diff --git a/src/ol/ol.js b/src/ol/ol.js
index 23c754f49a..67f3cc5ddc 100644
--- a/src/ol/ol.js
+++ b/src/ol/ol.js
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ ol.ENABLE_TILE = true;
 ol.ENABLE_VECTOR = true;
 
 
+/**
+ * @define {boolean} Enable rendering of ol.layer.VectorTile based layers.
+ *     Default is `true`. Setting this to false at compile time in advanced mode
+ *     removes all code supporting VectorTile layers from the build.
+ */
+ol.ENABLE_VECTOR_TILE = true;
+
+
 /**
  * @define {boolean} Enable the WebGL renderer.  Default is `true`. Setting
  *     this to false at compile time in advanced mode removes all code
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
index 3c3f091b85..0e2d7189a9 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
@@ -1158,6 +1158,8 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay = function(tolerance, maxExtent, resolution) {
     miterLimit: undefined
   };
 
+  this.rightHanded_ = false;
+
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay, ol.render.canvas.Replay);
 
@@ -1290,7 +1292,9 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.drawPolygonGeometry =
          state.miterLimit, state.lineDash]);
   }
   var ends = polygonGeometry.getEnds();
-  var flatCoordinates = polygonGeometry.getOrientedFlatCoordinates();
+  var flatCoordinates = this.rightHanded_ ?
+      polygonGeometry.getFlatCoordinates() :
+      polygonGeometry.getOrientedFlatCoordinates();
   var stride = polygonGeometry.getStride();
   this.drawFlatCoordinatess_(flatCoordinates, 0, ends, stride);
   this.endGeometry(polygonGeometry, feature);
@@ -1375,6 +1379,16 @@ ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.getBufferedMaxExtent = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {boolean} rightHanded Whether polygons are assumed to follow
+ *     the right-hand rule.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay.prototype.setRightHanded =
+    function(rightHanded) {
+  this.rightHanded_ = rightHanded;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -1793,10 +1807,13 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.setTextStyle = function(textStyle) {
  * @param {ol.Extent} maxExtent Max extent.
  * @param {number} resolution Resolution.
  * @param {number=} opt_renderBuffer Optional rendering buffer.
+ * @param {boolean=} opt_rightHandedPolygons Assume that polygons follow the
+ *     right-hand rule.
  * @struct
  */
 ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup = function(
-    tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, opt_renderBuffer) {
+    tolerance, maxExtent, resolution, opt_renderBuffer,
+    opt_rightHandedPolygons) {
 
   /**
    * @private
@@ -1841,6 +1858,13 @@ ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup = function(
    */
   this.hitDetectionTransform_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  this.rightHandedPolygons_ = goog.isDef(opt_rightHandedPolygons) ?
+      opt_rightHandedPolygons : false;
+
 };
 
 
@@ -1928,6 +1952,10 @@ ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup.prototype.getReplay =
         ' constructor missing from ol.render.canvas.BATCH_CONSTRUCTORS_');
     replay = new Constructor(this.tolerance_, this.maxExtent_,
         this.resolution_);
+    if (replayType == ol.render.ReplayType.POLYGON) {
+      goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(replay, ol.render.canvas.PolygonReplay);
+      replay.setRightHanded(this.rightHandedPolygons_);
+    }
     replays[replayType] = replay;
   }
   return replay;
diff --git a/src/ol/render/vector.js b/src/ol/render/vector.js
index 30b4d4c32e..5c91a013d9 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/vector.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/vector.js
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ ol.renderer.vector.renderPointGeometry_ =
     var textReplay = replayGroup.getReplay(
         style.getZIndex(), ol.render.ReplayType.TEXT);
     textReplay.setTextStyle(textStyle);
-    textReplay.drawText(geometry.getCoordinates(), 0, 2, 2, geometry, feature);
+    textReplay.drawText(geometry.getFlatCoordinates(), 0, 2, 2, geometry,
+        feature);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
index 21c9f88285..447bb44bd8 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ goog.require('ol.layer.Image');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.layer.VectorTile');
 goog.require('ol.render.Event');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.Immediate');
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer');
 goog.require('ol.source.State');
 goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
 
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer(layer);
   } else if (ol.ENABLE_TILE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer(layer);
+  } else if (ol.ENABLE_VECTOR_TILE && layer instanceof ol.layer.VectorTile) {
+    return new ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer(layer);
   } else if (ol.ENABLE_VECTOR && layer instanceof ol.layer.Vector) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer(layer);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..169641285b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer');
+
+goog.require('goog.array');
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('goog.events');
+goog.require('goog.object');
+goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
+goog.require('ol.TileRange');
+goog.require('ol.TileState');
+goog.require('ol.ViewHint');
+goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.layer.VectorTile');
+goog.require('ol.proj.Units');
+goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.vector');
+goog.require('ol.size');
+goog.require('ol.source.VectorTile');
+goog.require('ol.tilecoord');
+goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.renderer.canvas.Layer}
+ * @param {ol.layer.VectorTile} layer VectorTile layer.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer = function(layer) {
+
+  goog.base(this, layer);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+   */
+  this.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D();
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  this.dirty_ = false;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Array.<ol.VectorTile>}
+   */
+  this.renderedTiles_ = [];
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Extent}
+   */
+  this.tmpExtent_ = ol.extent.createEmpty();
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Size}
+   */
+  this.tmpSize_ = [NaN, NaN];
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {!goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
+   */
+  this.tmpTransform_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.composeFrame =
+    function(frameState, layerState, context) {
+
+  var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
+  var skippedFeatureUids = layerState.managed ?
