diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.exports b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.exports
index 56b51e66f7..6cea01324c 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.exports
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.exports
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @exportSymbol ol.geom.MultiLineString
 @exportProperty ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getCoordinates
+@exportProperty ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getLineStrings
 @exportProperty ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getType
 @exportProperty ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.setCoordinates
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
index 4fe59e2688..8611641d02 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multilinestring.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
 
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
+goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat');
 
 
@@ -44,6 +45,21 @@ ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getEnds = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @return {Array.<ol.geom.LineString>} LineStrings.
+ */
+ol.geom.MultiLineString.prototype.getLineStrings = function() {
+  // FIXME we should construct the line strings from the flat coordinates
+  var coordinates = this.getCoordinates();
+  var lineStrings = [];
+  var i, ii;
+  for (i = 0, ii = coordinates.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    lineStrings.push(new ol.geom.LineString(coordinates[i]));
+  }
+  return lineStrings;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */