diff --git a/src/ol/feature.js b/src/ol/feature.js
index 5d392bbe84..5ec930866a 100644
--- a/src/ol/feature.js
+++ b/src/ol/feature.js
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ ol.Feature.prototype.getGeometryName = function() {
 
 /**
  * @return {ol.style.Style|Array.<ol.style.Style>|
- *     ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction} Return the style as set by setStyle in
- *     the same format that it was provided in. If setStyle has not been run,
- *     return `undefined`.
+ *     ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction} Return the style as set by `setStyle`
+ * in the same format that it was provided in. If `setStyle` has not been
+ * called, or if it was called with `null`, then `getStyle()` will return
+ * `null`.
  * @api stable
  */
 ol.Feature.prototype.getStyle = function() {
@@ -237,13 +238,17 @@ goog.exportProperty(
 
 
 /**
+ * Set the style for the feature.  This can be a single style object, an array
+ * of styles, or a function that takes a resolution and returns an array of
+ * styles. If it is `null` the feature has no style (a `null` style).
  * @param {ol.style.Style|Array.<ol.style.Style>|
- *     ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction} style Set the style for this feature.
+ *     ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction} style Style for this feature.
  * @api stable
  */
 ol.Feature.prototype.setStyle = function(style) {
   this.style_ = style;
-  this.styleFunction_ = ol.feature.createFeatureStyleFunction(style);
+  this.styleFunction_ = goog.isNull(style) ?
+      undefined : ol.feature.createFeatureStyleFunction(style);
   this.changed();
 };
 
@@ -293,9 +298,9 @@ ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction;
  * Convert the provided object into a feature style function.  Functions passed
  * through unchanged.  Arrays of ol.style.Style or single style objects wrapped
  * in a new feature style function.
- * @param {ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction|Array.<ol.style.Style>|
- *     ol.style.Style} obj A feature style function, a single style, or an array
- *     of styles.
+ * @param {ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction|!Array.<ol.style.Style>|
+ *     !ol.style.Style} obj A feature style function, a single style, or an
+ *     array of styles.
  * @return {ol.feature.FeatureStyleFunction} A style function.
  */
 ol.feature.createFeatureStyleFunction = function(obj) {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js b/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
index fefcec6c08..ef61378656 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
@@ -320,6 +320,14 @@ describe('ol.Feature', function() {
       expect(feature.getStyleFunction()).to.be(styleFunction);
     });
 
+    it('accepts null', function() {
+      var feature = new ol.Feature();
+      feature.setStyle(style);
+      feature.setStyle(null);
+      expect(feature.getStyle()).to.be(null);
+      expect(feature.getStyleFunction()).to.be(undefined);
+    });
+
     it('dispatches a change event', function(done) {
       var feature = new ol.Feature();
       feature.on('change', function() {