diff --git a/css/angular.css b/css/angular.css
index 46fee32d9757..029d3a7d24bc 100644
--- a/css/angular.css
+++ b/css/angular.css
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ ng\:form {
  * animations. The clip (!ie) and zoom (ie) CSS properties are used
  * since they trigger a transition without making the browser
  * animate anything and they're both highly underused CSS properties */
-.ng-animate { clip:rect(1px, auto, auto, 0); -ms-zoom:1.0001; }
-.ng-animate-active { clip:rect(0, auto, auto, 0); -ms-zoom:1; }
+.ng-animate-start { clip:rect(0, auto, auto, 0); -ms-zoom:1.0001; }
+.ng-animate-active { clip:rect(-1px, auto, auto, 0); -ms-zoom:1; }
diff --git a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
index ec7b38aacff6..72c29cc374f4 100644
--- a/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
+++ b/src/ngAnimate/animate.js
@@ -815,6 +815,8 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
       var ANIMATION_ITERATION_COUNT_KEY = 'IterationCount';
       var NG_ANIMATE_PARENT_KEY = '$$ngAnimateKey';
       var NG_ANIMATE_CSS_DATA_KEY = '$$ngAnimateCSS3Data';
+      var NG_ANIMATE_FALLBACK_CLASS_NAME = 'ng-animate-start';
+      var NG_ANIMATE_FALLBACK_ACTIVE_CLASS_NAME = 'ng-animate-active';
 
       var lookupCache = {};
       var parentCounter = 0;
@@ -954,11 +956,13 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
         var node = element[0];
         //temporarily disable the transition so that the enter styles
         //don't animate twice (this is here to avoid a bug in Chrome/FF).
+        var activeClassName = '';
         if(timings.transitionDuration > 0) {
+          element.addClass(NG_ANIMATE_FALLBACK_CLASS_NAME);
+          activeClassName += NG_ANIMATE_FALLBACK_ACTIVE_CLASS_NAME + ' ';
           node.style[TRANSITION_PROP + PROPERTY_KEY] = 'none';
         }
 
-        var activeClassName = 'ng-animate-active ';
         forEach(className.split(' '), function(klass, i) {
           activeClassName += (i > 0 ? ' ' : '') + klass + '-active';
         });
@@ -1118,6 +1122,7 @@ angular.module('ngAnimate', ['ng'])
 
       function animateClose(element, className) {
         element.removeClass(className);
+        element.removeClass(NG_ANIMATE_FALLBACK_CLASS_NAME);
         element.removeData(NG_ANIMATE_CSS_DATA_KEY);
       }
 
diff --git a/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js b/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
index dee9bcba8604..562d94a047a3 100644
--- a/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngAnimate/animateSpec.js
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
           $timeout.flush();
 
           expect(child.attr('style') || '').not.toContain('transition-property');
-          expect(child.hasClass('ng-animate')).toBe(true);
+          expect(child.hasClass('ng-animate-start')).toBe(true);
           expect(child.hasClass('ng-animate-active')).toBe(true);
 
           browserTrigger(child,'transitionend', { timeStamp: Date.now() + 1000, elapsedTime: 1000 });
@@ -845,6 +845,53 @@ describe("ngAnimate", function() {
           expect(child2.hasClass('ng-animate-active')).toBe(false);
         }));
 
+        it("should not apply the fallback classes if no animations are going on or if CSS animations are going on",
+          inject(function($compile, $rootScope, $animate, $sniffer, $timeout) {
+
+          if (!$sniffer.animations) return;
+
+          ss.addRule('.transitions',  '-webkit-transition:1s linear all;' +
+                                              'transition:1s linear all');
+
+          ss.addRule('.keyframes',  '-webkit-animation:my_animation 1s;' +
+                                            'animation:my_animation 1s');
+
+          var element = $compile('<div class="transitions">...</div>')($rootScope);
+          $rootElement.append(element);
+          jqLite($document[0].body).append($rootElement);
+
+          $animate.enabled(false);
+
+          $animate.addClass(element, 'klass');
+
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-start')).toBe(false);
+
+          element.removeClass('klass');
+
+          $animate.enabled(true);
+
+          $animate.addClass(element, 'klass');
+
+          $timeout.flush();
+
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-start')).toBe(true);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-active')).toBe(true);
+
+          browserTrigger(element,'transitionend', { timeStamp: Date.now() + 1000, elapsedTime: 1 });
+
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-start')).toBe(false);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-active')).toBe(false);
+
+          element.attr('class', 'keyframes');
+
+          $animate.addClass(element, 'klass2');
+
+          $timeout.flush();
+
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-start')).toBe(false);
+          expect(element.hasClass('ng-animate-active')).toBe(false);
+        }));
+
         it("should skip transitions if disabled and run when enabled",
           inject(function($animate, $rootScope, $compile, $sniffer, $timeout) {