diff --git a/src/ol/format/mvt.js b/src/ol/format/mvt.js
index 494c0bc3de..c3217627fb 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/mvt.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/mvt.js
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ ol.format.MVT = function(opt_options) {
 
   /**
    * @private
-   * @type {string}
+   * @type {string|undefined}
    */
-  this.geometryName_ = options.geometryName ?
-      options.geometryName : 'geometry';
+  this.geometryName_ = options.geometryName;
 
   /**
    * @private
@@ -95,15 +94,15 @@ ol.format.MVT.prototype.readFeature_ = function(
   var id = rawFeature.id;
   var values = rawFeature.properties;
   values[this.layerName_] = layer;
+  if (this.geometryName_) {
+    feature.setGeometryName(this.geometryName_);
+  }
   var geometry = ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(
       ol.format.MVT.readGeometry_(rawFeature), false,
       this.adaptOptions(opt_options));
-  if (geometry) {
-    values[this.geometryName_] = geometry;
-  }
+  feature.setGeometry(geometry);
   feature.setId(id);
   feature.setProperties(values);
-  feature.setGeometryName(this.geometryName_);
   return feature;
 };
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/mvt.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/mvt.test.js
index 2de0d1b183..978d959c05 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/mvt.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/mvt.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.ext.pbf');
 goog.require('ol.ext.vectortile');
 goog.require('ol.format.MVT');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.render.Feature');
 
 where('ArrayBuffer.isView').describe('ol.format.MVT', function() {
@@ -83,3 +84,31 @@ where('ArrayBuffer.isView').describe('ol.format.MVT', function() {
   });
 
 });
+
+describe('ol.format.MVT', function() {
+
+  describe('#readFeature_', function() {
+    it('accepts a geometryName', function() {
+      var format = new ol.format.MVT({
+        featureClass: ol.Feature,
+        geometryName: 'myGeom'
+      });
+      var rawFeature = {
+        id: 1,
+        properties: {
+          geometry: 'foo'
+        },
+        type: 1,
+        loadGeometry: function() {
+          return [[0, 0]];
+        }
+      };
+      var feature = format.readFeature_(rawFeature, 'mapbox');
+      var geometry = feature.getGeometry();
+      expect(geometry).to.be.a(ol.geom.Point);
+      expect(feature.get('myGeom')).to.equal(geometry);
+      expect(feature.get('geometry')).to.be('foo');
+    });
+  });
+
+});