diff --git a/src/ol/map.exports b/src/ol/map.exports
index b2f70f549b..85ac465dfd 100644
--- a/src/ol/map.exports
+++ b/src/ol/map.exports
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 @exportProperty ol.Map.prototype.getInteractions
 
 @exportSymbol ol.RendererHint
+@exportProperty ol.RendererHint.CANVAS
 @exportProperty ol.RendererHint.DOM
 @exportProperty ol.RendererHint.WEBGL
 
diff --git a/src/ol/map.js b/src/ol/map.js
index 383529adeb..349a32f65b 100644
--- a/src/ol/map.js
+++ b/src/ol/map.js
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@ goog.require('ol.interaction.MouseWheelZoom');
 goog.require('ol.interaction.condition');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Map');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.dom');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.dom.Map');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.webgl');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.webgl.Map');
 
 
+/**
+ * @define {boolean} Whether to enable canvas.
+ */
+ol.ENABLE_CANVAS = true;
+
+
 /**
  * @define {boolean} Whether to enable DOM.
  */
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ ol.ENABLE_WEBGL = true;
  * @enum {string}
  */
 ol.RendererHint = {
+  CANVAS: 'canvas',
   DOM: 'dom',
   WEBGL: 'webgl'
 };
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@ ol.RendererHint = {
  */
 ol.DEFAULT_RENDERER_HINTS = [
   ol.RendererHint.WEBGL,
+  ol.RendererHint.CANVAS,
   ol.RendererHint.DOM
 ];
 
@@ -795,7 +805,12 @@ ol.Map.createOptionsInternal = function(mapOptions) {
   var i, rendererHint;
   for (i = 0; i < rendererHints.length; ++i) {
     rendererHint = rendererHints[i];
-    if (rendererHint == ol.RendererHint.DOM) {
+    if (rendererHint == ol.RendererHint.CANVAS) {
+      if (ol.ENABLE_CANVAS && ol.renderer.canvas.isSupported()) {
+        rendererConstructor = ol.renderer.canvas.Map;
+        break;
+      }
+    } else if (rendererHint == ol.RendererHint.DOM) {
       if (ol.ENABLE_DOM && ol.renderer.dom.isSupported()) {
         rendererConstructor = ol.renderer.dom.Map;
         break;
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78ed9d6665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
+
+goog.require('ol.FrameState');
+goog.require('ol.layer.LayerState');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.Layer');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.renderer.Layer}
+ * @param {ol.renderer.Map} mapRenderer Map renderer.
+ * @param {ol.layer.Layer} layer Layer.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Layer = function(mapRenderer, layer) {
+  goog.base(this, mapRenderer, layer);
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.Layer, ol.renderer.Layer);
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {HTMLCanvasElement|HTMLVideoElement|Image} Canvas.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.getImage = goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {!goog.vec.Mat4.Number} Transform.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.getTransform = goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.FrameState} frameState Frame state.
+ * @param {ol.layer.LayerState} layerState Layer state.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.renderFrame = goog.abstractMethod;
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34d82d5722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// FIXME offset panning
+
+goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.Map');
+
+goog.require('goog.dom');
+goog.require('goog.style');
+goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
+goog.require('ol.Size');
+goog.require('ol.layer.TileLayer');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.renderer.Map}
+ * @param {Element} container Container.
+ * @param {ol.Map} map Map.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map = function(container, map) {
+
+  goog.base(this, container, map);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Size}
+   */
+  this.canvasSize_ = new ol.Size(container.clientHeight, container.clientWidth);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Element}
+   */
+  this.canvas_ = goog.dom.createElement(goog.dom.TagName.CANVAS);
+  this.canvas_.height = this.canvasSize_.height;
+  this.canvas_.width = this.canvasSize_.width;
+  this.canvas_.className = 'ol-unselectable';
+  goog.dom.insertChildAt(container, this.canvas_, 0);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  this.renderedVisible_ = true;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+   */
+  this.context_ = this.canvas_.getContext('2d');
+
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.Map, ol.renderer.Map);
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
+  if (layer instanceof ol.layer.TileLayer) {
+    return new ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer(this, layer);
+  } else {
+    goog.asserts.assert(false);
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.handleBackgroundColorChanged = function() {
+  this.getMap().render();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.handleViewPropertyChanged = function() {
+  goog.base(this, 'handleViewPropertyChanged');
+  this.getMap().render();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {goog.events.Event} event Event.
