diff --git a/examples/side-by-side.html b/examples/side-by-side.html
index 7f84a0bee8..bd9f7ebd33 100644
--- a/examples/side-by-side.html
+++ b/examples/side-by-side.html
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
                 <td><div id="domMousePosition" class="mouseposition"></div></td>
                 <td><div id="webglMousePosition" class="mouseposition"></div></td>
             </tr>
-            <tr>
-                <td colspan="2">
-                    <div id="attribution" class="attribution"></div>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
             <tr>
diff --git a/examples/side-by-side.js b/examples/side-by-side.js
index 9196fc9bae..c696da15ab 100644
--- a/examples/side-by-side.js
+++ b/examples/side-by-side.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ goog.require('goog.debug.Logger.Level');
 goog.require('ol.CoordinateFormat');
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.RendererHint');
-goog.require('ol.control.Attribution');
 goog.require('ol.control.MousePosition');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.Keyboard');
 goog.require('ol.layer.TileLayer');
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ var domMap = new ol.Map(document.getElementById('domMap'), {
   zoom: 0
 });
 
-domMap.getControls().push(new ol.control.Attribution({
-  target: document.getElementById('attribution')
-}));
-
 domMap.getControls().push(new ol.control.MousePosition({
   coordinateFormat: ol.CoordinateFormat.hdms,
   projection: ol.Projection.getFromCode('EPSG:4326'),
diff --git a/examples/two-layers.html b/examples/two-layers.html
index 50c31b640b..cb5c5e323b 100644
--- a/examples/two-layers.html
+++ b/examples/two-layers.html
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
                 <td><div id="domMap" class="map"></div></td>
                 <td><div id="webglMap" class="map"></div></td>
             </tr>
-            <tr>
-                <td colspan="2">
-                    <div id="attribution" class="attribution"></div>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
         </table>
         <script src="loader.js?id=two-layers" type="text/javascript"></script>
     </body>
diff --git a/examples/two-layers.js b/examples/two-layers.js
index d0e1e51c88..bfba468fc8 100644
--- a/examples/two-layers.js
+++ b/examples/two-layers.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ goog.require('ol.Coordinate');
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.Projection');
 goog.require('ol.RendererHint');
-goog.require('ol.control.Attribution');
 goog.require('ol.layer.TileLayer');
 goog.require('ol.source.BingMaps');
 goog.require('ol.source.TileJSON');
@@ -31,10 +30,6 @@ var webglMap = new ol.Map(document.getElementById('webglMap'), {
   zoom: 5
 });
 
-webglMap.getControls().push(new ol.control.Attribution({
-  target: document.getElementById('attribution')
-}));
-
 var domMap = new ol.Map(document.getElementById('domMap'), {
   renderer: ol.RendererHint.DOM
 });
diff --git a/src/ol/mapoptions.js b/src/ol/mapoptions.js
index ba8b8c8da4..56b3617500 100644
--- a/src/ol/mapoptions.js
+++ b/src/ol/mapoptions.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ goog.require('ol.Constraints');
 goog.require('ol.Projection');
 goog.require('ol.ResolutionConstraint');
 goog.require('ol.RotationConstraint');
+goog.require('ol.control.Attribution');
 goog.require('ol.control.Zoom');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.AltDragRotate');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.DblClickZoom');
@@ -231,6 +232,8 @@ ol.MapOptions.createControls_ = function(mapOptionsLiteral) {
 
   var controls = new ol.Collection();
 
+  controls.push(new ol.control.Attribution({}));
+
   var zoomDelta = goog.isDef(mapOptionsLiteral.zoomDelta) ?
       mapOptionsLiteral.zoomDelta : 4;
   controls.push(new ol.control.Zoom({