diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index eef86f69d0..57986ca413 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -1685,6 +1685,40 @@ olx.format.EsriJSONOptions;
 olx.format.EsriJSONOptions.prototype.geometryName;
 
 
+/**
+ * @typedef {{geometryName: (string|undefined),
+ *     layers: (Array.<string>|undefined),
+ *     layerName: (string|undefined)}}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.format.MVTOptions;
+
+
+/**
+ * Geometry name to use when creating features. Default is 'geometry'.
+ * @type {string|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.format.MVTOptions.prototype.geometryName;
+
+
+/**
+ * Name of the feature attribute that holds the layer name. Default is 'layer'.
+ * @type {string|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.format.MVTOptions.prototype.layerName;
+
+
+/**
+ * Layers to read features from. If not provided, features will be read from all
+ * layers.
+ * @type {Array.<string>|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.format.MVTOptions.prototype.layers;
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{factor: (number|undefined),
  *     geometryLayout: (ol.geom.GeometryLayout|undefined)}}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf323b85ae..20c1e81495 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@
     "metalsmith": "1.6.0",
     "metalsmith-templates": "0.7.0",
     "nomnom": "1.8.0",
+    "pbf": "1.3.5",
     "pixelworks": "1.0.0",
     "rbush": "1.3.5",
     "temp": "0.8.1",
+    "vector-tile": "1.1.3",
     "walk": "2.3.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@
   },
   "ext": [
     "rbush",
-    {"module": "pixelworks", "browserify": true}
+    {"module": "pbf", "browserify": true},
+    {"module": "pixelworks", "browserify": true},
+    {"module": "vector-tile", "name": "vectortile", "browserify": true}
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/ol/featureloader.js b/src/ol/featureloader.js
index 0450108f19..735ca5b67f 100644
--- a/src/ol/featureloader.js
+++ b/src/ol/featureloader.js
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ ol.featureloader.loadFeaturesXhr = function(url, format, success) {
        */
       function(extent, resolution, projection) {
         var xhrIo = new goog.net.XhrIo();
-        xhrIo.setResponseType(goog.net.XhrIo.ResponseType.TEXT);
+        xhrIo.setResponseType(
+            format.getType() == ol.format.FormatType.ARRAY_BUFFER ?
+                goog.net.XhrIo.ResponseType.ARRAY_BUFFER :
+                goog.net.XhrIo.ResponseType.TEXT);
         goog.events.listen(xhrIo, goog.net.EventType.COMPLETE,
             /**
              * @param {Event} event Event.
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ ol.featureloader.loadFeaturesXhr = function(url, format, success) {
                   if (!source) {
                     source = ol.xml.parse(xhrIo.getResponseText());
                   }
+                } else if (type == ol.format.FormatType.ARRAY_BUFFER) {
+                  source = xhrIo.getResponse();
                 } else {
                   goog.asserts.fail('unexpected format type');
                 }
diff --git a/src/ol/format/featureformat.js b/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
index 59d0c77943..25c10aa79d 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/featureformat.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ol.format.Feature.prototype.readFeature = goog.abstractMethod;
 /**
  * Read all features from a source.
  *
- * @param {Document|Node|Object|string} source Source.
+ * @param {Document|Node|ArrayBuffer|Object|string} source Source.
  * @param {olx.format.ReadOptions=} opt_options Read options.
  * @return {Array.<ol.Feature>} Features.
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/format/format.js b/src/ol/format/format.js
index e0cca0fdae..3fa3586e3f 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/format.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/format.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.format.FormatType');
  * @enum {string}
  */
 ol.format.FormatType = {
+  ARRAY_BUFFER: 'arraybuffer',
   JSON: 'json',
   TEXT: 'text',
   XML: 'xml'
diff --git a/src/ol/format/mvtformat.js b/src/ol/format/mvtformat.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97936f1585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/format/mvtformat.js
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+//FIXME Implement projection handling
+
+goog.provide('ol.format.MVT');
+
+goog.require('goog.array');
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.ext.pbf');
+goog.require('ol.ext.vectortile');
+goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.format.FormatType');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryLayout');
+goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
+goog.require('ol.geom.MultiLineString');
+goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPoint');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
+goog.require('ol.proj');
+goog.require('ol.proj.Projection');
+goog.require('ol.proj.Units');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @classdesc
+ * Feature format for reading data in the Mapbox MVT format.
+ *
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.format.Feature}
+ * @param {olx.format.MVTOptions=} opt_options Options.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.format.MVT = function(opt_options) {
+
+  goog.base(this);
+
+  var options = goog.isDef(opt_options) ? opt_options : {};
+
+  /**
+   * @type {ol.proj.Projection}
+   */
+  this.defaultDataProjection = new ol.proj.Projection({
+    code: 'EPSG:3857',
+    units: ol.proj.Units.TILE_PIXELS
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  this.geometryName_ = goog.isDef(options.geometryName) ?
+      options.geometryName : 'geometry';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  this.layerName_ = goog.isDef(options.layerName) ? options.layerName : 'layer';
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {Array.<string>}
+   */
+  this.layers_ = goog.isDef(options.layers) ? options.layers : null;
+
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.format.MVT, ol.format.Feature);
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.prototype.getType = function() {
+  return ol.format.FormatType.ARRAY_BUFFER;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {Object} rawFeature Raw Mapbox feature.
+ * @param {olx.format.ReadOptions=} opt_options Read options.
+ * @return {ol.Feature} Feature.