+ * @protected
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.handleLayerRendererChange = function(event) {
+  this.getMap().render();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.handleSizeChanged = function() {
+  goog.base(this, 'handleSizeChanged');
+  this.getMap().render();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.handleViewChanged = function() {
+  goog.base(this, 'handleViewChanged');
+  this.getMap().render();
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
+
+  if (goog.isNull(frameState)) {
+    if (this.renderedVisible_) {
+      goog.style.showElement(this.canvas_, false);
+      this.renderedVisible_ = false;
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var size = frameState.size;
+  if (!this.canvasSize_.equals(size)) {
+    this.canvas_.width = size.width;
+    this.canvas_.height = size.height;
+    this.canvasSize_ = size;
+  }
+
+  // FIXME filling the background doesn't seem to work
+  var context = this.context_;
+  context.setTransform(1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+  var backgroundColor = frameState.backgroundColor;
+  context.fillStyle = 'rgb(' +
+      backgroundColor.r.toFixed(0) + ',' +
+      backgroundColor.g.toFixed(0) + ',' +
+      backgroundColor.b.toFixed(0) + ')';
+  context.globalAlpha = 1;
+  context.fillRect(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
+
+  goog.array.forEach(frameState.layersArray, function(layer) {
+
+    var layerState = frameState.layerStates[goog.getUid(layer)];
+    if (!layerState.visible) {
+      return;
+    } else if (!layerState.ready) {
+      frameState.animate = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    var layerRenderer = this.getLayerRenderer(layer);
+    layerRenderer.renderFrame(frameState, layerState);
+
+    var transform = layerRenderer.getTransform();
+    context.setTransform(
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 0, 0),
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 1, 0),
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 0, 1),
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 1, 1),
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 0, 3),
+        goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(transform, 1, 3));
+
+    context.globalAlpha = layerState.opacity;
+    context.drawImage(layerRenderer.getImage(), 0, 0);
+
+  }, this);
+
+  if (!this.renderedVisible_) {
+    goog.style.showElement(this.canvas_, true);
+    this.renderedVisible_ = true;
+  }
+
+  this.calculateMatrices2D(frameState);
+
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasrenderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f28861dcdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasrenderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas');
+
+goog.require('ol.canvas');
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {boolean} Is supported.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.isSupported = ol.canvas.isSupported;
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c17795648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+// FIXME don't redraw tiles if not needed
+// FIXME find correct globalCompositeOperation
+// FIXME optimize :-)
+
+goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
+
+goog.require('goog.dom');
+goog.require('goog.style');
+goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
+goog.require('ol.Size');
+goog.require('ol.TileRange');
+goog.require('ol.layer.TileLayer');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.renderer.canvas.Layer}
+ * @param {ol.renderer.Map} mapRenderer Map renderer.
+ * @param {ol.layer.TileLayer} tileLayer Tile layer.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer = function(mapRenderer, tileLayer) {
+
+  goog.base(this, mapRenderer, tileLayer);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {HTMLCanvasElement}
+   */
+  this.canvas_ = null;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Size}
+   */
+  this.canvasSize_ = null;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+   */
+  this.context_ = null;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {!goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
+   */
+  this.transform_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getImage = function() {
+  return this.canvas_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {ol.layer.TileLayer} Tile layer.
