diff --git a/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js b/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
index df0d10b4d8..8e794da597 100644
--- a/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
+++ b/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ class VectorImageTile extends Tile {
      */
     this.sourceTiles_ = sourceTiles;
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @type {import("./tilegrid/TileGrid.js").default}
+     */
+    this.sourceTileGrid_ = sourceTileGrid;
+
     /**
      * @private
      * @type {boolean}
@@ -102,14 +108,19 @@ class VectorImageTile extends Tile {
      */
     this.loadListenerKeys_ = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @type {boolean}
+     */
+    this.isInterimTile = !sourceTileGrid;
+
     /**
      * @type {Array<import("./events.js").EventsKey>}
      */
     this.sourceTileListenerKeys_ = [];
 
-    if (urlTileCoord) {
+    if (urlTileCoord && sourceTileGrid) {
       const extent = this.extent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(urlTileCoord);
-      const resolution = tileGrid.getResolution(urlTileCoord[0]);
+      const resolution = this.resolution_ = tileGrid.getResolution(urlTileCoord[0]);
       const sourceZ = sourceTileGrid.getZForResolution(resolution);
       sourceTileGrid.forEachTileCoord(extent, sourceZ, function(sourceTileCoord) {
         let sharedExtent = getIntersection(extent,
@@ -143,7 +154,13 @@ class VectorImageTile extends Tile {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   disposeInternal() {
-    this.setState(TileState.ABORT);
+    if (!this.isInterimTile) {
+      this.setState(TileState.ABORT);
+    }
+    if (this.interimTile) {
+      this.interimTile.dispose();
+      this.interimTile = null;
+    }
     for (let i = 0, ii = this.tileKeys.length; i < ii; ++i) {
       const sourceTileKey = this.tileKeys[i];
       const sourceTile = this.getTile(sourceTileKey);
@@ -188,8 +205,51 @@ class VectorImageTile extends Tile {
    * @return {HTMLCanvasElement} Canvas.
    */
   getImage(layer) {
-    return this.getReplayState(layer).renderedTileRevision == -1 ?
-      null : this.getContext(layer).canvas;
+    return this.hasContext(layer) ? this.getContext(layer).canvas : null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @override
+   * @return {VectorImageTile} Interim tile.
+   */
+  getInterimTile() {
+    const sourceTileGrid = this.sourceTileGrid_;
+    const state = this.getState();
+    if (state < TileState.LOADED && !this.interimTile) {
+      let z = this.tileCoord[0];
+      const minZoom = sourceTileGrid.getMinZoom();
+      while (--z > minZoom) {
+        let covered = true;
+        const tileKeys = [];
+        sourceTileGrid.forEachTileCoord(this.extent, z, function(tileCoord) {
+          const key = tileCoord.toString();
+          if (key in this.sourceTiles_ && this.sourceTiles_[key].getState() === TileState.LOADED) {
+            tileKeys.push(key);
+          } else {
+            covered = false;
+          }
+        }.bind(this));
+        if (covered && tileKeys.length) {
+          for (let i = 0, ii = tileKeys.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+            this.sourceTiles_[tileKeys[i]].consumers++;
+          }
+          const tile = new VectorImageTile(this.tileCoord, TileState.IDLE, undefined, null, null,
+            this.wrappedTileCoord, null, null, null, this.sourceTiles_,
+            undefined, null, null, null);
+          tile.extent = this.extent;
+          tile.tileKeys = tileKeys;
+          tile.context_ = this.context_;
+          setTimeout(function() {
+            tile.sourceTilesLoaded = true;
+            tile.changed();
+          }, 16);
+          this.interimTile = tile;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    const interimTile = /** @type {VectorImageTile} */ (this.interimTile);
+    return state === TileState.LOADED ? this : (interimTile || this);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
index 73e27b0942..c97cdc5e47 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
 
     /**
      * @private
-     * @type {Object<string, import("../../events").EventsKey)}
+     * @type {Object<string, import("../../events").EventsKey>}
      */
     this.tileChangeKeys_ = {};
 
@@ -158,10 +158,13 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @inheritDoc
+   * Listen to tile changes and mark tile as loaded when source tiles are loaded.
+   * @param {import("../../VectorImageTile").default} tile Tile to listen on.
+   * @param {number} pixelRatio Pixel ratio.
+   * @param {number} projection Projection.
+   * @private
    */
-  getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection) {
-    const tile = /** @type {import("../../VectorImageTile.js").default} */ (super.getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection));
+  listenTileChange_(tile, pixelRatio, projection) {
     const uid = getUid(tile);
     if (!(uid in this.tileChangeKeys_) && tile.getState() === TileState.IDLE) {
       this.tileChangeKeys_[uid] = listen(tile, EventType.CHANGE, function() {
@@ -179,9 +182,26 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
         }
       }.bind(this));
     }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection) {
+    const tile = /** @type {import("../../VectorImageTile.js").default} */ (super.getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection));
+    this.listenTileChange_(tile, pixelRatio, projection);
+    if (tile.isInterimTile) {
+      // Register change listener also on the original tile
+      const source = /** @type {import("../../source/VectorTile").default} */ (this.getLayer().getSource());
+      const originalTile = /** @type {import("../../VectorImageTile").default} */ (source.getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection));
+      this.listenTileChange_(originalTile, pixelRatio, projection);
+    }
     if (tile.getState() === TileState.LOADED) {
+      // Update existing instructions if necessary (e.g. when the style has changed)
       this.updateExecutorGroup_(tile, pixelRatio, projection);
-      if (tile.hasContext(this.getLayer())) {
+      const layer = this.getLayer();
+      if (tile.getReplayState(layer).renderedTileRevision !== -1) {
+        // Update existing tile image if necessary (e.g. when the style has changed)
         this.renderTileImage_(tile, pixelRatio, projection);
       } else {
         // Render new tile images after existing tiles have been drawn to the target canvas.
@@ -532,12 +552,14 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
    * @param {import('../../PluggableMap.js').FrameState} frameState Frame state.
    */
   renderMissingTileImages_(hifi, frameState) {
-    if (hifi) {
-      // Do not spend more than 100 ms in this render frame, to avoid delays when the user starts
-      // interacting again with the map.
-      while (this.tilesWithoutImage_.length && Date.now() - frameState.time < 100) {
-        const tile = this.tilesWithoutImage_.pop();
-        frameState.animate = true;
+    // Even when we have time to render hifi, do not spend more than 100 ms in this render frame,
+    // to avoid delays when the user starts interacting again with the map.
+    while (this.tilesWithoutImage_.length && Date.now() - frameState.time < 100) {
+      frameState.animate = true;
+      const tile = this.tilesWithoutImage_.pop();
+      // When we don't have time to render hifi, only render interim tiles until we have used up
+      // half of the frame budget of 16 ms
+      if (hifi || (tile.isInterimTile && Date.now() - frameState.time < 8)) {
         this.renderTileImage_(tile, frameState.pixelRatio, frameState.viewState.projection);
       }
     }