diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
index dcdba45ac5..7231d7b150 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/test_contentstore.py
@@ -309,8 +309,15 @@ class ContentStoreToyCourseTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         # add private to list of children
         sequential = module_store.get_item(Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'full', 
             'sequential', 'Administrivia_and_Circuit_Elements', None]))
-        module_store.update_children(sequential.location, sequential.children + [private_vertical.location.url()])
+        private_location_no_draft = private_vertical.location._replace(revision=None)
+        module_store.update_children(sequential.location, sequential.children + 
+            [private_location_no_draft.url()])
 
+        # read back the sequential, to make sure we have a pointer to 
+        sequential = module_store.get_item(Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'full', 
+            'sequential', 'Administrivia_and_Circuit_Elements', None]))  
+            
+        self.assertIn(private_location_no_draft.url(), sequential.children)
 
         print 'Exporting to tempdir = {0}'.format(root_dir)
 
@@ -354,10 +361,12 @@ class ContentStoreToyCourseTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         items = module_store.get_items(Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'full', 'vertical', None]))
         self.assertGreater(len(items), 0)
         for descriptor in items:
-            print "Checking {0}....".format(descriptor.location.url())
-            non_draft_loc = descriptor.location._replace(revision=None)
-            resp = self.client.get(reverse('edit_unit', kwargs={'location': non_draft_loc.url()}))
-            self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+            # don't try to look at private verticals. Right now we're running
+            # the service in non-draft aware
+            if hasattr(descriptor, 'is_draft'):
+                print "Checking {0}....".format(descriptor.location.url())
+                resp = self.client.get(reverse('edit_unit', kwargs={'location': descriptor.location.url()}))
+                self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
 
         # verify that we have the content in the draft store as well
         vertical = draft_store.get_item(Location(['i4x', 'edX', 'full', 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
index 5930d40cc8..2d92b8010d 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
@@ -55,13 +55,23 @@ def export_to_xml(modulestore, contentstore, course_location, root_dir, course_d
   # should we change the application, then this assumption will no longer
   # be valid
   if draft_modulestore is not None:
-    draft_items = draft_modulestore.get_items([None, course_location.org, course_location.course,
+    draft_verticals = draft_modulestore.get_items([None, course_location.org, course_location.course,
       'vertical', None, 'draft'])
   
-    if len(draft_items)>0:
+    if len(draft_verticals)>0:
+      # now we have to go find every parent for each module and export from that point. We have
+      # to initiate the export from the sequence since we need the child pointers to private
+      # verticals. These will get filtered out from the export of the non-draft store.
+      sequential_locs = []
+      for draft_vertical in draft_verticals:
+        parent_locs = draft_modulestore.get_parent_locations(draft_vertical.location, course.location.course_id)
+        if parent_locs[0] not in sequential_locs:
+          sequential_locs.append(parent_locs[0])
+
       draft_course_dir = export_fs.makeopendir('drafts')
-      for draft_item in draft_items:
-        draft_item.export_to_xml(draft_course_dir)
+      for sequential_loc in sequential_locs:
+        sequential = draft_modulestore.get_item(sequential_loc)
+        sequential.export_to_xml(draft_course_dir)
 
 
 def export_extra_content(export_fs, modulestore, course_location, category_type, dirname, file_suffix=''):
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
index 204e229fdb..45e51fc167 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def import_course_draft(xml_module_store, store, course_data_path, static_conten
     )
 
     # now walk the /vertical directory where each file in there will be a draft copy of the Vertical
-    for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(draft_dir + "/vertical"):
+    for dirname, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(draft_dir + "/sequential"):
         for filename in filenames:
             module_path = os.path.join(dirname, filename)
             with open(module_path) as f:
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ def import_course_draft(xml_module_store, store, course_data_path, static_conten
                     descriptor = system.process_xml(xml)
 
                     def _import_module(module):
-                        module.location = module.location._replace(revision='draft')
+                        if module.location.category != 'sequential':
+                            module.location = module.location._replace(revision='draft')
                         import_module(module, store, course_data_path, static_content_store, allow_not_found=True)
                         for child in module.get_children():
                             _import_module(child)