diff --git a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
index 63d4edb66d..de4c4d42aa 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
@@ -1130,6 +1130,18 @@ ol.format.KML.outerBoundaryIsParser_ = function(node, objectStack) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @param {Array.<*>} objectStack Object stack.
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.format.KML.LinkParser_ = function(node, objectStack) {
+  goog.asserts.assert(node.nodeType == goog.dom.NodeType.ELEMENT);
+  goog.asserts.assert(node.localName == 'Link');
+  ol.xml.parseNode(ol.format.KML.LINK_PARSERS_, node, objectStack);
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @param {Node} node Node.
  * @param {Array.<*>} objectStack Object stack.
@@ -1331,6 +1343,35 @@ ol.format.KML.GX_MULTITRACK_GEOMETRY_PARSERS_ = ol.xml.makeParsersNS(
     });
 
 
+/**
+ * @const
+ * @type {Object.<string, Object.<string, ol.xml.Parser>>}
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.format.KML.NETWORK_LINK_PARSERS_ = ol.xml.makeParsersNS(
+    ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, {
+      'ExtendedData': ol.format.KML.ExtendedDataParser_,
+      'Link': ol.format.KML.LinkParser_,
+      'address': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readString),
+      'description': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readString),
+      'name': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readString),
+      'open': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readBoolean),
+      'phoneNumber': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readString),
+      'visibility': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.XSD.readBoolean)
+    });
+
+
+/**
+ * @const
+ * @type {Object.<string, Object.<string, ol.xml.Parser>>}
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.format.KML.LINK_PARSERS_ = ol.xml.makeParsersNS(
+    ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, {
+      'href': ol.xml.makeObjectPropertySetter(ol.format.KML.readURI_)
+    });
+
+
 /**
  * @const
  * @type {Object.<string, Object.<string, ol.xml.Parser>>}
@@ -1711,6 +1752,71 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.readNameFromNode = function(node) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {Document|Node|string} source Souce.
+ * @return {Array.<Object>} Network links.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.format.KML.prototype.readNetworkLinks = function(source) {
+  var networkLinks = [];
+  if (ol.xml.isDocument(source)) {
+    goog.array.extend(networkLinks, this.readNetworkLinksFromDocument(
+        /** @type {Document} */ (source)));
+  } else if (ol.xml.isNode(source)) {
+    goog.array.extend(networkLinks, this.readNetworkLinksFromNode(
+        /** @type {Node} */ (source)));
+  } else if (goog.isString(source)) {
+    var doc = ol.xml.parse(source);
+    goog.array.extend(networkLinks, this.readNetworkLinksFromDocument(doc));
+  } else {
+    goog.asserts.fail();
+  }
+  return networkLinks;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Document} doc Document.
+ * @return {Array.<Object>} Network links.
+ */
+ol.format.KML.prototype.readNetworkLinksFromDocument = function(doc) {
+  var n, networkLinks = [];
+  for (n = doc.firstChild; !goog.isNull(n); n = n.nextSibling) {
+    if (n.nodeType == goog.dom.NodeType.ELEMENT) {
+      goog.array.extend(networkLinks, this.readNetworkLinksFromNode(n));
+    }
+  }
+  return networkLinks;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @return {Array.<Object>} Network links.
+ */
+ol.format.KML.prototype.readNetworkLinksFromNode = function(node) {
+  var n, networkLinks = [];
+  for (n = node.firstElementChild; !goog.isNull(n); n = n.nextElementSibling) {
+    if (goog.array.contains(ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, n.namespaceURI) &&
+        n.localName == 'NetworkLink') {
+      var obj = ol.xml.pushParseAndPop({}, ol.format.KML.NETWORK_LINK_PARSERS_,
+          n, []);
+      networkLinks.push(obj);
+    }
+  }
+  for (n = node.firstElementChild; !goog.isNull(n); n = n.nextElementSibling) {
+    var localName = ol.xml.getLocalName(n);
+    if (goog.array.contains(ol.format.KML.NAMESPACE_URIS_, n.namespaceURI) &&
+        (localName == 'Document' ||
+         localName == 'Folder' ||
+         localName == 'kml')) {
+      goog.array.extend(networkLinks, this.readNetworkLinksFromNode(n));
+    }
+  }
+  return networkLinks;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Read the projection from a KML source.
  *
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
index ce46fc54b4..ce3c17332c 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/kmlformat.test.js
@@ -2489,6 +2489,45 @@ describe('ol.format.KML', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('#readNetworkLinks', function() {
+    it('returns empty array if no network links found', function() {
+      var text =
+          '<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">' +
+          '  <Document>' +
+          '  </Document>' +
+          '</kml>';
+      var nl = format.readNetworkLinks(text);
+      expect(nl).to.have.length(0);
+    });
+
+    it('returns an array of network links', function() {
+      var text =
+          '<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">' +
+          '  <Document>' +
+          '    <NetworkLink>' +
+          '      <name>bar</name>' +
+          '      <Link>' +
+          '        <href>bar/bar.kml</href>' +
+          '      </Link>' +
+          '    </NetworkLink>' +
+          '  </Document>' +
+          '  <Folder>' +
+          '    <NetworkLink>' +
+          '      <Link>' +
+          '        <href>http://foo.com/foo.kml</href>' +
+          '      </Link>' +
+          '    </NetworkLink>' +
+          '  </Folder>' +
+          '</kml>';
+      var nl = format.readNetworkLinks(text);
+      expect(nl).to.have.length(2);
+      expect(nl[0].name).to.be('bar');
+      expect(nl[0].href).to.be('bar/bar.kml');
+      expect(nl[1].href).to.be('http://foo.com/foo.kml');
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });