diff --git a/changelog/upgrade-notes.md b/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
index 08853ed983..30c10d2b75 100644
--- a/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
+++ b/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ### Next Release
 
+#### Behavior change for polygon labels
+
+Polygon labels are now only rendered when the label does not exceed the polygon at the label position. To get the old behavior, configure your `ol.style.Text` with `exceedLength: true`.
+
 #### Minor change for custom `tileLoadFunction` with `ol.source.VectorTile`
 
 It is no longer necessary to set the projection on the tile. Instead, the `readFeatures` method must be called with the tile's extent as `extent` option and the view's projection as `featureProjection`.
diff --git a/examples/vector-layer.html b/examples/vector-layer.html
index b44c4ed8bb..c3a457b62e 100644
--- a/examples/vector-layer.html
+++ b/examples/vector-layer.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ layout: example.html
 title: Vector Layer
 shortdesc: Example of a countries vector layer with country information.
 docs: >
-  The countries are loaded from a GeoJSON file. Information about countries is shown on hover and click. Zoom in a few times to see country name labels.
-tags: "vector, osm, xml, loading, server"
+  The countries are loaded from a GeoJSON file. Information about countries is shown on hover and click.
+tags: "vector, geojson"
 ---
 <div id="map" class="map"></div>
 <div id="info">&nbsp;</div>
diff --git a/examples/vector-layer.js b/examples/vector-layer.js
index 26fde998e6..4495d7d889 100644
--- a/examples/vector-layer.js
+++ b/examples/vector-layer.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 goog.require('ol.Map');
 goog.require('ol.View');
 goog.require('ol.format.GeoJSON');
-goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
-goog.require('ol.source.OSM');
 goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
 goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
 goog.require('ol.style.Stroke');
@@ -36,19 +34,14 @@ var vectorLayer = new ol.layer.Vector({
     url: 'data/geojson/countries.geojson',
     format: new ol.format.GeoJSON()
   }),
-  style: function(feature, resolution) {
-    style.getText().setText(resolution < 5000 ? feature.get('name') : '');
+  style: function(feature) {
+    style.getText().setText(feature.get('name'));
     return style;
   }
 });
 
 var map = new ol.Map({
-  layers: [
-    new ol.layer.Tile({
-      source: new ol.source.OSM()
-    }),
-    vectorLayer
-  ],
+  layers: [vectorLayer],
   target: 'map',
   view: new ol.View({
     center: [0, 0],
@@ -56,36 +49,32 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
   })
 });
 
-var highlightStyleCache = {};
+var highlightStyle = new ol.style.Style({
+  stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
+    color: '#f00',
+    width: 1
+  }),
+  fill: new ol.style.Fill({
+    color: 'rgba(255,0,0,0.1)'
+  }),
+  text: new ol.style.Text({
+    font: '12px Calibri,sans-serif',
+    fill: new ol.style.Fill({
+      color: '#000'
+    }),
+    stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
+      color: '#f00',
+      width: 3
+    })
+  })
+});
 
 var featureOverlay = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.Vector(),
   map: map,
-  style: function(feature, resolution) {
-    var text = resolution < 5000 ? feature.get('name') : '';
-    if (!highlightStyleCache[text]) {
-      highlightStyleCache[text] = new ol.style.Style({
-        stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
-          color: '#f00',
-          width: 1
-        }),
-        fill: new ol.style.Fill({
-          color: 'rgba(255,0,0,0.1)'
-        }),
-        text: new ol.style.Text({
-          font: '12px Calibri,sans-serif',
-          text: text,
-          fill: new ol.style.Fill({
-            color: '#000'
-          }),
-          stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
-            color: '#f00',
-            width: 3
-          })
-        })
-      });
-    }
-    return highlightStyleCache[text];
+  style: function(feature) {
+    highlightStyle.getText().setText(feature.get('name'));
+    return highlightStyle;
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index 7cc408b62d..8b3cc7a22c 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -7676,8 +7676,9 @@ olx.style.TextOptions;
 
 
 /**
- * When `placement` is set to `'line'`, allow text to exceed the length of the
- * path that it follows. Default is `false`.
+ * For polygon labels or when `placement` is set to `'line'`, allow text to
+ * exceed the width of the polygon at the the label position or the length of
+ * the path that it follows. Default is `false`.
  * @type {boolean|undefined}
  * @api
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/flat/interiorpoint.js b/src/ol/geom/flat/interiorpoint.js
index 3311a6cf5a..f3b263964a 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/flat/interiorpoint.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/flat/interiorpoint.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.flat.contains');
  * @param {Array.<number>} flatCenters Flat centers.
  * @param {number} flatCentersOffset Flat center offset.
  * @param {Array.<number>=} opt_dest Destination.
- * @return {Array.<number>} Destination.
+ * @return {Array.<number>} Destination point as XYM coordinate, where M is the
+ * length of the horizontal intersection that the point belongs to.
  */
 ol.geom.flat.interiorpoint.linearRings = function(flatCoordinates, offset,
     ends, stride, flatCenters, flatCentersOffset, opt_dest) {
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@ ol.geom.flat.interiorpoint.linearRings = function(flatCoordinates, offset,
     pointX = flatCenters[flatCentersOffset];
   }
   if (opt_dest) {
-    opt_dest.push(pointX, y);
+    opt_dest.push(pointX, y, maxSegmentLength);
     return opt_dest;
   } else {
-    return [pointX, y];
+    return [pointX, y, maxSegmentLength];
   }
 };
 
