diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
index c3f7f461fe..8ae093513c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ OpenLayers.Layer = OpenLayers.Class({
      *  - *loadend* Triggered when layer loading ends.
      *  - *loadcancel* Triggered when layer loading is canceled.
      *  - *visibilitychanged* Triggered when layer visibility is changed.
-     *  - *moveend* Triggered when layer is moved, object passed as
+     *  - *move* Triggered when layer moves (triggered with every mousemove
+     *      during a drag).
+     *  - *moveend* Triggered when layer is done moving, object passed as
      *      argument has a zoomChanged boolean property which tells that the
      *      zoom has changed.
      */
     EVENT_TYPES: ["loadstart", "loadend", "loadcancel", "visibilitychanged",
-                  "moveend"],
+                  "move", "moveend"],
         
     /**
      * APIProperty: events
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
index 1d059fee6c..81e8b7882c 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
@@ -1562,6 +1562,13 @@ OpenLayers.Map = OpenLayers.Class({
             
             //send the move call to the baselayer and all the overlays    
             this.baseLayer.moveTo(bounds, zoomChanged, dragging);
+            if(dragging) {
+                this.baseLayer.events.triggerEvent("move");
+            } else {
+                this.baseLayer.events.triggerEvent("moveend",
+                    {"zoomChanged": zoomChanged}
+                );
+            }
             
             bounds = this.baseLayer.getExtent();
             
@@ -1584,9 +1591,13 @@ OpenLayers.Map = OpenLayers.Class({
                     }
                     if (inRange && layer.visibility) {
                         layer.moveTo(bounds, zoomChanged, dragging);
-                        layer.events.triggerEvent("moveend",
-                            {"zoomChanged": zoomChanged}
-                        );
+                        if(dragging) {
+                            layer.events.triggerEvent("move");
+                        } else {
+                            layer.events.triggerEvent("moveend",
+                                {"zoomChanged": zoomChanged}
+                            );
+                        }
                     }
                 }                
             }
diff --git a/tests/Map.html b/tests/Map.html
index fc53af7530..7f65778a43 100644
--- a/tests/Map.html
+++ b/tests/Map.html
@@ -746,16 +746,24 @@
     }
 
     function test_Map_moveTo(t) {
-        t.plan(1);
+        t.plan(2);
 
         map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
         var baseLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Test Layer", 
             "http://octo.metacarta.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?",
             {map: "/mapdata/vmap_wms.map", layers: "basic"},
             {maxResolution: 'auto', maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-10,-10,10,10)});
+        baseLayer.events.on({
+            move: function() {
+                t.ok(true, "move listener called");
+            },
+            moveend: function(e) {
+                t.eq(e.zoomChanged, true, "moveend listener called with expected value");
+            }
+        });
         map.addLayer(baseLayer);
         var ll = new OpenLayers.LonLat(-100,-150);
-        map.moveTo(ll, 0);
+        map.moveTo(ll, 2);
         t.ok(map.getCenter().equals(new OpenLayers.LonLat(0,0)), "safely sets out-of-bounds lonlat");
     }