diff --git a/examples/wmts-layer-from-capabilities.js b/examples/wmts-layer-from-capabilities.js
index 921912588f..c84850f426 100644
--- a/examples/wmts-layer-from-capabilities.js
+++ b/examples/wmts-layer-from-capabilities.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.View');
 goog.require('ol.format.WMTSCapabilities');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
-goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.source.OSM');
 goog.require('ol.source.WMTS');
 
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ $.ajax('data/WMTSCapabilities.xml').then(function(response) {
   var options = ol.source.WMTS.optionsFromCapabilities(result,
       {layer: 'layer-7328', matrixSet: 'EPSG:3857'});
 
-  var projection = ol.proj.get('EPSG:3857');
-  var projectionExtent = projection.getExtent();
   map = new ol.Map({
     layers: [
       new ol.layer.Tile({
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ $.ajax('data/WMTSCapabilities.xml').then(function(response) {
       }),
       new ol.layer.Tile({
         opacity: 1,
-        extent: projectionExtent,
         source: new ol.source.WMTS(options)
       })
     ],
diff --git a/examples/wmts.js b/examples/wmts.js
index b8daeb176a..0b3d2bd456 100644
--- a/examples/wmts.js
+++ b/examples/wmts.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
     }),
     new ol.layer.Tile({
       opacity: 0.7,
-      extent: projectionExtent,
       source: new ol.source.WMTS({
         attributions: [attribution],
         url: 'http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/' +
@@ -49,7 +48,8 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
           resolutions: resolutions,
           matrixIds: matrixIds
         }),
-        style: 'default'
+        style: 'default',
+        wrapX: true
       })
     })
   ],
diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index be41aa7676..33c38bf9cc 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -5530,7 +5530,8 @@ olx.source.StaticVectorOptions.prototype.urls;
  *     urls: (Array.<string>|undefined),
  *     tileClass: (function(new: ol.ImageTile, ol.TileCoord,
  *                          ol.TileState, string, ?string,
- *                          ol.TileLoadFunctionType)|undefined)}}
+ *                          ol.TileLoadFunctionType)|undefined),
+ *     wrapX: (boolean|undefined)}}
  * @api
  */
 olx.source.WMTSOptions;
@@ -5689,6 +5690,14 @@ olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.tileLoadFunction;
 olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.urls;
 
 
+/**
+ * Whether to wrap the world horizontally. Default is `false`.
+ * @type {boolean|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.wrapX;
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{attributions: (Array.<ol.Attribution>|undefined),
  *     crossOrigin: (null|string|undefined),
diff --git a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
index 2fca62db1e..19fb88f5e5 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.math');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.string');
 goog.require('goog.uri.utils');
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ ol.source.WMTS = function(options) {
   }
 
   var tmpExtent = ol.extent.createEmpty();
-  var tmpTileCoord = [0, 0, 0];
   tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform(
       /**
        * @param {ol.TileCoord} tileCoord Tile coordinate.
@@ -188,16 +186,6 @@ ol.source.WMTS = function(options) {
         var tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord, tmpExtent);
         var extent = projection.getExtent();
 
-        if (!goog.isNull(extent) && projection.isGlobal()) {
-          var numCols = Math.ceil(
-              ol.extent.getWidth(extent) /
-              ol.extent.getWidth(tileExtent));
-          x = goog.math.modulo(x, numCols);
-          tmpTileCoord[0] = tileCoord[0];
-          tmpTileCoord[1] = x;
-          tmpTileCoord[2] = tileCoord[2];
-          tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tmpTileCoord, tmpExtent);
-        }
         if (!ol.extent.intersects(tileExtent, extent) ||
             ol.extent.touches(tileExtent, extent)) {
           return null;
@@ -215,7 +203,8 @@ ol.source.WMTS = function(options) {
     tileGrid: tileGrid,
     tileLoadFunction: options.tileLoadFunction,
     tilePixelRatio: options.tilePixelRatio,
-    tileUrlFunction: tileUrlFunction
+    tileUrlFunction: tileUrlFunction,
+    wrapX: goog.isDef(options.wrapX) ? options.wrapX : false
   });
 
 };
@@ -348,7 +337,7 @@ ol.source.WMTS.optionsFromCapabilities = function(wmtsCap, config) {
   goog.asserts.assert(!goog.isNull(l));
 
   goog.asserts.assert(l['TileMatrixSetLink'].length > 0);
-  var idx, matrixSet;
+  var idx, matrixSet, wrapX;
   if (l['TileMatrixSetLink'].length > 1) {
     idx = goog.array.findIndex(l['TileMatrixSetLink'],
         function(elt, index, array) {
@@ -372,6 +361,13 @@ ol.source.WMTS.optionsFromCapabilities = function(wmtsCap, config) {
 
   goog.asserts.assert(!goog.isNull(matrixSet));
 
+  var wgs84BoundingBox = l['WGS84BoundingBox'];
+  if (goog.isDef(wgs84BoundingBox)) {
+    var wgs84ProjectionExtent = ol.proj.get('EPSG:4326').getExtent();
+    wrapX = (wgs84BoundingBox[0] == wgs84ProjectionExtent[0] &&
+        wgs84BoundingBox[2] == wgs84ProjectionExtent[2]);
+  }
+
   var format = /** @type {string} */ (l['Format'][0]);
   if (goog.isDef(config['format'])) {
     format = config['format'];
@@ -463,7 +459,8 @@ ol.source.WMTS.optionsFromCapabilities = function(wmtsCap, config) {
     requestEncoding: requestEncoding,
     tileGrid: tileGrid,
     style: style,
-    dimensions: dimensions
+    dimensions: dimensions,
+    wrapX: wrapX
   };
 
   /* jshint +W069 */