diff --git a/types/leaflet/index.d.ts b/types/leaflet/index.d.ts
index eabb98c710..41b4fbd84c 100644
--- a/types/leaflet/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/leaflet/index.d.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ export class Point {
     y: number;
 }
 
+export interface Coords extends Point {
+    z: number;
+}
+
 export type PointExpression = Point | PointTuple;
 
 export function point(x: number, y: number, round?: boolean): Point;
@@ -420,6 +424,8 @@ export class Layer extends Evented {
     getEvents?(): {[name: string]: (event: LeafletEvent) => void};
     getAttribution?(): string | null;
     beforeAdd?(map: Map): this;
+
+    protected _map: Map;
 }
 
 export interface GridLayerOptions {
@@ -439,6 +445,19 @@ export interface GridLayerOptions {
     keepBuffer?: number;
 }
 
+export type DoneCallback = (error?: Error, tile?: HTMLElement) => void;
+
+export interface InternalTiles {
+    [key: string]: {
+        active?: boolean,
+        coords: Coords,
+        current: boolean,
+        el: HTMLElement,
+        loaded?: Date,
+        retain?: boolean,
+    };
+}
+
 export class GridLayer extends Layer {
     constructor(options?: GridLayerOptions);
     bringToFront(): this;
@@ -449,6 +468,12 @@ export class GridLayer extends Layer {
     isLoading(): boolean;
     redraw(): this;
     getTileSize(): Point;
+
+    protected createTile(coords: Coords, done: DoneCallback): HTMLElement;
+    protected _tileCoordsToKey(coords: Coords): string;
+
+    protected _tiles: InternalTiles;
+    protected _tileZoom?: number;
 }
 
 export function gridLayer(options?: GridLayerOptions): GridLayer;
@@ -472,6 +497,9 @@ export class TileLayer extends GridLayer {
     constructor(urlTemplate: string, options?: TileLayerOptions);
     setUrl(url: string, noRedraw?: boolean): this;
 
+    protected _abortLoading(): void;
+    protected _getZoomForUrl(): number;
+
     options: TileLayerOptions;
 }
 
diff --git a/types/leaflet/leaflet-tests.ts b/types/leaflet/leaflet-tests.ts
index c4f73e5b84..a22ab91248 100644
--- a/types/leaflet/leaflet-tests.ts
+++ b/types/leaflet/leaflet-tests.ts
@@ -510,3 +510,50 @@ lg = new L.LayerGroup([new L.Layer(), new L.Layer()], {
 	pane: 'overlayPane',
 	attribution: 'test'
 });
+
+// adapted from GridLayer documentation
+const CanvasLayer = L.GridLayer.extend({
+	createTile(coords: L.Coords, done: L.DoneCallback) {
+		const tile = (L.DomUtil.create('canvas', 'leaflet-tile') as HTMLCanvasElement);
+		const size = this.getTileSize();
+		tile.width = size.x;
+		tile.height = size.y;
+		return tile;
+	}
+});
+
+// adapted from GridLayer documentation
+const AsyncCanvasLayer = L.GridLayer.extend({
+	createTile(coords: L.Coords, done: L.DoneCallback) {
+		const tile = (L.DomUtil.create('canvas', 'leaflet-tile') as HTMLCanvasElement);
+		const size = this.getTileSize();
+		tile.width = size.x;
+		tile.height = size.y;
+		setTimeout(() => done(undefined, tile), 1000);
+		return tile;
+	}
+});
+
+export class ExtendedTileLayer extends L.TileLayer {
+	options: L.TileLayerOptions;
+	createTile(coords: L.Coords, done: L.DoneCallback) {
+		const newCoords: L.Coords = (new L.Point(coords.x, coords.y) as L.Coords);
+		newCoords.z = coords.z;
+		return super.createTile(newCoords, done);
+	}
+	_abortLoading() {
+		// adapted from TileLayer's implementation
+		for (const i in this._tiles) {
+			if (this._tiles[i].coords.z !== this._tileZoom) {
+				const tile = this._tiles[i].el;
+				tile.onload = L.Util.falseFn;
+				tile.onerror = L.Util.falseFn;
+				if (tile instanceof HTMLImageElement && !tile.complete) {
+					tile.src = L.Util.emptyImageUrl;
+					L.DomUtil.remove(tile);
+					this._tiles[i] = undefined;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}