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getTileLayer = function() {
+  return /** @type {ol.layer.TileLayer} */ (this.getLayer());
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getTransform = function() {
+  return this.transform_;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
+    function(frameState, layerState) {
+
+  var view2DState = frameState.view2DState;
+
+  var tileLayer = this.getTileLayer();
+  var tileSource = tileLayer.getTileSource();
+  var tileGrid = tileSource.getTileGrid();
+  var tileSize = tileGrid.getTileSize();
+  var z = tileGrid.getZForResolution(view2DState.resolution);
+  var tileResolution = tileGrid.getResolution(z);
+  var tileRange = tileGrid.getTileRangeForExtentAndResolution(
+      frameState.extent, tileResolution);
+
+  var canvasSize = new ol.Size(
+      tileSize.width * tileRange.getWidth(),
+      tileSize.height * tileRange.getHeight());
+
+  var canvas, context;
+  if (goog.isNull(this.canvas_)) {
+    canvas = /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement} */
+        (goog.dom.createElement(goog.dom.TagName.CANVAS));
+    canvas.width = canvasSize.width;
+    canvas.height = canvasSize.height;
+    context = /** @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D} */ (canvas.getContext('2d'));
+    this.canvas_ = canvas;
+    this.canvasSize_ = canvasSize;
+    this.context_ = context;
+  } else {
+    canvas = this.canvas_;
+    context = this.context_;
+    if (!this.canvasSize_.equals(canvasSize)) {
+      canvas.width = canvasSize.width;
+      canvas.height = canvasSize.height;
+      this.canvasSize_ = canvasSize;
+    }
+  }
+
+  context.clearRect(0, 0, canvasSize.width, canvasSize.height);
+
+  /**
+   * @type {Object.<number, Object.<string, ol.Tile>>}
+   */
+  var tilesToDrawByZ = {};
+  tilesToDrawByZ[z] = {};
+
+  var findInterimTiles = function(z, tileRange) {
+    // FIXME this could be more efficient about filling partial holes
+    var fullyCovered = true;
+    var tile, tileCoord, tileCoordKey, x, y;
+    for (x = tileRange.minX; x <= tileRange.maxX; ++x) {
+      for (y = tileRange.minY; y <= tileRange.maxY; ++y) {
+        tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(z, x, y);
+        tileCoordKey = tileCoord.toString();
+        if (tilesToDrawByZ[z] && tilesToDrawByZ[z][tileCoordKey]) {
+          return;
+        }
+        tile = tileSource.getTile(tileCoord);
+        if (!goog.isNull(tile) && tile.getState() == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
+          if (!tilesToDrawByZ[z]) {
+            tilesToDrawByZ[z] = {};
+          }
+          tilesToDrawByZ[z][tileCoordKey] = tile;
+        } else {
+          fullyCovered = false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return fullyCovered;
+  };
+
+  var allTilesLoaded = true;
+  var tile, tileCenter, tileCoord, tileState, x, y;
+  for (x = tileRange.minX; x <= tileRange.maxX; ++x) {
+    for (y = tileRange.minY; y <= tileRange.maxY; ++y) {
+
+      tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(z, x, y);
+      tile = tileSource.getTile(tileCoord);
+      if (goog.isNull(tile)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      tileState = tile.getState();
+      if (tileState == ol.TileState.IDLE) {
+        tileCenter = tileGrid.getTileCoordCenter(tileCoord);
+        frameState.tileQueue.enqueue(tile, tileCenter, tileResolution);
+      } else if (tileState == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
+        tilesToDrawByZ[z][tileCoord.toString()] = tile;
+        continue;
+      } else if (tileState == ol.TileState.ERROR) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      allTilesLoaded = false;
+      tileGrid.forEachTileCoordParentTileRange(tileCoord, findInterimTiles);
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** @type {Array.<number>} */
+  var zs = goog.array.map(goog.object.getKeys(tilesToDrawByZ), Number);
+  goog.array.sort(zs);
+  var origin = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+      new ol.TileCoord(z, tileRange.minX, tileRange.maxY)).getTopLeft();
+  var currentZ, i, scale, tileCoordKey, tileExtent, tilesToDraw;
+  for (i = 0; i < zs.length; ++i) {
+    currentZ = zs[i];
+    tilesToDraw = tilesToDrawByZ[currentZ];
+    if (currentZ == z) {
+      for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
+        tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
+        context.drawImage(
+            tile.getImage(),
+            tileSize.width * (tile.tileCoord.x - tileRange.minX),
+            tileSize.height * (tileRange.maxY - tile.tileCoord.y));
+      }
+    } else {
+      scale = tileGrid.getResolution(currentZ) / tileResolution;
+      for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
+        tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
+        tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tile.tileCoord);
+        context.drawImage(
+            tile.getImage(),
+            (tileExtent.minX - origin.x) / tileResolution,
+            (origin.y - tileExtent.maxY) / tileResolution,
+            scale * tileSize.width,
+            scale * tileSize.height);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!allTilesLoaded) {
+    frameState.animate = true;
+  }
+
+  this.updateTileUsage(frameState.tileUsage, tileSource, z, tileRange);
+
+  var transform = this.transform_;
+  goog.vec.Mat4.makeIdentity(transform);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(transform,
+      frameState.size.width / 2, frameState.size.height / 2, 0);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.rotateZ(transform, view2DState.rotation);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.scale(
+      transform,
+      tileResolution / view2DState.resolution,
+      tileResolution / view2DState.resolution,
+      1);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(
+      transform,
+      (origin.x - view2DState.center.x) / tileResolution,
+      (view2DState.center.y - origin.y) / tileResolution,
+      0);
+
+};