diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
index eb404953b6..1f32ccf5b6 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 import LayerRenderer from '../Layer.js';
 import WebGLHelper from '../../webgl/Helper.js';
+import {TRUE} from '../../functions.js';
 
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +82,14 @@ class WebGLLayerRenderer extends LayerRenderer {
   getShaderCompileErrors() {
     return this.helper.getShaderCompileErrors();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  hasFeatureAtCoordinate(coordinate, frameState) {
+    const feature = this.forEachFeatureAtCoordinate(coordinate, frameState, 0, TRUE, null);
+    return feature !== undefined;
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
index b387fa332e..bf2994136b 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ class WebGLPointsLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
     }
 
     this.renderHitDetection(frameState);
+    this.hitRenderTarget_.clearCachedData();
 
     return canvas;
   }
@@ -533,17 +534,14 @@ class WebGLPointsLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   forEachFeatureAtCoordinate(coordinate, frameState, hitTolerance, callback, declutteredFeatures) {
-    const pixel = applyTransform(frameState.coordinateToPixelTransform, coordinate.slice(0, 2));
-    const width = frameState.size[0];
-    const height = frameState.size[1];
+    const pixel = applyTransform(frameState.coordinateToPixelTransform, coordinate.slice());
 
-    const data = this.hitRenderTarget_.read();
-    const index = Math.floor(pixel[0]) + (height - Math.floor(pixel[1])) * width;
+    const data = this.hitRenderTarget_.readPixel(pixel[0], pixel[1]);
     const color = [
-      data[index * 4] / 255,
-      data[index * 4 + 1] / 255,
-      data[index * 4 + 2] / 255,
-      data[index * 4 + 3] / 255
+      data[0] / 255,
+      data[1] / 255,
+      data[2] / 255,
+      data[3] / 255
     ];
     const uid = colorDecodeId(color).toString();
 
diff --git a/src/ol/webgl/RenderTarget.js b/src/ol/webgl/RenderTarget.js
index 7c0f6ef1f3..4500495dc1 100644
--- a/src/ol/webgl/RenderTarget.js
+++ b/src/ol/webgl/RenderTarget.js
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class WebGLRenderTarget {
    * @param {number} x Pixel coordinate
    * @param {number} y Pixel coordinate
    * @returns {Uint8Array} Integer array with one color value (4 components)
+   * @api
    */
   readPixel(x, y) {
     this.readAll();
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js b/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
index e08f32ed8f..1f0361851a 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import WebGLPointsLayerRenderer from '../../../../../src/ol/renderer/webgl/Point
 import {get as getProjection} from '../../../../../src/ol/proj.js';
 import ViewHint from '../../../../../src/ol/ViewHint.js';
 import {POINT_VERTEX_STRIDE, WebGLWorkerMessageType} from '../../../../../src/ol/renderer/webgl/Layer.js';
+import {create as createTransform, translate as translateTransform} from '../../../../../src/ol/transform.js';
 
 
 describe('ol.renderer.webgl.PointsLayer', function() {
@@ -146,4 +147,69 @@ describe('ol.renderer.webgl.PointsLayer', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#forEachFeatureAtCoordinate and #hasFeatureAtCoordinate', function() {
+    let layer, renderer, feature;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      feature = new Feature(new Point([0, 0]));
+      layer = new VectorLayer({
+        source: new VectorSource({
+          features: [feature]
+        })
+      });
+      renderer = new WebGLPointsLayerRenderer(layer, {
+        sizeCallback: function() {
+          return 4;
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('correctly hit detects a feature', function(done) {
+      const transform = translateTransform(createTransform(), 20, 20);
+      const projection = getProjection('EPSG:3857');
+      const frameState = {
+        viewState: {
+          projection: projection,
+          resolution: 1,
+          rotation: 0,
+          center: [0, 0]
+        },
+        layerStatesArray: [{}],
+        layerIndex: 0,
+        extent: [-20, -20, 20, 20],
+        size: [40, 40],
+        viewHints: [],
+        coordinateToPixelTransform: transform
+      };
+      let found, hit;
+      const cb = function(feature) {
+        found = feature;
+      };
+
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      renderer.worker_.addEventListener('message', function() {
+        if (!renderer.hitRenderInstructions_) {
+          return;
+        }
+        renderer.renderFrame(frameState);
+
+        function checkHit(x, y, expected) {
+          found = null;
+          renderer.forEachFeatureAtCoordinate([x, y], frameState, 0, cb, null);
+          hit = renderer.hasFeatureAtCoordinate([x, y], frameState);
+          expect(found).to.be(expected ? feature : null);
+          expect(hit).to.eql(expected);
+        }
+
+        checkHit(0, 0, true);
+        checkHit(1, -2, true);
+        checkHit(-2, 1, true);
+        checkHit(2, 0, false);
+        checkHit(1, -3, false);
+
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
 });