+      frameState.skippedFeatureUids : {};
+  var viewState = frameState.viewState;
+  var center = viewState.center;
+  var projection = viewState.projection;
+  var resolution = viewState.resolution;
+  var rotation = viewState.rotation;
+  var source = this.getLayer().getSource();
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ol.source.VectorTile,
+      'Source is an ol.source.VectorTile');
+
+  var transform = this.getTransform(frameState, 0);
+
+  this.dispatchPreComposeEvent(context, frameState, transform);
+
+  var layer = this.getLayer();
+  var replayContext;
+  if (layer.hasListener(ol.render.EventType.RENDER)) {
+    // resize and clear
+    this.context_.canvas.width = context.canvas.width;
+    this.context_.canvas.height = context.canvas.height;
+    replayContext = this.context_;
+  } else {
+    replayContext = context;
+  }
+  // for performance reasons, context.save / context.restore is not used
+  // to save and restore the transformation matrix and the opacity.
+  // see http://jsperf.com/context-save-restore-versus-variable
+  var alpha = replayContext.globalAlpha;
+  replayContext.globalAlpha = layerState.opacity;
+
+  var tilesToDraw = this.renderedTiles_;
+  var tileGrid = source.getTileGrid();
+
+  var currentZ, i, ii, origin, scale, tile, tileExtent, tileSize;
+  var tilePixelRatio, tilePixelResolution, tilePixelSize, tileResolution;
+  for (i = 0, ii = tilesToDraw.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    tile = tilesToDraw[i];
+    currentZ = tile.getTileCoord()[0];
+    tileSize = tileGrid.getTileSize(currentZ);
+    tilePixelSize = source.getTilePixelSize(currentZ, pixelRatio, projection);
+    tilePixelRatio = tilePixelSize[0] /
+        ol.size.toSize(tileGrid.getTileSize(currentZ), this.tmpSize_)[0];
+    tileResolution = tileGrid.getResolution(currentZ);
+    tilePixelResolution = tileResolution / tilePixelRatio;
+    if (tile.getProjection().getUnits() == ol.proj.Units.TILE_PIXELS) {
+      origin = ol.extent.getTopLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+          tile.getTileCoord(), this.tmpExtent_));
+      transform = ol.vec.Mat4.makeTransform2D(this.tmpTransform_,
+          pixelRatio * frameState.size[0] / 2,
+          pixelRatio * frameState.size[1] / 2,
+          pixelRatio * tilePixelResolution / resolution,
+          pixelRatio * tilePixelResolution / resolution,
+          viewState.rotation,
+          (origin[0] - center[0]) / tilePixelResolution,
+          (center[1] - origin[1]) / tilePixelResolution);
+    }
+    tile.getReplayState().replayGroup.replay(replayContext, pixelRatio,
+        transform, rotation, skippedFeatureUids);
+  }
+
+  transform = this.getTransform(frameState, 0);
+
+  if (replayContext != context) {
+    this.dispatchRenderEvent(replayContext, frameState, transform);
+    context.drawImage(replayContext.canvas, 0, 0);
+  }
+  replayContext.globalAlpha = alpha;
+
+  this.dispatchPostComposeEvent(context, frameState, transform);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.VectorTile} tile Tile.
+ * @param {ol.layer.VectorTile} layer Vector tile layer.
+ * @param {number} resolution Resolution.
+ * @param {number} pixelRatio Pixel ratio.
+ * @return {boolean} Success.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.createReplayGroup = function(tile,
+    layer, resolution, pixelRatio) {
+  var revision = layer.getRevision();
+  var renderOrder = layer.getRenderOrder();
+  if (!goog.isDef(renderOrder)) {
+    renderOrder = null;
+  }
+
+  var replayState = tile.getReplayState();
+  if (!replayState.dirty &&
+      replayState.renderedResolution == resolution &&
+      replayState.renderedRevision == revision &&
+      replayState.renderedRenderOrder == renderOrder) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // FIXME dispose of old replayGroup in post render
+  goog.dispose(replayState.replayGroup);
+  replayState.replayGroup = null;
+  replayState.dirty = false;
+
+  var source = layer.getSource();
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ol.source.VectorTile,
+      'Source is an ol.source.VectorTile');
+  var tileGrid = source.getTileGrid();
+  var pixelSpace = tile.getProjection().getUnits() == ol.proj.Units.TILE_PIXELS;
+  var extent = pixelSpace ?
+      [0, 0].concat(source.getTilePixelSize(
+          tileGrid.getZForResolution(resolution), pixelRatio,
+              tile.getProjection())) :
+      tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tile.getTileCoord());
+  var tileResolution = pixelSpace ? source.getTilePixelRatio() : resolution;
+  var replayGroup = new ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup(pixelSpace ? 0 :
+      ol.renderer.vector.getTolerance(tileResolution, pixelRatio), extent,
+      tileResolution, layer.getRenderBuffer(),
+      source.getRightHandedPolygons());
+
+  /**
+   * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+   * @this {ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer}
+   */
+  function renderFeature(feature) {
+    var styles;
+    if (goog.isDef(feature.getStyleFunction())) {
+      styles = feature.getStyleFunction().call(feature, resolution);
+    } else if (goog.isDef(layer.getStyleFunction())) {
+      styles = layer.getStyleFunction()(feature, resolution);
+    }
+    var squaredTolerance = pixelSpace ? -1 :
+        ol.renderer.vector.getSquaredTolerance(resolution, pixelRatio);
+    if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(styles)) {
+      var dirty = this.renderFeature(feature, squaredTolerance, styles,
+          replayGroup);
+      replayState.dirty = replayState.dirty || dirty;
+      this.dirty_ = this.dirty_ || replayState.dirty;
+    }
+  }
+
+  var features = tile.getFeatures();
+  if (!goog.isNull(renderOrder) &&
+      renderOrder !== replayState.renderedRenderOrder) {
+    goog.array.sort(features, renderOrder);
+  }
+  goog.array.forEach(features, renderFeature, this);
+
+  replayGroup.finish();
+
+  replayState.renderedResolution = resolution;
+  replayState.renderedRevision = revision;
+  replayState.renderedRenderOrder = renderOrder;
+  replayState.replayGroup = replayGroup;
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.forEachFeatureAtCoordinate =
+    function(coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
+  var resolution = frameState.viewState.resolution;
+  var rotation = frameState.viewState.rotation;
+  var layer = this.getLayer();
+  var layerState = frameState.layerStates[goog.getUid(layer)];
+  /** @type {Object.<string, boolean>} */
+  var features = {};
+
+  var replayables = this.renderedTiles_;
+  var found, tileSpaceCoordinate;
+  var i, ii, origin, replayGroup, source;
+  var tile, tileCoord, tileExtent, tilePixelRatio, tileResolution, tileSize;
+  for (i = 0, ii = replayables.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    tile = replayables[i];
+    tileCoord = tile.getTileCoord();
+    source = layer.getSource();
+    goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ol.source.VectorTile,
+        'Source is an ol.source.VectorTile');
+    tileExtent = source.getTileGrid().getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord);
+    if (!ol.extent.containsCoordinate(tileExtent, coordinate)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (tile.getProjection().getUnits() === ol.proj.Units.TILE_PIXELS) {
+      origin = ol.extent.getTopLeft(
+          source.getTileGrid().getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord));
+      tilePixelRatio = source.getTilePixelRatio();
+      tileResolution = resolution / tilePixelRatio;
+      tileSize = ol.size.toSize(
+          source.getTileGrid().getTileSize(tileCoord[0]));
+      tileSpaceCoordinate = [
+        (coordinate[0] - origin[0]) / tileResolution,
+        (origin[1] - coordinate[1]) / tileResolution
+      ];
+      resolution = tilePixelRatio;
+    } else {
+      tileSpaceCoordinate = coordinate;
+    }
+    replayGroup = tile.getReplayState().replayGroup;
+    found = found || replayGroup.forEachFeatureAtCoordinate(
+        tileSpaceCoordinate, resolution, rotation,
+        layerState.managed ? frameState.skippedFeatureUids : {},
+        /**
+         * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+         * @return {?} Callback result.
+         */
+        function(feature) {
+          goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(feature), 'received a feature');
+          var key = goog.getUid(feature).toString();
+          if (!(key in features)) {
+            features[key] = true;
+            return callback.call(thisArg, feature, layer);
+          }
+        });
+  }
+  return found;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Handle changes in image style state.
+ * @param {goog.events.Event} event Image style change event.
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.handleStyleImageChange_ =
+    function(event) {
+  this.renderIfReadyAndVisible();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
+    function(frameState, layerState) {
+  var layer = /** @type {ol.layer.Vector} */ (this.getLayer());
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(layer, ol.layer.VectorTile,
+      'layer is an instance of ol.layer.VectorTile');
+  var source = layer.getSource();
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ol.source.VectorTile,
+      'Source is an ol.source.VectorTile');
+
+  this.updateAttributions(
+      frameState.attributions, source.getAttributions());
+  this.updateLogos(frameState, source);
+
+  var animating = frameState.viewHints[ol.ViewHint.ANIMATING];
+  var interacting = frameState.viewHints[ol.ViewHint.INTERACTING];
+  var updateWhileAnimating = layer.getUpdateWhileAnimating();
+  var updateWhileInteracting = layer.getUpdateWhileInteracting();
+
+  if (!this.dirty_ && (!updateWhileAnimating && animating) ||
+      (!updateWhileInteracting && interacting)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  var extent = frameState.extent;
+  if (goog.isDef(layerState.extent)) {
+    extent = ol.extent.getIntersection(extent, layerState.extent);
+  }
+  if (ol.extent.isEmpty(extent)) {
+    // Return false to prevent the rendering of the layer.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  var viewState = frameState.viewState;
+  var projection = viewState.projection;
+  var resolution = viewState.resolution;
+  var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
+
+  var tileGrid = source.getTileGrid();
+  var z = tileGrid.getZForResolution(resolution);
+  var tileRange = tileGrid.getTileRangeForExtentAndResolution(
+      extent, resolution);
+  this.updateUsedTiles(frameState.usedTiles, source, z, tileRange);
+  this.manageTilePyramid(frameState, source, tileGrid, pixelRatio,
+      projection, extent, z, layer.getPreload());
+  this.scheduleExpireCache(frameState, source);
+
+  /**
+   * @type {Object.<number, Object.<string, ol.Tile>>}
+   */
+  var tilesToDrawByZ = {};
+  tilesToDrawByZ[z] = {};
+
+  var findLoadedTiles = this.createLoadedTileFinder(source, tilesToDrawByZ);
+
+  var useInterimTilesOnError = layer.getUseInterimTilesOnError();
+
+  var tmpExtent = this.tmpExtent_;
+  var tmpTileRange = new ol.TileRange(0, 0, 0, 0);
+  var childTileRange, fullyLoaded, tile, tileState, x, y;
+  for (x = tileRange.minX; x <= tileRange.maxX; ++x) {
+    for (y = tileRange.minY; y <= tileRange.maxY; ++y) {
+
+      tile = source.getTile(z, x, y, pixelRatio, projection);
+      tileState = tile.getState();
+      if (tileState == ol.TileState.LOADED ||
+          tileState == ol.TileState.EMPTY ||
+          (tileState == ol.TileState.ERROR && !useInterimTilesOnError)) {
+        tilesToDrawByZ[z][ol.tilecoord.toString(tile.tileCoord)] = tile;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      fullyLoaded = tileGrid.forEachTileCoordParentTileRange(
+          tile.tileCoord, findLoadedTiles, null, tmpTileRange, tmpExtent);
+      if (!fullyLoaded) {
+        childTileRange = tileGrid.getTileCoordChildTileRange(
+            tile.tileCoord, tmpTileRange, tmpExtent);
+        if (!goog.isNull(childTileRange)) {
+          findLoadedTiles(z + 1, childTileRange);
+        }
+      }
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** @type {Array.<number>} */
+  var zs = goog.array.map(goog.object.getKeys(tilesToDrawByZ), Number);
+  goog.array.sort(zs);
+  var replayables = [];
+  var i, ii, currentZ, tileCoordKey, tilesToDraw;
+  for (i = 0, ii = zs.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    currentZ = zs[i];
+    tilesToDraw = tilesToDrawByZ[currentZ];
+    for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
+      tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
+      if (tile.getState() == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
+        replayables.push(tile);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (i = 0, ii = replayables.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    tile = replayables[i];
+    this.dirty_ = this.createReplayGroup(tile, layer, resolution, pixelRatio) ||
+        this.dirty_;
+  }
+
+  this.renderedTiles_ = replayables;
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+ * @param {number} squaredTolerance Squared tolerance.
+ * @param {Array.<ol.style.Style>} styles Array of styles
+ * @param {ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup} replayGroup Replay group.
+ * @return {boolean} `true` if an image is loading.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.renderFeature =
+    function(feature, squaredTolerance, styles, replayGroup) {
+  if (!goog.isDefAndNotNull(styles)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  var i, ii, loading = false;
+  for (i = 0, ii = styles.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    loading = ol.renderer.vector.renderFeature(
+        replayGroup, feature, styles[i], squaredTolerance,
+        this.handleStyleImageChange_, this) || loading;
+  }
+  return loading;
+};