diff --git a/age.go b/age.go
index 1942db7..00c39f6 100644
--- a/age.go
+++ b/age.go
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ func (*NoIdentityMatchError) Error() string {
 //
 // It returns a Reader reading the decrypted plaintext of the age file read
 // from src. All identities will be tried until one successfully decrypts the file.
+// Native, non-interactive identities are tried before any other identities.
 //
 // If no identity matches the encrypted file, the returned error will be of type
 // [NoIdentityMatchError].
@@ -240,6 +241,24 @@ func decryptHdr(hdr *format.Header, identities ...Identity) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(identities) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("no identities specified")
 	}
+	slices.SortStableFunc(identities, func(a, b Identity) int {
+		var aIsNative, bIsNative bool
+		switch a.(type) {
+		case *X25519Identity, *HybridIdentity, *ScryptIdentity:
+			aIsNative = true
+		}
+		switch b.(type) {
+		case *X25519Identity, *HybridIdentity, *ScryptIdentity:
+			bIsNative = true
+		}
+		if aIsNative && !bIsNative {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if !aIsNative && bIsNative {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 0
+	})
 
 	stanzas := make([]*Stanza, 0, len(hdr.Recipients))
 	for _, s := range hdr.Recipients {
diff --git a/age_test.go b/age_test.go
index ef870d4..dfc753b 100644
--- a/age_test.go
+++ b/age_test.go
@@ -285,6 +285,50 @@ func TestLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// testIdentity is a non-native identity that records if Unwrap is called.
+type testIdentity struct {
+	called bool
+}
+
+func (ti *testIdentity) Unwrap(stanzas []*age.Stanza) ([]byte, error) {
+	ti.called = true
+	return nil, age.ErrIncorrectIdentity
+}
+
+func TestDecryptNativeIdentitiesFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	correct, err := age.GenerateX25519Identity()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	unrelated, err := age.GenerateX25519Identity()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	w, err := age.Encrypt(buf, correct.Recipient())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	nonNative := &testIdentity{}
+
+	// Pass identities: unrelated native, non-native, correct native.
+	// Native identities should be tried first, so correct should match
+	// before nonNative is ever called.
+	_, err = age.Decrypt(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes()), unrelated, nonNative, correct)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if nonNative.called {
+		t.Error("non-native identity was called, but native identities should be tried first")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDetachedHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	i, err := age.GenerateX25519Identity()
 	if err != nil {