diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
index 82aeddf79d..2a19ddd023 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ 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');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.Immediate');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer');
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     return;
   }
 
-  var context;
+  var context = this.context_;
   var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
   var width = Math.round(frameState.size[0] * pixelRatio);
   var height = Math.round(frameState.size[1] * pixelRatio);
@@ -189,29 +190,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     this.canvas_.width = width;
     this.canvas_.height = height;
   } else {
-    this.context_.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
   }
 
   var rotation = frameState.viewState.rotation;
-  var pixelExtent;
-  if (rotation) {
-    context = this.renderContext_;
-    pixelExtent = ol.extent.getForViewAndSize(this.pixelCenter_, pixelRatio,
-        rotation, frameState.size, this.pixelExtent_);
-    var renderWidth = Math.round(ol.extent.getWidth(pixelExtent));
-    var renderHeight = Math.round(ol.extent.getHeight(pixelExtent));
-    var renderCanvas = this.renderCanvas_;
-    if (renderCanvas.width != renderWidth || renderCanvas.height != renderHeight) {
-      renderCanvas.width = renderWidth;
-      renderCanvas.height = renderHeight;
-      this.renderContext_.translate(Math.round((renderWidth - width) / 2),
-          Math.round((renderHeight - height) / 2));
-    } else {
-      this.renderContext_.clearRect(0, 0, renderWidth, renderHeight);
-    }
-  } else {
-    context = this.context_;
-  }
 
   this.calculateMatrices2D(frameState);
 
@@ -220,6 +202,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
   var layerStatesArray = frameState.layerStatesArray;
   ol.array.stableSort(layerStatesArray, ol.renderer.Map.sortByZIndex);
 
+  ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
+
   var viewResolution = frameState.viewState.resolution;
   var i, ii, layer, layerRenderer, layerState;
   for (i = 0, ii = layerStatesArray.length; i < ii; ++i) {
@@ -237,14 +221,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (rotation) {
-    this.context_.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
-    this.context_.rotate(rotation);
-    this.context_.drawImage(this.renderCanvas_,
-        Math.round(pixelExtent[0]), Math.round(pixelExtent[1]));
-    this.context_.rotate(-rotation);
-    this.context_.translate(-width / 2, -height / 2);
-  }
+  ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, -rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
 
   this.dispatchComposeEvent_(
       ol.render.EventType.POSTCOMPOSE, frameState);
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
index 68ac5a8625..983c61f3bf 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.TileRange');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
 goog.require('ol.array');
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.source.Tile');
+goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
 
 
 /**
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer = function(tileLayer) {
    */
   this.tmpExtent_ = ol.extent.createEmpty();
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {!goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
+   */
+  this.imageTransform_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
 
@@ -55,7 +63,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(
   var center = viewState.center;
   var projection = viewState.projection;
   var resolution = viewState.resolution;
+  var rotation = viewState.rotation;
   var size = frameState.size;
+  var offsetX = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[0] / 2);
+  var offsetY = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[1] / 2);
   var pixelScale = pixelRatio / resolution;
   var layer = this.getLayer();
   var source = layer.getSource();
@@ -67,17 +78,29 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(
 
   this.dispatchPreComposeEvent(context, frameState, transform);
 
-  var renderContext;
-  if (layer.hasListener(ol.render.EventType.RENDER)) {
-    // resize and clear
-    this.context_.canvas.width = context.canvas.width;
-    this.context_.canvas.height = context.canvas.height;
+  var renderContext = context;
+  var hasRenderListeners = layer.hasListener(ol.render.EventType.RENDER);
+  var drawOffsetX, drawOffsetY, drawScale, drawSize;
+  if (rotation || hasRenderListeners) {
     renderContext = this.context_;
-  } else {
-    renderContext = context;
+    var renderCanvas = renderContext.canvas;
+    var tilePixelRatio = source.getTilePixelRatio(pixelRatio);
+    drawScale = tilePixelRatio / pixelRatio;
+    var width = context.canvas.width * drawScale;
+    var height = context.canvas.height * drawScale;
+    // Make sure the canvas is big enough for all possible rotation angles
+    drawSize = Math.round(Math.sqrt(width * width + height * height));
+    if (renderCanvas.width != drawSize) {
+      renderCanvas.width = renderCanvas.height = drawSize;
+    } else {
+      renderContext.clearRect(0, 0, drawSize, drawSize);
+    }
+    drawOffsetX = (drawSize - width) / 2 / drawScale;
+    drawOffsetY = (drawSize - height) / 2 / drawScale;
+    pixelScale *= drawScale;
+    offsetX = Math.round(drawScale * (offsetX + drawOffsetX))
+    offsetY = Math.round(drawScale * (offsetY + drawOffsetY));
   }
-  var offsetX = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[0] / 2);
-  var offsetY = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[1] / 2);
 
   // for performance reasons, context.save / context.restore is not used
   // to save and restore the transformation matrix and the opacity.
@@ -142,9 +165,17 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(
     }
   }
 
-  if (renderContext != context) {
-    this.dispatchRenderEvent(renderContext, frameState, transform);
-    context.drawImage(renderContext.canvas, 0, 0);
+  if (hasRenderListeners) {
+    var dX = drawOffsetX - offsetX / drawScale + offsetX;
+    var dY = drawOffsetY - offsetY / drawScale + offsetY;
+    var imageTransform = ol.vec.Mat4.makeTransform2D(this.imageTransform_,
+        drawSize / 2 - dX, drawSize / 2 - dY, pixelScale, -pixelScale,
+        -rotation, -center[0] + dX / pixelScale, -center[1] - dY / pixelScale);
+    this.dispatchRenderEvent(renderContext, frameState, imageTransform);
+  }
+  if (rotation || hasRenderListeners) {
+    context.drawImage(renderContext.canvas, -Math.round(drawOffsetX),
+        -Math.round(drawOffsetY), drawSize / drawScale, drawSize / drawScale);
   }
   renderContext.globalAlpha = alpha;
 
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png b/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png
index b46061ae74..e614cf3c08 100644
Binary files a/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png and b/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png differ
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/render-canvas.png b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/render-canvas.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb8723647b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/render-canvas.png differ
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/tile.test.js b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/tile.test.js
index d41d6cf560..6113f07db1 100644
--- a/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/tile.test.js
+++ b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/tile.test.js
@@ -188,13 +188,51 @@ describe('ol.rendering.layer.Tile', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('tile layer with render listener', function() {
+    var source, onAddLayer;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      source = new ol.source.XYZ({
+        url: 'spec/ol/data/tiles/osm/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'
+      });
+      onAddLayer = function(evt) {
+        evt.element.on('render', function(e) {
+          e.vectorContext.setImageStyle(new ol.style.Circle({
+            radius: 5,
+            snapToPixel: false,
+            fill: new ol.style.Fill({color: 'yellow'}),
+            stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({color: 'red', width: 1})
+          }));
+          e.vectorContext.drawPointGeometry(new ol.geom.Point(
+              ol.proj.transform([-123, 38], 'EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857')));
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+      disposeMap(map);
+    });
+
+    it('works with the canvas renderer', function(done) {
+      map = createMap('canvas');
+      map.getLayers().on('add', onAddLayer);
+      waitForTiles([source], {}, function() {
+        expectResemble(map, 'spec/ol/layer/expected/render-canvas.png',
+            2.6, done);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.View');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.source.TileImage');
 goog.require('ol.source.XYZ');
+goog.require('ol.style.Circle');
+goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
+goog.require('ol.style.Stroke');
 goog.require('ol.tilegrid.TileGrid');