth_cte AS (
+            SELECT id, 0 AS depth FROM moz_bookmarks WHERE parent = 0
+            UNION ALL
+            SELECT moz_bookmarks.id AS id, depth+1 FROM moz_bookmarks
+            INNER JOIN depth_cte ON depth_cte.id = moz_bookmarks.parent
+        )
+        SELECT moz_bookmarks.id, parent, type, moz_bookmarks.title, url FROM moz_bookmarks
+        LEFT OUTER JOIN moz_places ON moz_places.id = fk
+        INNER JOIN depth_cte ON depth_cte.id = moz_bookmarks.id
+        -- Exclude invalid items, the root folder and special 'place' scheme urls.
+        WHERE (type = 2 AND moz_bookmarks.guid <> 'root________') OR (type = 1 AND NOT (fk IS NULL OR url LIKE 'place:%'))
+        -- Order by depth so that parents are created before their children.
+        ORDER BY depth, position
+    )"));
     query.exec();
 
     while (query.next()) {
         Item item;
         item.id = query.value(0).toInt();
         item.parent = query.value(1).toInt();
         item.type = typeFromValue(query.value(2).toInt());
         item.title = query.value(3).toString();
-        int fk = query.value(4).toInt();
-
-        if (item.type == BookmarkItem::Invalid) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        QSqlQuery query(QSqlDatabase::database(CONNECTION));
-        query.prepare(QStringLiteral("SELECT url FROM moz_places WHERE id=?"));
-        query.addBindValue(fk);
-        query.exec();
-
-        if (query.next()) {
-            item.url = query.value(0).toUrl();
-        }
-
-        if (item.url.scheme() == QLatin1String("place")) {
-            continue;
-        }
+        item.url = query.value(4).toUrl();
 
         items.append(item);
     }