diff --git a/src/display.cpp b/src/display.cpp
index 72357f90f84..b4ee42e9981 100644
--- a/src/display.cpp
+++ b/src/display.cpp
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ void display::invalidate_animations()
 	for(int x = topleft.x; x <= bottomright.x; ++x) {
 		for(int y = topleft.y; y <= bottomright.y; ++y) {
 			gamemap::location loc(x,y);
-			if(builder_.update_animation(loc) || (map_.is_village(loc) && animate_flags)) {
+			if(builder_.update_animation(loc) || (map_.is_village(loc) && animate_flags && player_teams::village_owner(loc) != -1)) {
 				invalidate(loc);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/team.cpp b/src/team.cpp
index 98f439b645c..8fab2b43faa 100644
--- a/src/team.cpp
+++ b/src/team.cpp
@@ -986,3 +986,18 @@ void team::log_recruitable(){
 	}
 	LOG_NG << "Added all recruitable units\n";
 }
+
+namespace player_teams {
+int village_owner(const gamemap::location& loc)
+{
+	if(! teams) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	for(size_t i = 0; i != teams->size(); ++i) {
+		if((*teams)[i].owns_village(loc))
+			return i;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+}
+
diff --git a/src/team.hpp b/src/team.hpp
index 188a9c2f40f..d9561d6483a 100644
--- a/src/team.hpp
+++ b/src/team.hpp
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ struct teams_manager {
 	bool is_observer();
 };
 
+namespace player_teams {
+	int village_owner(const gamemap::location& loc);
+}
+
 bool is_observer();
 
 //function which will validate a side. Trows game::game_error