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.prototype.readFeature_ = function(rawFeature, opt_options) {
+  var feature = new ol.Feature();
+  var values = rawFeature.properties;
+  var geometry = ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(
+      ol.format.MVT.readGeometry_(rawFeature), false,
+      this.adaptOptions(opt_options));
+  if (!goog.isNull(geometry)) {
+    goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(geometry, ol.geom.Geometry);
+    values[this.geometryName_] = geometry;
+  }
+  feature.setProperties(rawFeature.properties);
+  feature.setGeometryName(this.geometryName_);
+  return feature;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.prototype.readFeatures = function(source, opt_options) {
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ArrayBuffer);
+
+  var layerName = this.layerName_;
+  var layers = this.layers_;
+
+  var pbf = new ol.ext.pbf(source);
+  var tile = new ol.ext.vectortile.VectorTile(pbf);
+  var features = [];
+  var layer, feature;
+  for (var name in tile.layers) {
+    if (!goog.isNull(layers) && !goog.array.contains(layers, name)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    layer = tile.layers[name];
+
+    for (var i = 0, ii = layer.length; i < layer.length; ++i) {
+      feature = this.readFeature_(layer.feature(i), opt_options);
+      feature.set(layerName, name);
+      features.push(feature);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return features;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.prototype.readProjection = function(source) {
+  return this.defaultDataProjection;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Sets the layers that features will be read from.
+ * @param {Array.<string>} layers Layers.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.prototype.setLayers = function(layers) {
+  this.layers_ = layers;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ * @param {Object} rawFeature Raw Mapbox feature.
+ * @return {ol.geom.Geometry} Geometry.
+ */
+ol.format.MVT.readGeometry_ = function(rawFeature) {
+  var type = rawFeature.type;
+  if (type === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  var coords = rawFeature.loadGeometry();
+
+  var end = 0;
+  var ends = [];
+  var flatCoordinates = [];
+  var line, coord;
+  for (var i = 0, ii = coords.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    line = coords[i];
+    for (var j = 0, jj = line.length; j < jj; ++j) {
+      coord = line[j];
+      // Non-tilespace coords can be calculated here when a TileGrid and
+      // TileCoord are known.
+      flatCoordinates.push(coord.x, coord.y);
+    }
+    end += 2 * j;
+    ends.push(end);
+  }
+
+  var geom;
+  if (type === 1) {
+    geom = coords.length === 1 ?
+        new ol.geom.Point(null) : new ol.geom.MultiPoint(null);
+  } else if (type === 2) {
+    if (coords.length === 1) {
+      geom = new ol.geom.LineString(null);
+    } else {
+      geom = new ol.geom.MultiLineString(null);
+    }
+  } else {
+    geom = new ol.geom.Polygon(null);
+  }
+
+  geom.setFlatCoordinates(ol.geom.GeometryLayout.XY, flatCoordinates,
+      ends);
+
+  return geom;
+};
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/data/14-8938-5680.vector.pbf b/test/spec/ol/data/14-8938-5680.vector.pbf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ed0c1ee24
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/spec/ol/data/14-8938-5680.vector.pbf differ
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/mvtformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/mvtformat.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f77d889ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/mvtformat.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.format.MVT');
+
+
+describe('ol.format.MVT', function() {
+
+  var data;
+  beforeEach(function(done) {
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open('GET', 'spec/ol/data/14-8938-5680.vector.pbf');
+    xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+    xhr.onload = function() {
+      data = xhr.response;
+      done();
+    };
+    xhr.send();
+  });
+
+  describe('#readFeatures', function() {
+
+    it('parses only specified layers', function() {
+      var format = new ol.format.MVT({layers: ['water']});
+      var features = format.readFeatures(data);
+      expect(features.length).to.be(10);
+    });
+
+    it('parses geometries correctly', function() {
+      var format = new ol.format.MVT({layers: ['poi_label']});
+      var pbf = new ol.ext.pbf(data);
+      var tile = new ol.ext.vectortile.VectorTile(pbf);
+      var geometry, rawGeometry;
+
+      rawGeometry = tile.layers['poi_label'].feature(0).loadGeometry();
+      geometry = format.readFeatures(data)[0]
+          .getGeometry();
+      expect(geometry.getType()).to.be('Point');
+      expect(geometry.getCoordinates())
+          .to.eql([rawGeometry[0][0].x, rawGeometry[0][0].y]);
+
+      rawGeometry = tile.layers['water'].feature(0).loadGeometry();
+      format.setLayers(['water']);
+      geometry = format.readFeatures(data)[0]
+          .getGeometry();
+      expect(geometry.getType()).to.be('Polygon');
+      expect(rawGeometry[0].length)
+          .to.equal(geometry.getCoordinates()[0].length);
+      expect(geometry.getCoordinates()[0][0])
+          .to.eql([rawGeometry[0][0].x, rawGeometry[0][0].y]);
+
+      rawGeometry = tile.layers['barrier_line'].feature(0).loadGeometry();
+      format.setLayers(['barrier_line']);
+      geometry = format.readFeatures(data)[0]
+          .getGeometry();
+      expect(geometry.getType()).to.be('MultiLineString');
+      expect(rawGeometry[1].length)
+          .to.equal(geometry.getCoordinates()[1].length);
+      expect(geometry.getCoordinates()[1][0])
+          .to.eql([rawGeometry[1][0].x, rawGeometry[1][0].y]);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
+
+
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.ext.pbf');
+goog.require('ol.ext.vectortile');
+goog.require('ol.format.MVT');