diff --git a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
index ee637b3ba4a1..9b09cad23d12 100644
--- a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
+++ b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
     var selectors = $animateProvider.$$selectors;
 
     var NG_ANIMATE_STATE = '$$ngAnimateState';
+    var NG_ANIMATE_CLASS_NAME = 'ng-animate';
     var rootAnimateState = {running:true};
     $provide.decorator('$animate', ['$delegate', '$injector', '$sniffer', '$rootElement', '$timeout', '$rootScope',
                             function($delegate,   $injector,   $sniffer,   $rootElement,   $timeout,   $rootScope) {
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
          * @param {function()=} done callback function that will be called once the animation is complete
         */
         leave : function(element, done) {
+          cancelChildAnimations(element);
           $rootScope.$$postDigest(function() {
             performAnimation('leave', 'ng-leave', element, null, null, function() {
               $delegate.leave(element, done);
@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
          * @param {function()=} done callback function that will be called once the animation is complete
         */
         move : function(element, parent, after, done) {
+          cancelChildAnimations(element);
           $delegate.move(element, parent, after);
           $rootScope.$$postDigest(function() {
             performAnimation('move', 'ng-move', element, null, null, function() {
@@ -503,6 +506,10 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
           done:done
         });
 
+        //the ng-animate class does nothing, but it's here to allow for
+        //parent animations to find and cancel child animations when needed
+        element.addClass(NG_ANIMATE_CLASS_NAME);
+
         forEach(animations, function(animation, index) {
           var fn = function() {
             progress(index);
@@ -519,12 +526,6 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
           }
         });
 
-        function cancelAnimations(animations) {
-          var isCancelledFlag = true;
-          forEach(animations, function(animation) {
-            (animation.endFn || noop)(isCancelledFlag);
-          });
-        }
 
         function progress(index) {
           animations[index].done = true;
@@ -538,11 +539,34 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
         function done() {
           if(!done.hasBeenRun) {
             done.hasBeenRun = true;
-            element.removeData(NG_ANIMATE_STATE);
+            cleanup(element);
             (onComplete || noop)();
           }
         }
       }
+
+      function cancelChildAnimations(element) {
+        angular.forEach(element[0].querySelectorAll('.' + NG_ANIMATE_CLASS_NAME), function(element) {
+          element = angular.element(element);
+          var data = element.data(NG_ANIMATE_STATE);
+          if(data) {
+            cancelAnimations(data.animations);
+            cleanup(element);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      function cancelAnimations(animations) {
+        var isCancelledFlag = true;
+        forEach(animations, function(animation) {
+          (animation.endFn || noop)(isCancelledFlag);
+        });
+      }
+
+      function cleanup(element) {
+        element.removeClass(NG_ANIMATE_CLASS_NAME);
+        element.removeData(NG_ANIMATE_STATE);
+      }
     }]);
 
     $animateProvider.register('', ['$window', '$sniffer', function($window, $sniffer) {
diff --git a/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js b/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
index 90868ef6abc4..5e53c5850f03 100644
--- a/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
@@ -696,8 +696,9 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
         $rootScope.$digest();
 
         if ($sniffer.transitions) {
-          expect(element.hasClass('abc ng-enter')).toBe(true);
-          expect(element.hasClass('abc ng-enter ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('abc')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
           browserTrigger(element,'transitionend', { timeStamp: Date.now() + 22000, elapsedTime: 22000 });
         }
         expect(element.hasClass('abc')).toBe(true);
@@ -708,7 +709,8 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
 
         if ($sniffer.transitions) {
           expect(element.hasClass('xyz')).toBe(true);
-          expect(element.hasClass('xyz ng-enter ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
           browserTrigger(element,'transitionend', { timeStamp: Date.now() + 11000, elapsedTime: 11000 });
         }
         expect(element.hasClass('xyz')).toBe(true);
@@ -732,8 +734,10 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
         $animate.enter(element, parent);
         $rootScope.$digest();
         if($sniffer.transitions) {
-          expect(element.hasClass('one two ng-enter')).toBe(true);
-          expect(element.hasClass('one two ng-enter ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('one')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('two')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
           expect(element.hasClass('one-active')).toBe(false);
           expect(element.hasClass('two-active')).toBe(false);
           browserTrigger(element,'transitionend', { timeStamp: Date.now() + 3000, elapsedTime: 3000 });
@@ -1574,4 +1578,74 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
     expect(element.contents().length).toBe(1);
   }));
 
+  it("should cancel all child animations when a leave or move animation is triggered on a parent element", function() {
+
+    var animationState;
+    module(function($animateProvider) {
+      $animateProvider.register('.animan', function($timeout) {
+        return {
+          enter : function(element, done) {
+            animationState = 'enter';
+            $timeout(done, 0, false);
+            return function() {
+              animationState = 'enter-cancel';
+            }
+          },
+          addClass : function(element, className, done) {
+            animationState = 'addClass';
+            $timeout(done, 0, false);
+            return function() {
+              animationState = 'addClass-cancel';
+            }
+          }
+        };
+      });
+    });
+
+    inject(function($animate, $compile, $rootScope, $timeout, $sniffer) {
+      var element = html($compile('<div class="parent"></div>')($rootScope));
+      var container = html($compile('<div class="container"></div>')($rootScope));
+      var child   = html($compile('<div class="animan child"></div>')($rootScope));
+
+      ss.addRule('.animan.ng-enter, .animan.something-add',  '-webkit-transition: width 1s, background 1s 1s;' +
+                                                             'transition: width 1s, background 1s 1s;');
+
+      $rootElement.append(element);
+      jqLite(document.body).append($rootElement);
+
+      $animate.enter(child, element);
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+
+      expect(animationState).toBe('enter');
+      if($sniffer.transitions) {
+        expect(child.hasClass('ng-enter')).toBe(true);
+        expect(child.hasClass('ng-enter-active')).toBe(true);
+      }
+
+      $animate.move(element, container);
+      if($sniffer.transitions) {
+        expect(child.hasClass('ng-enter')).toBe(false);
+        expect(child.hasClass('ng-enter-active')).toBe(false);
+      }
+
+      expect(animationState).toBe('enter-cancel');
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      $timeout.flush();
+
+      $animate.addClass(child, 'something');
+      expect(animationState).toBe('addClass');
+      if($sniffer.transitions) {
+        expect(child.hasClass('something-add')).toBe(true);
+        expect(child.hasClass('something-add-active')).toBe(true);
+      }
+
+      $animate.leave(container);
+      expect(animationState).toBe('addClass-cancel');
+      if($sniffer.transitions) {
+        expect(child.hasClass('something-add')).toBe(false);
+        expect(child.hasClass('something-add-active')).toBe(false);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
 });