diff --git a/src/ol/geom/MultiLineString.js b/src/ol/geom/MultiLineString.js
index 449338bf1b..bd4b31e4ba 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/MultiLineString.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/MultiLineString.js
@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ class MultiLineString extends SimpleGeometry {
     return new MultiLineString(this.flatCoordinates.slice(), this.layout, this.ends_.slice());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritDoc
+   * @override
+   * @api
+   */
+  containsXY(x, y) {
+    return this.getLineStrings().some(function(lineString) {
+      return lineString.containsXY(x, y);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/multilinestring.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/multilinestring.test.js
index e497d21db6..9b4b9302a9 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/multilinestring.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/multilinestring.test.js
@@ -355,4 +355,30 @@ describe('ol.geom.MultiLineString', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('#containsXY()', function() {
+
+    let multiLineString;
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      multiLineString = new MultiLineString(
+        [[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], [[-1, -1, 9], [2, 2, 12]]]);
+    });
+
+    it('does contain XY', function() {
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(1, 2)).to.be(true);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(4, 5)).to.be(true);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(3, 4)).to.be(true);
+
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(-1, -1)).to.be(true);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(2, 2)).to.be(true);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(0, 0)).to.be(true);
+    });
+
+    it('does not contain XY', function() {
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(1, 3)).to.be(false);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(2, 11)).to.be(false);
+      expect(multiLineString.containsXY(-2, 3)).to.be(false);
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });