diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index 112749c89f..322808dd3c 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -5358,6 +5358,7 @@ olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.wrapX;
  *     projection: ol.proj.ProjectionLike,
  *     maxZoom: (number|undefined),
  *     minZoom: (number|undefined),
+ *     tileGrid: (ol.tilegrid.TileGrid|undefined),
  *     tileLoadFunction: (ol.TileLoadFunctionType|undefined),
  *     tilePixelRatio: (number|undefined),
  *     tileSize: (number|ol.Size|undefined),
@@ -5422,6 +5423,14 @@ olx.source.XYZOptions.prototype.maxZoom;
 olx.source.XYZOptions.prototype.minZoom;
 
 
+/**
+ * Tile grid.
+ * @type {ol.tilegrid.TileGrid}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.source.XYZOptions.prototype.tileGrid;
+
+
 /**
  * Optional function to load a tile given a URL.
  * @type {ol.TileLoadFunctionType|undefined}
diff --git a/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js b/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
index 907200328e..3233729166 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ ol.source.XYZ = function(options) {
   var projection = goog.isDef(options.projection) ?
       options.projection : 'EPSG:3857';
 
-  var tileGrid = ol.tilegrid.createXYZ({
-    extent: ol.tilegrid.extentFromProjection(projection),
-    maxZoom: options.maxZoom,
-    tileSize: options.tileSize
-  });
+  var tileGrid = goog.isDef(options.tileGrid) ? options.tileGrid :
+      ol.tilegrid.createXYZ({
+        extent: ol.tilegrid.extentFromProjection(projection),
+        maxZoom: options.maxZoom,
+        tileSize: options.tileSize
+      });
 
   goog.base(this, {
     attributions: options.attributions,
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/source/xyzsource.test.js b/test/spec/ol/source/xyzsource.test.js
index 79d5715b30..5bc46a6d84 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/source/xyzsource.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/source/xyzsource.test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ describe('ol.source.XYZ', function() {
 
   describe('constructor', function() {
 
+    it('can be constructed with a custom tile grid', function() {
+      var tileGrid = ol.tilegrid.createXYZ();
+      var tileSource = new ol.source.XYZ({
+        tileGrid: tileGrid
+      });
+      expect(tileSource.getTileGrid()).to.be(tileGrid);
+    });
+
     it('can be constructed with a custom tile size', function() {
       var tileSource = new ol.source.XYZ({
         tileSize: 512