diff --git a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
index 09a991e5c3..637548ece0 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
@@ -44,23 +44,47 @@ ol.source.TileJSON = function(options) {
     ol.net.jsonp(options.url, this.handleTileJSONResponse.bind(this),
         this.handleTileJSONError.bind(this));
   } else {
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    xhr.open('GET', options.url, true);
-    xhr.onload = function(e) {
-      if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
-        var response = /** @type {TileJSON} */(JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
-        this.handleTileJSONResponse(response);
-      } else {
-        this.handleTileJSONError();
-      }
-    }.bind(this);
-    xhr.send();
+    var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    client.addEventListener('load', this.onXHRLoad_.bind(this));
+    client.addEventListener('error', this.onXHRError_.bind(this));
+    client.open('GET', options.url);
+    client.send();
   }
 
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.source.TileJSON, ol.source.TileImage);
 
 
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {Event} event The load event.
+ */
+ol.source.TileJSON.prototype.onXHRLoad_ = function(event) {
+  var client = /** @type {XMLHttpRequest} */ (event.target);
+  if (client.status >= 200 && client.status < 300) {
+    var response;
+    try {
+      response = /** @type {TileJSON} */(JSON.parse(client.responseText));
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.handleTileJSONError();
+      return;
+    }
+    this.handleTileJSONResponse(response);
+  } else {
+    this.handleTileJSONError();
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {Event} event The error event.
+ */
+ol.source.TileJSON.prototype.onXHRError_ = function(event) {
+  this.handleTileJSONError();
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @protected
  * @param {TileJSON} tileJSON Tile JSON.
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/source/tilejsonsource.test.js b/test/spec/ol/source/tilejsonsource.test.js
index b21d5b2d86..202371067e 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/source/tilejsonsource.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/source/tilejsonsource.test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,32 @@ goog.provide('ol.test.source.TileJSON');
 describe('ol.source.TileJSON', function() {
 
   describe('#getState', function() {
+
     it('returns ol.source.State.ERROR on HTTP 404', function() {
-      var changeSpy = sinon.spy(function(event) {
-        expect(event.target.getState()).to.eql('error');
-      });
       var source = new ol.source.TileJSON({
         url: 'invalid.jsonp'
       });
-      ol.events.listen(source, 'change', changeSpy);
+      source.on('change', function() {
+        expect(source.getState()).to.eql('error');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('returns ol.source.State.ERROR on CORS issues', function() {
+      var source = new ol.source.TileJSON({
+        url: 'http://example.com'
+      });
+      source.on('change', function() {
+        expect(source.getState()).to.eql('error');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('returns ol.source.State.ERROR on JSON parsing issues', function() {
+      var source = new ol.source.TileJSON({
+        url: '/'
+      });
+      source.on('change', function() {
+        expect(source.getState()).to.eql('error');
+      });
     });
 
   });