diff --git a/lib/tilejson.js b/lib/tilejson.js
index e198b3b..927ecc9 100644
--- a/lib/tilejson.js
+++ b/lib/tilejson.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var url = require('url');
 var get = require('get');
+var mercator = new (require('sphericalmercator'))();
 var tiletype = require('tiletype');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var Agent = require('agentkeepalive');
@@ -131,10 +132,35 @@ TileJSON.prototype.getInfo = function(callback) {
     else callback(null, this.data);
 };
 
+TileJSON.prototype.validate = function(z, x, y) {
+    if (!this.data) {
+        // not loaded
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (z < Math.max(0, this.data.minzoom | 0) || z > (this.data.maxzoom || Infinity)) {
+        // out of available zoom range
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    var xyz = mercator.xyz(this.data.bounds || [-180, -85.0511, 180, 85.0511], z);
+
+    if (x < xyz.minX ||
+        x > xyz.maxX ||
+        y < xyz.minY ||
+        y > xyz.maxY) {
+        // out of bounds
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+};
+
 // z, x, y are XYZ coordinates.
 TileJSON.prototype.getTile = function(z, x, y, callback) {
     if (!this.data) return callback(new Error('Tilesource not loaded'));
     if (!this.data.tiles) return callback(new Error('Tile does not exist'));
+    if (!this.validate(z, x, y)) return setImmediate(callback, new Error('Tile does not exist'));
 
     var url = this._prepareURL(this.data.tiles[0], z, x, y);
     this.get(url, function(err, data, headers) {
@@ -166,6 +192,7 @@ TileJSON.prototype._prepareURL = function(url, z, x, y) {
 TileJSON.prototype.getGrid = function(z, x, y, callback) {
     if (!this.data) return callback(new Error('Gridsource not loaded'));
     if (!this.data.grids) return callback(new Error('Grid does not exist'));
+    if (!this.validate(z, x, y)) return setImmediate(callback, new Error('Grid does not exist'));
 
     var url = this._prepareURL(this.data.grids[0], z, x, y);
     this.get(url, function(err, grid, headers) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 259a41e..1e9e3a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "get": "1.3.x",
     "agentkeepalive": "0.2.x",
-    "tiletype": "0.0.x"
+    "tiletype": "0.0.x",
+    "sphericalmercator": "^1.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/world-bright.tilejson b/test/fixtures/world-bright.tilejson
index a3b4820..5f09dc5 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/world-bright.tilejson
+++ b/test/fixtures/world-bright.tilejson
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
     "tiles": [ "http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.world-bright/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" ],
     "minzoom": 0,
     "maxzoom": 11,
-    "bounds": [ -180, -85, 180, 85 ]
+    "bounds": [ -80, -85, 180, 85 ]
 }
diff --git a/test/tilejson.test.js b/test/tilejson.test.js
index ad1d435..27be798 100644
--- a/test/tilejson.test.js
+++ b/test/tilejson.test.js
@@ -265,6 +265,22 @@ describe('tiles', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should fail for zoom out of range', function(done) {
+        world_bright.getTile(12, 2, 2, function(err, data, headers) {
+            assert.ok(err);
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Tile does not exist');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should fail for coordinates out of bounds', function(done) {
+        world_bright.getTile(2, 0, 2, function(err, data, headers) {
+            assert.ok(err);
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Tile does not exist');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it('https should load tile 0/0/0', function(done) {
         world_bright_ssl.getTile(0, 0, 0, function(err, data, headers) {
             if (err) throw err;
@@ -310,6 +326,14 @@ describe('grids', function() {
             done();
         });
     });
+
+    it('should fail for zoom out of range', function(done) {
+        grid_source.getGrid(12, 2, 2, function(err, data, headers) {
+            assert.ok(err);
+            assert.equal(err.message, 'Grid does not exist');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 describe('tiles from bad server', function() {