diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43ca426f1..05165a611 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - It is now possible to `await` a `DOMQuery.remove`. Note that this changes
   the return value of `DOMQuery.remove`, which uses to return `self`.
   https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/1094
+- Added Pilot.wait_for_animation
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/textual/pilot.py b/src/textual/pilot.py
index 0d6f47b0e..b6b64359d 100644
--- a/src/textual/pilot.py
+++ b/src/textual/pilot.py
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class Pilot:
         """
         await asyncio.sleep(delay)
 
+    async def wait_for_animation(self) -> None:
+        """Wait for any animation to complete."""
+        await self._app.animator.wait_for_idle()
+
     async def exit(self, result: object) -> None:
         """Exit the app with the given result.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_animation.py b/tests/test_animation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cfee395b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_animation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from time import time
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.widgets import Static
+
+
+class AnimApp(App):
+    CSS = """
+    #foo {
+        height: 1;
+    }
+    
+    """
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield Static("foo", id="foo")
+
+
+async def test_animate_height() -> None:
+    """Test animating styles.height works."""
+
+    # Styles.height is a scalar, which makes it more complicated to animate
+
+    app = AnimApp()
+
+    async with app.run_test() as pilot:
+        static = app.query_one(Static)
+        assert static.size.height == 1
+        static.styles.animate("height", 100, duration=0.5)
+        start = time()
+        await pilot.wait_for_animation()
+        elapsed = time() - start
+        assert elapsed > 0.5
+        assert static.styles.height.value == 100