diff --git a/spec/suites/layer/tile/GridLayerSpec.js b/spec/suites/layer/tile/GridLayerSpec.js
index 4698a7a3..795a2f24 100644
--- a/spec/suites/layer/tile/GridLayerSpec.js
+++ b/spec/suites/layer/tile/GridLayerSpec.js
@@ -679,6 +679,60 @@ describe('GridLayer', function () {
 			// At 1ms, first pruneTile (map fires "viewreset" event => GridLayer._resetView => GridLayer._setView => _pruneTiles).
 		});
 
+		// NOTE: This test has different behaviour in PhantomJS and graphical
+		// browsers due to CSS animations!
+		// Similar to previous test but without using sinon.useFakeTimers, in order to avoid having to remain too close to how
+		// the tiles animation work internally, but remain at a more external level.
+		it.skipInPhantom("Loads 32, unloads 16 tiles zooming in 10-11, not faking time", function (done) {
+
+			// Restore setTimeout normal behaviour.
+			clock.restore();
+
+			grid.once('load', function () {
+				expect(counts.tileload).to.be(16);
+				expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(0);
+
+				// Wait for the end of the fade-in animation.
+				setTimeout(function () {
+					grid.once('load', function () {
+						expect(counts.tileload).to.be(32);
+
+						// We're one frame into the zoom animation,
+						// so GridLayer._setView with noPrune === undefined is not called yet
+						// No tile should be unloaded yet.
+						expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(0);
+
+						// Wait 250msec for the fade-in animation to complete,
+						// which triggers the tile pruning.
+						// Unfortunately this is also the duration of the zoom in
+						// animation, which prevents pruning during it.
+						// Therefore we do not have any intermediate state where
+						// the 12 'outside' tiles from z10 are pruned,
+						// but we directly arrive at the end of both animations,
+						// when all 16 tiles from z11 are active and all 16 tiles
+						// from z10 can be pruned.
+						setTimeout(function () {
+							expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(16);
+							done();
+						}, 250);
+					});
+
+					map.setZoom(11, {animate: true});
+					// Animation (and new tiles loading) starts after 1 frame.
+					L.Util.requestAnimFrame(function () {
+						// 16 extra tiles from z11 being loaded. Total 16 + 16 = 32.
+						expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(32);
+					});
+				}, 250);
+			});
+
+			map.addLayer(grid).setView([0, 0], 10);
+			// The first setView does not animated, therefore it starts loading tiles immediately.
+			// 16 tiles from z10 being loaded.
+			expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(16);
+			// First pruneTile (map fires "viewreset" event => GridLayer._resetView => GridLayer._setView => _pruneTiles).
+		});
+
 		it("Loads 32, unloads 16 tiles zooming in 10-18", function (done) {
 			grid.on('load', function () {
 				expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(16);
@@ -782,6 +836,62 @@ describe('GridLayer', function () {
 			expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(16);
 		});
 
+		// NOTE: This test has different behaviour in PhantomJS and graphical
+		// browsers due to CSS animations!
+		// Similar to previous test but without using sinon.useFakeTimers, in order to avoid having to remain too close to how
+		// the tiles animation work internally, but remain at a more external level.
+		it.skipInPhantom("Loads 32, unloads 16 tiles zooming out 11-10, not faking time", function (done) {
+
+			// Restore setTimeout normal behaviour.
+			clock.restore();
+
+			// In this version, since the zoom-out and the tiles fade-in
+			// animation happen concurrently, we have only a single
+			// "load" event that is fired by the end of the animation.
+			grid.once('load', function () {
+				expect(counts.tileload).to.be(16);
+				expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(0);
+
+				// At the beginning of the zoom-out animation, only 4 tiles
+				// of z10 start loading, and since in these tests they load
+				// in 1 frame, they are ready before the animation starts
+				// loading other tiles. Therefore they already fire a "load"
+				// event now.
+				grid.once('load', function () {
+					expect(counts.tileload).to.be(20);
+					expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(20);
+					expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(0);
+
+					// By the end of the animation, the rest of the z10 tiles
+					// are ready, hence they fire a new "load" event.
+					// When that happens, the 4 z10 central tiles have already
+					// completed their fade-in animation, hence are flagged as
+					// "active", and the 16 z11 tiles can be pruned all at once
+					// by the last _setView of the animation.
+					grid.once('load', function () {
+						expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(32);
+						expect(counts.tileload).to.be(32);
+						expect(counts.tileunload).to.be(16);
+						done();
+					});
+				});
+
+				map.setZoom(10, {animate: true});
+				// Animation (and new tiles loading) starts after 1 frame.
+				L.Util.requestAnimFrame(function () {
+					// We're one frame into the zoom animation, there are
+					// 16 tiles for z11 plus 4 tiles for z10 covering the
+					// bounds at the *beginning* of the zoom-*out* anim
+					expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(20);
+				});
+			});
+
+			map.addLayer(grid).setView([0, 0], 11);
+			// The first setView does not animated, therefore it starts loading tiles immediately.
+			// 16 tiles from z10 being loaded.
+			expect(counts.tileloadstart).to.be(16);
+		});
+
 		it("Loads 32, unloads 16 tiles zooming out 18-10", function (done) {
 
 			grid.on('load', function () {