diff --git a/test/test_jit.py b/test/test_jit.py
index 5ff0bb1b2b..a88f9a52c4 100644
--- a/test/test_jit.py
+++ b/test/test_jit.py
@@ -492,7 +492,43 @@ class TestCopyInsideJit(unittest.TestCase):
       a = Tensor.rand(16,16,device="CLANG").realize()
       b = Tensor.rand(16,16).realize()
       out = add(a,b)
-      self.assertListEqual(out.flatten().tolist(), [x+y for x,y in zip(a.flatten().tolist(), b.flatten().tolist())])
+      np.testing.assert_allclose(out.flatten().tolist(), [x+y for x,y in zip(a.flatten().tolist(), b.flatten().tolist())])
+
+class TestJitPrune(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_simple_prune(self):
+    weights = Tensor.rand(16).realize()
+    def w2(x) -> Tensor: return (weights*2).contiguous() + x
+    w2_noprune = TinyJit(w2)
+    w2_prune = TinyJit(w2, prune=True)
+
+    for _ in range(3):
+      a = Tensor.rand(16).realize()
+      out = w2_noprune(a)
+      np.testing.assert_allclose(out.tolist(), [x*2+y for x,y in zip(weights.tolist(), a.tolist())])
+    assert len(w2_noprune.captured.jit_cache) == 2
+
+    for _ in range(3):
+      a = Tensor.rand(16).realize()
+      out = w2_prune(a)
+      np.testing.assert_allclose(out.tolist(), [x*2+y for x,y in zip(weights.tolist(), a.tolist())])
+    assert len(w2_prune.captured.jit_cache) == 1
+
+  def test_prune_w_copy_correct(self):
+    weights = Tensor.rand(16).realize()
+    def w2(x) -> Tensor: return (weights*2).contiguous() + x.to(Device.DEFAULT)
+    w2_noprune = TinyJit(w2)
+    w2_prune = TinyJit(w2, prune=True)
+
+    for _ in range(3):
+      a = Tensor.rand(16, device="CLANG").realize()
+      out = w2_noprune(a)
+      np.testing.assert_allclose(out.tolist(), [x*2+y for x,y in zip(weights.tolist(), a.tolist())])
+
+    for _ in range(3):
+      a = Tensor.rand(16, device="CLANG").realize()
+      out = w2_prune(a)
+      np.testing.assert_allclose(out.tolist(), [x*2+y for x,y in zip(weights.tolist(), a.tolist())])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/jit.py b/tinygrad/engine/jit.py
index 15f1611f9c..531fd1a19d 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/jit.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/jit.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from tinygrad.device import Buffer, Compiled, Device
 from tinygrad.dtype import DType
 from tinygrad.ops import UOp, ssimplify, Variable, sint, sym_infer
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
-from tinygrad.engine.realize import ExecItem, capturing, EmptyOp, ViewOp, BufferXfer, CompiledRunner, Runner
+from tinygrad.engine.realize import ExecItem, capturing, EmptyOp, ViewOp, BufferCopy, BufferXfer, CompiledRunner, Runner
 from tinygrad.engine.memory import _internal_memory_planner
 from tinygrad.nn.state import get_parameters
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ class TinyJit(Generic[ReturnType]):
           if any(b in depends for b in ei.bufs):
             if isinstance(ei.prg, CompiledRunner):
               depends.update(cast(Buffer, ei.bufs[out]) for out in ei.prg.p.outs)
+            if isinstance(ei.prg, (BufferCopy, BufferXfer)):
+              depends.add(cast(Buffer, ei.bufs[0]))
         pruned, onetime = partition(jit_cache,
                                     lambda ei: not isinstance(ei.prg, CompiledRunner) or any(ei.bufs[out] in depends for out in ei.prg.p.outs))
         if DEBUG >= 1: print(f"pruned from {len(jit_cache)} -> {len(pruned)} kernels")