diff --git a/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
index d0402222cc..21c102646a 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
@@ -1008,6 +1008,13 @@ ol.format.GML.writePos_ = function(node, value, objectStack) {
  * @private
  */
 ol.format.GML.writePosList_ = function(node, value, objectStack) {
+  var context = objectStack[objectStack.length - 1];
+  goog.asserts.assert(goog.isObject(context));
+  var srsName = goog.object.get(context, 'srsName');
+  var axisOrientation = 'enu';
+  if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(srsName)) {
+    axisOrientation = ol.proj.get(srsName).getAxisOrientation();
+  }
   // only 2d for simple features profile
   var points = value.getCoordinates();
   var len = points.length;
@@ -1015,8 +1022,11 @@ ol.format.GML.writePosList_ = function(node, value, objectStack) {
   var point;
   for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
     point = points[i];
-    // TODO axis orientation
-    parts[i] = point[0] + ' ' + point[1];
+    if (axisOrientation === 'enu') {
+      parts[i] = point[0] + ' ' + point[1];
+    } else {
+      parts[i] = point[1] + ' ' + point[0];
+    }
   }
   ol.format.XSD.writeStringTextNode(node, parts.join(' '));
 };
@@ -1088,7 +1098,8 @@ ol.format.GML.writeLineString_ = function(node, geometry, objectStack) {
   if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(srsName)) {
     node.setAttribute('srsName', srsName);
   }
-  ol.xml.pushSerializeAndPop({node: node},
+  var context = {node: node, srsName: srsName};
+  ol.xml.pushSerializeAndPop(context,
       ol.format.GML.FLAT_COORDINATES_SERIALIZERS_,
       ol.format.GML.POSLIST_NODE_FACTORY_, [geometry], []);
 };
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/gmlformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/gmlformat.test.js
index c974ef2276..37039947e8 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/gmlformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/gmlformat.test.js
@@ -53,16 +53,22 @@ describe('ol.format.GML', function() {
 
     describe('axis order', function() {
 
-      it('can read a linestring geometry with correct axis order', function() {
-        var text =
-            '<gml:LineString xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" ' +
-            '    srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326">' +
-            '  <gml:posList>-90 -180 90 180</gml:posList>' +
-            '</gml:LineString>';
-        var g = readGeometry(format, text);
-        expect(g).to.be.an(ol.geom.LineString);
-        expect(g.getCoordinates()).to.eql([[-180, -90, 0], [180, 90, 0]]);
-      });
+      it('can read and write a linestring geometry with ' +
+          'correct axis order', function() {
+            var text =
+                '<gml:LineString xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" ' +
+                '    srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326">' +
+                '  <gml:posList>-90 -180 90 180</gml:posList>' +
+                '</gml:LineString>';
+            format = new ol.format.GML({
+              srsName: 'urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326'
+            });
+            var g = readGeometry(format, text);
+            expect(g).to.be.an(ol.geom.LineString);
+            expect(g.getCoordinates()).to.eql([[-180, -90, 0], [180, 90, 0]]);
+            var serialized = format.writeGeometry(g);
+            expect(serialized.firstElementChild).to.xmleql(ol.xml.load(text));
+          });
 
       it('can read a point geometry with correct axis order', function() {
         var text =