diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
index dcf09919e3..f3aa2228b5 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasimmediate.js
@@ -220,6 +220,23 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawFeature = function(feature, style) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawGeometryCollectionGeometry =
+    function(geometryCollectionGeometry, data) {
+  var geometries = geometryCollectionGeometry.getGeometriesArray();
+  var i, ii;
+  for (i = 0, ii = geometries.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    var geometry = geometries[i];
+    var geometryRenderer =
+        ol.render.canvas.Immediate.GEOMETRY_RENDERES_[geometry.getType()];
+    goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(geometryRenderer));
+    geometryRenderer.call(this, geometry, data);
+  }
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -478,5 +495,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.Immediate.GEOMETRY_RENDERES_ = {
   'MultiPoint': ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiPointGeometry,
   'MultiLineString':
       ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiLineStringGeometry,
-  'MultiPolygon': ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiPolygonGeometry
+  'MultiPolygon': ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawMultiPolygonGeometry,
+  'GeometryCollection':
+      ol.render.canvas.Immediate.prototype.drawGeometryCollectionGeometry
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
index 1aeaf5f3be..1fe7d69e92 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.reverseInstructions_ = function() {
 ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.drawFeature = goog.abstractMethod;
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.drawGeometryCollectionGeometry =
+    goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/render/irender.js b/src/ol/render/irender.js
index 07c7ffee11..bbefdd7af5 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/irender.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/irender.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// FIXME remove trailing "Geometry" in method names
+
 goog.provide('ol.render.IRender');
 
 
@@ -17,6 +19,16 @@ ol.render.IRender.prototype.drawFeature = function(feature, style) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {ol.geom.GeometryCollection} geometryCollectionGeometry Geometry
+ *     collection.
+ * @param {Object} data Opaque data object.
+ */
+ol.render.IRender.prototype.drawGeometryCollectionGeometry =
+    function(geometryCollectionGeometry, data) {
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {ol.geom.Point} pointGeometry Point geometry.
  * @param {Object} data Opaque data object.
diff --git a/src/ol/render/vector.js b/src/ol/render/vector.js
index 717490f8c6..6143a6080f 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/vector.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/vector.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.renderer.vector');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryCollection');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPoint');
@@ -28,6 +29,29 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderFeature = function(
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {ol.render.IReplayGroup} replayGroup Replay group.
+ * @param {ol.geom.Geometry} geometry Geometry.
+ * @param {ol.style.Style} style Style.
+ * @param {Object} data Opaque data object.
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.renderer.vector.renderGeometryCollectionGeometry_ =
+    function(replayGroup, geometry, style, data) {
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(geometry, ol.geom.GeometryCollection);
+  var geometryCollectionGeometry = /** @type {ol.geom.GeometryCollection} */ (
+      geometry);
+  var geometries = geometryCollectionGeometry.getGeometriesArray();
+  var i, ii;
+  for (i = 0, ii = geometries.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    var geometryRenderer =
+        ol.renderer.vector.GEOMETRY_RENDERERS_[geometries[i].getType()];
+    goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(geometryRenderer));
+    geometryRenderer(replayGroup, geometries[i], style, data);
+  }
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {ol.render.IReplayGroup} replayGroup Replay group.
  * @param {ol.geom.Geometry} geometry Geometry.
@@ -167,5 +191,6 @@ ol.renderer.vector.GEOMETRY_RENDERERS_ = {
   'Polygon': ol.renderer.vector.renderPolygonGeometry_,
   'MultiPoint': ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiPointGeometry_,
   'MultiLineString': ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiLineStringGeometry_,
-  'MultiPolygon': ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiPolygonGeometry_
+  'MultiPolygon': ol.renderer.vector.renderMultiPolygonGeometry_,
+  'GeometryCollection': ol.renderer.vector.renderGeometryCollectionGeometry_
 };