diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 7b581a1..8071159 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.junit)
     androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.espresso.core)
+    // A real MapView loading real (local) styles: what a design change does to
+    // the overlays only shows on a map that actually swaps its style.
+    androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.runner)
+    androidTestImplementation(platform(libs.androidx.compose.bom))
+    androidTestImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.test.junit4)
+    debugImplementation(libs.androidx.ui.test.manifest)
 }
 
 // Set project version for NMCP plugin
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index fed587d..65aa5f4 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ktLint = "14.2.0"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 junitVersion = "1.3.0"
 espressoCore = "3.7.0"
+runner = "1.7.0"
 
 [libraries]
 # Jetpack Compose (with BOM)
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ androidx-ui-tooling = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-tooling", vers
 junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version.ref = "junit" }
 androidx-junit = { group = "androidx.test.ext", name = "junit", version.ref = "junitVersion" }
 androidx-espresso-core = { group = "androidx.test.espresso", name = "espresso-core", version.ref = "espressoCore" }
+androidx-runner = { module = "androidx.test:runner", version.ref = "runner" }
+androidx-ui-test-junit4 = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-test-junit4", version.ref = "composeLibs" }
+androidx-ui-test-manifest = { group = "androidx.compose.ui", name = "ui-test-manifest", version.ref = "composeLibs" }
 
 [plugins]
 android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "agp" }
diff --git a/src/androidTest/java/com/mapconductor/mapbox/MapboxGroundImageStyleChangeTest.kt b/src/androidTest/java/com/mapconductor/mapbox/MapboxGroundImageStyleChangeTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ad3192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/androidTest/java/com/mapconductor/mapbox/MapboxGroundImageStyleChangeTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package com.mapconductor.mapbox
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.Color
+import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.test.junit4.createComposeRule
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
+import com.mapbox.common.MapboxOptions
+import com.mapbox.maps.Style
+import com.mapconductor.compose.groundimage.GroundImage
+import com.mapconductor.core.features.GeoPoint
+import com.mapconductor.core.features.GeoRectBounds
+import com.mapconductor.core.groundimage.GroundImageState
+import com.mapconductor.core.map.AttributionRule
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+/**
+ * A ground image survives the map design changing under it.
+ *
+ * Replacing the style throws away every source and layer added at runtime, so
+ * the SDK has to put the image back into the new style. iOS kept the handle it
+ * had made for the old style and skipped an unchanged image (ios-for-maplibre
+ * #12); this checks the Android path — `setMapDesignType` → `loadStyle` →
+ * `subscribeStyleLoaded` — on a real MapView loading two local style documents.
+ *
+ * The styles have no sources, so nothing is fetched and no real access token
+ * is needed; a placeholder satisfies the SDK's check.
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class MapboxGroundImageStyleChangeTest {
+    @get:Rule
+    val compose = createComposeRule()
+
+    private class LocalStyle(override val id: String) : MapboxDesignType {
+        override val attributionRules: List<AttributionRule> = emptyList()
+
+        override fun getValue(): String =
+            """{"version": 8, "name": "$id", "sources": {},
+               "layers": [{"id": "background-$id", "type": "background"}]}"""
+    }
+
+    private val first = LocalStyle("first")
+    private val second = LocalStyle("second")
+
+    private fun groundImage(): GroundImageState {
+        val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(4, 4, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888).apply { eraseColor(Color.RED) }
+        val resources = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext.resources
+        return GroundImageState(
+            bounds = GeoRectBounds(GeoPoint(35.6, 139.6), GeoPoint(35.8, 139.9)),
+            image = BitmapDrawable(resources, bitmap),
+            id = "tokyo",
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** The loaded style, when it is the one the given design describes. */
+    private fun styleOf(state: MapboxViewState, design: LocalStyle): Style? {
+        var style: Style? = null
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync {
+            style = state.getMapViewHolder()?.map?.style
+                ?.takeIf { it.isStyleLoaded() && it.styleLayerExists("background-${design.id}") }
+        }
+        return style
+    }
+
+    private fun hasGroundImage(style: Style?): Boolean {
+        var found = false
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().runOnMainSync {
+            found = style != null &&
+                style.styleSourceExists("mc-gimg-src-tokyo") &&
+                style.styleLayerExists("mc-gimg-lyr-tokyo")
+        }
+        return found
+    }
+
+    private var shown by mutableStateOf(true)
+
+    private fun show(state: MapboxViewState, image: GroundImageState) {
+        compose.setContent {
+            MapboxMapView(
+                state = state,
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                sdkInitialize = {
+                    MapboxOptions.accessToken = "pk.placeholder-for-local-styles"
+                    true
+                },
+            ) {
+                if (shown) GroundImage(image)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun anUnchangedGroundImageIsInTheNewStyle() {
+        val state = MapboxViewState(mapDesignType = first, id = "unchanged")
+        show(state, groundImage())
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, first)) }
+
+        compose.runOnUiThread { state.mapDesignType = second }
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { styleOf(state, second) != null }
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, second)) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun theSameDesignSetAgainKeepsTheImage() {
+        val state = MapboxViewState(mapDesignType = first, id = "same")
+        show(state, groundImage())
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, first)) }
+
+        compose.runOnUiThread { state.mapDesignType = first }
+        Thread.sleep(SETTLE_MS)
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, first)) }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aGroundImageRemovedAfterTheChangeLeavesTheNewStyle() {
+        val state = MapboxViewState(mapDesignType = first, id = "removed")
+        show(state, groundImage())
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, first)) }
+
+        compose.runOnUiThread { state.mapDesignType = second }
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) { hasGroundImage(styleOf(state, second)) }
+
+        compose.runOnUiThread { shown = false }
+        compose.waitUntil(TIMEOUT) {
+            val style = styleOf(state, second)
+            style != null && !hasGroundImage(style)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val TIMEOUT = 20_000L
+        const val SETTLE_MS = 1_500L
+    }
+}