diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
index 45846170c..62c4abc23 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ public:
     void resize(uint16_t width, uint16_t height, float ratio, uint16_t fb_width, uint16_t fb_height);
 
     // Styling
-    void setAppliedClasses(const std::vector<std::string> &classes);
-    void toggleClass(const std::string &name);
-    const std::vector<std::string> &getAppliedClasses() const;
+    void addClass(const std::string&);
+    void removeClass(const std::string&);
+    bool hasClass(const std::string&) const;
+    void setClasses(const std::vector<std::string>&);
+    std::vector<std::string> getClasses() const;
+
     void setDefaultTransitionDuration(uint64_t milliseconds = 0);
     void setStyleURL(const std::string &url);
     void setStyleJSON(std::string newStyleJSON, const std::string &base = "");
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ private:
 
     std::string styleURL;
     std::string styleJSON = "";
+    std::vector<std::string> classes;
 
     bool debug = false;
     timestamp animationTime = 0;
diff --git a/ios/mapbox-gl-cocoa b/ios/mapbox-gl-cocoa
index 40b9b7b8e..2e5bfbdcd 160000
--- a/ios/mapbox-gl-cocoa
+++ b/ios/mapbox-gl-cocoa
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 40b9b7b8e0e231345b3ba1fb83dc347c2eb6b8ec
+Subproject commit 2e5bfbdcd54c893864c263b41a27846627e10f0c
diff --git a/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp b/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
index 6446a54ab..17cd78d12 100644
--- a/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ void GLFWView::key(GLFWwindow *window, int key, int /*scancode*/, int action, in
         case GLFW_KEY_R:
             if (!mods) {
                 view->map->setDefaultTransitionDuration(300);
-                view->map->toggleClass("night");
+                if (view->map->hasClass("night")) {
+                    view->map->removeClass("night");
+                } else {
+                    view->map->addClass("night");
+                }
             }
             break;
         case GLFW_KEY_N:
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
index f78b8385c..a0c143701 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ void Map::setStyleJSON(std::string newStyleJSON, const std::string &base) {
         style = std::make_shared<Style>();
     }
     style->loadJSON((const uint8_t *)styleJSON.c_str());
+    style->cascadeClasses(classes);
     fileSource.setBase(base);
     glyphStore->setURL(style->glyph_url);
     update();
@@ -497,23 +498,44 @@ bool Map::getDebug() const {
     return debug;
 }
 
-void Map::setAppliedClasses(const std::vector<std::string> &classes) {
-    style->setAppliedClasses(classes);
-    if (style->hasTransitions()) {
-        update();
+void Map::addClass(const std::string& klass) {
+    if (hasClass(klass)) return;
+    classes.push_back(klass);
+    if (style) {
+        style->cascadeClasses(classes);
+        if (style->hasTransitions()) {
+            update();
+        }
     }
 }
 
-
-void Map::toggleClass(const std::string &name) {
-    style->toggleClass(name);
-    if (style->hasTransitions()) {
-        update();
+void Map::removeClass(const std::string& klass) {
+    if (!hasClass(klass)) return;
+    classes.erase(std::remove(classes.begin(), classes.end(), klass), classes.end());
+    if (style) {
+        style->cascadeClasses(classes);
+        if (style->hasTransitions()) {
+            update();
+        }
     }
 }
 
-const std::vector<std::string> &Map::getAppliedClasses() const {
-   return style->getAppliedClasses();
+void Map::setClasses(const std::vector<std::string>& classes_) {
+    classes = classes_;
+    if (style) {
+        style->cascadeClasses(classes);
+        if (style->hasTransitions()) {
+            update();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+bool Map::hasClass(const std::string& klass) const {
+    return std::find(classes.begin(), classes.end(), klass) != classes.end();
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> Map::getClasses() const {
+   return classes;
 }
 
 void Map::setDefaultTransitionDuration(uint64_t milliseconds) {
diff --git a/src/mbgl/style/style.cpp b/src/mbgl/style/style.cpp
index 15ca4e14f..c9b06d767 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/style/style.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/style/style.cpp
@@ -47,31 +47,9 @@ void Style::setDefaultTransitionDuration(uint16_t duration_milliseconds) {
     defaultTransition.duration = duration_milliseconds;
 }
 
-const std::vector<std::string> &Style::getAppliedClasses() const {
-    return appliedClasses;
-}
-
-void Style::setAppliedClasses(const std::vector<std::string> &class_names) {
-    appliedClasses = class_names;
-    updateClasses();
-}
-
-void Style::toggleClass(const std::string &name) {
-    if (name.length()) {
-        auto it = std::find(appliedClasses.begin(), appliedClasses.end(), name);
-        if (it == appliedClasses.end()) {
-            appliedClasses.push_back(name);
-        } else {
-            appliedClasses.erase(it);
-        }
-    }
-
-    updateClasses();
-}
-
-void Style::updateClasses() {
+void Style::cascadeClasses(const std::vector<std::string>& classes) {
     if (layers) {
-        layers->setClasses(appliedClasses, util::now(), defaultTransition);
+        layers->setClasses(classes, util::now(), defaultTransition);
     }
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +78,6 @@ void Style::loadJSON(const uint8_t *const data) {
     layers = parser.getLayers();
     sprite_url = parser.getSprite();
     glyph_url = parser.getGlyphURL();
-
-    updateClasses();
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/mbgl/style/style.hpp b/src/mbgl/style/style.hpp
index 56f318ecb..e9205712e 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/style/style.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/style/style.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class Style {
 public:
     struct exception : std::runtime_error { exception(const char *msg) : std::runtime_error(msg) {} };
 
-public:
     Style();
     ~Style();
 
@@ -35,31 +34,20 @@ public:
     void updateProperties(float z, timestamp t);
 
     void setDefaultTransitionDuration(uint16_t duration_milliseconds = 0);
-
-    void setAppliedClasses(const std::vector<std::string> &classes);
-    const std::vector<std::string> &getAppliedClasses() const;
-    void toggleClass(const std::string &name);
-
-    // Updates the styling information to reflect the current array
-    // of applied classes.
-    void updateClasses();
+    void cascadeClasses(const std::vector<std::string>&);
 
     bool hasTransitions() const;
 
     const std::string &getSpriteURL() const;
 
-public:
     util::ptr<StyleLayerGroup> layers;
     std::vector<std::string> appliedClasses;
     std::string glyph_url;
 
 private:
     std::string sprite_url;
-
-private:
     PropertyTransition defaultTransition;
     bool initial_render_complete = false;
-
     std::unique_ptr<uv::rwlock> mtx;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/headless.cpp b/test/headless.cpp
index 47afe1b67..3ec66dbd6 100644
--- a/test/headless.cpp
+++ b/test/headless.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ TEST_P(HeadlessTest, render) {
         CachingHTTPFileSource fileSource(platform::defaultCacheDatabase());
         Map map(view, fileSource);
 
+        map.setClasses(classes);
         map.setStyleJSON(style, base_directory);
-        map.setAppliedClasses(classes);
 
         view.resize(width, height, pixelRatio);
         map.resize(width, height, pixelRatio);