diff --git a/src/ol/io/geojson.js b/src/ol/io/geojson.js
index 9587a7a5d0..2dd708e641 100644
--- a/src/ol/io/geojson.js
+++ b/src/ol/io/geojson.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 goog.provide('ol.io.geojson');
 
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
 /**
  * Parse a GeoJSON string.
  * @param {string} str GeoJSON string.
- * @return {ol.geom.Geometry|Array.<ol.geom.Geometry>} Parsed geometry or array
+ * @return {ol.Feature|Array.<ol.Feature>|
+ *    ol.geom.Geometry|Array.<ol.geom.Geometry>} Parsed geometry or array
  *    of geometries.
  */
 ol.io.geojson.read = function(str) {
@@ -24,13 +26,22 @@ ol.io.geojson.read = function(str) {
 
 /**
  * @param {GeoJSONObject} json GeoJSON object.
- * @return {ol.geom.Geometry|Array.<ol.geom.Geometry>} Parsed geometry or array
+ * @return {ol.Feature|Array.<ol.Feature>|
+ *    ol.geom.Geometry|Array.<ol.geom.Geometry>} Parsed geometry or array
  *    of geometries.
  * @private
  */
 ol.io.geojson.parse_ = function(json) {
   var result;
   switch (json.type) {
+    case 'FeatureCollection':
+      result = ol.io.geojson.parseFeatureCollection_(
+          /** @type {GeoJSONFeatureCollection} */ (json));
+      break;
+    case 'Feature':
+      result = ol.io.geojson.parseFeature_(
+          /** @type {GeoJSONFeature} */ (json));
+      break;
     case 'GeometryCollection':
       result = ol.io.geojson.parseGeometryCollection_(
           /** @type {GeoJSONGeometryCollection} */ (json));
@@ -66,6 +77,41 @@ ol.io.geojson.parse_ = function(json) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {GeoJSONFeature} json GeoJSON feature.
+ * @return {ol.Feature} Parsed feature.
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.io.geojson.parseFeature_ = function(json) {
+  var geomJson = json.geometry,
+      geometry;
+  if (geomJson) {
+    geometry = /** @type {ol.geom.Geometry} */ (ol.io.geojson.parse_(
+        /** @type {GeoJSONGeometry} */ (geomJson)));
+  }
+  return new ol.Feature(geometry, json.properties);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {GeoJSONFeatureCollection} json GeoJSON feature collection.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.Feature>} Parsed array of features.
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.io.geojson.parseFeatureCollection_ = function(json) {
+  var features = json.features,
+      len = features.length,
+      result = new Array(len),
+      i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+    result[i] = ol.io.geojson.parse_(
+        /** @type {GeoJSONFeature} */ (features[i]));
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {GeoJSONGeometryCollection} json GeoJSON geometry collection.
  * @return {Array.<ol.geom.Geometry>} Parsed array of geometries.
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/io/geojson.test.js b/test/spec/ol/io/geojson.test.js
index fc2ab65b4b..7ad58d4455 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/io/geojson.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/io/geojson.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,69 @@
 describe('ol.io.geojson', function() {
 
+  var data = {
+    'type': 'FeatureCollection',
+    'features': [
+      {
+        'type': 'Feature',
+        'properties': {
+          'LINK_ID': 573730499,
+          'RP_TYPE': 14,
+          'RP_FUNC': 0,
+          'DIRECTION': 2,
+          'LOGKOD': '',
+          'CHANGED': '',
+          'USERID': '',
+          'ST_NAME': '',
+          'L_REFADDR': '',
+          'L_NREFADDR': '',
+          'R_REFADDR': '',
+          'R_NREFADDR': '',
+          'SPEED_CAT': '7',
+          'ZIPCODE': '59330',
+          'SHAPE_LEN': 46.3826
+        },
+        'geometry': {
+          'type': 'LineString',
+          'coordinates': [
+            [1549497.66985, 6403707.96],
+            [1549491.1, 6403710.1],
+            [1549488.03995, 6403716.7504],
+            [1549488.5401, 6403724.5504],
+            [1549494.37985, 6403733.54],
+            [1549499.6799, 6403738.0504],
+            [1549506.22, 6403739.2504]
+          ]
+        }
+      }, {
+        'type': 'Feature',
+        'properties': {
+          'LINK_ID': 30760556,
+          'RP_TYPE': 12,
+          'RP_FUNC': 1,
+          'DIRECTION': 0,
+          'LOGKOD': '',
+          'CHANGED': '',
+          'USERID': '',
+          'ST_NAME': 'BRUNNSGATAN',
+          'L_REFADDR': '24',
+          'L_NREFADDR': '16',
+          'R_REFADDR': '',
+          'R_NREFADDR': '',
+          'SPEED_CAT': '7',
+          'ZIPCODE': '59330',
+          'SHAPE_LEN': 70.3106
+        },
+        'geometry': {
+          'type': 'LineString',
+          'coordinates': [
+            [1549754.2769, 6403854.8024],
+            [1549728.45985, 6403920.2]
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  };
+
   describe('read()', function() {
 
     it('parses point', function() {
@@ -60,6 +124,25 @@ describe('ol.io.geojson', function() {
       expect(array[1]).toBeA(ol.geom.LineString);
     });
 
+    it('parses feature collection', function() {
+      var str = JSON.stringify(data),
+          array = ol.io.geojson.read(str);
+
+      expect(array.length).toBe(2);
+
+      var first = array[0];
+      expect(first).toBeA(ol.Feature);
+      expect(first.get('LINK_ID')).toBe(573730499);
+      var firstGeom = first.getGeometry();
+      expect(firstGeom).toBeA(ol.geom.LineString);
+
+      var second = array[1];
+      expect(second).toBeA(ol.Feature);
+      expect(second.get('ST_NAME')).toBe('BRUNNSGATAN');
+      var secondGeom = second.getGeometry();
+      expect(secondGeom).toBeA(ol.geom.LineString);
+    });
+
   });
 
 });