diff --git a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
index 8ba484fc00..95ef1cdc0d 100644
--- a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
+++ b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@
  * @typedef {Object} ol.source.TileJSONOptions
  * @property {null|string|undefined} crossOrigin crossOriin setting for image
  *     requests.
+ * @property {ol.TileLoadFunctionType|undefined} tileLoadFunction Optional
+ *     function to load a tile given a URL.
  * @property {string} url URL.
  */
 
diff --git a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
index 9d790cb942..879e68d4a5 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ ol.source.TileJSON = function(options) {
 
   goog.base(this, {
     crossOrigin: options.crossOrigin,
-    projection: ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857')
+    projection: ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857'),
+    tileLoadFunction: options.tileLoadFunction
   });
 
   /**