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ ol.geom.flat.interiorpoint.linearRings = function(flatCoordinates, offset,
  * @param {Array.<Array.<number>>} endss Endss.
  * @param {number} stride Stride.
  * @param {Array.<number>} flatCenters Flat centers.
- * @return {Array.<number>} Interior points.
+ * @return {Array.<number>} Interior points as XYM coordinates, where M is the
+ * length of the horizontal intersection that the point belongs to.
  */
 ol.geom.flat.interiorpoint.linearRingss = function(flatCoordinates, offset, endss, stride, flatCenters) {
   var interiorPoints = [];
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js b/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
index 7f2f9c1589..93e3a9b635 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/multipolygon.js
@@ -223,12 +223,13 @@ ol.geom.MultiPolygon.prototype.getFlatInteriorPoints = function() {
 
 /**
  * Return the interior points as {@link ol.geom.MultiPoint multipoint}.
- * @return {ol.geom.MultiPoint} Interior points.
+ * @return {ol.geom.MultiPoint} Interior points as XYM coordinates, where M is
+ * the length of the horizontal intersection that the point belongs to.
  * @api
  */
 ol.geom.MultiPolygon.prototype.getInteriorPoints = function() {
   var interiorPoints = new ol.geom.MultiPoint(null);
-  interiorPoints.setFlatCoordinates(ol.geom.GeometryLayout.XY,
+  interiorPoints.setFlatCoordinates(ol.geom.GeometryLayout.XYM,
       this.getFlatInteriorPoints().slice());
   return interiorPoints;
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
index 7884ca53fd..76d2795ab7 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
@@ -210,11 +210,12 @@ ol.geom.Polygon.prototype.getFlatInteriorPoint = function() {
 
 /**
  * Return an interior point of the polygon.
- * @return {ol.geom.Point} Interior point.
+ * @return {ol.geom.Point} Interior point as XYM coordinate, where M is the
+ * length of the horizontal intersection that the point belongs to.
  * @api
  */
 ol.geom.Polygon.prototype.getInteriorPoint = function() {
-  return new ol.geom.Point(this.getFlatInteriorPoint());
+  return new ol.geom.Point(this.getFlatInteriorPoint(), ol.geom.GeometryLayout.XYM);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
index a8a13274b9..d39abc05bf 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.js
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
     return;
   }
 
-  this.beginGeometry(geometry, feature);
   var begin = this.coordinates.length;
 
   var geometryType = geometry.getType();
   var flatCoordinates = null;
   var end = 2;
   var stride = 2;
+  var i, ii;
 
   if (this.textState_.placement === ol.style.TextPlacement.LINE) {
     var ends;
@@ -218,10 +218,11 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
     } else if (geometryType == ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POLYGON) {
       var endss = geometry.getEndss();
       ends = [];
-      for (var i = 0, ii = endss.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+      for (i = 0, ii = endss.length; i < ii; ++i) {
         ends.push(endss[i][0]);
       }
     }
+    this.beginGeometry(geometry, feature);
     var textAlign = textState.textAlign;
     var flatOffset = 0;
     var flatEnd;
@@ -239,8 +240,11 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
       this.drawChars_(begin, end);
       begin = end;
     }
+    this.endGeometry(geometry, feature);
 
   } else {
+    var label = this.getImage_(this.text_, !!this.textFillState_, !!this.textStrokeState_);
+    var width = label.width / this.pixelRatio;
     switch (geometryType) {
       case ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT:
       case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POINT:
@@ -259,18 +263,31 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawText = function(geometry, feature) {
         break;
       case ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON:
         flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.Polygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoint();
+        if (!textState.exceedLength && flatCoordinates[2] / this.resolution < width) {
+          return;
+        }
+        stride = 3;
         break;
       case ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTI_POLYGON:
-        flatCoordinates = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiPolygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoints();
+        var interiorPoints = /** @type {ol.geom.MultiPolygon} */ (geometry).getFlatInteriorPoints();
+        flatCoordinates = [];
+        for (i = 0, ii = interiorPoints.length; i < ii; i += 3) {
+          if (textState.exceedLength || interiorPoints[i + 2] / this.resolution >= width) {
+            flatCoordinates.push(interiorPoints[i], interiorPoints[i + 1]);
+          }
+        }
         end = flatCoordinates.length;
+        if (end == 0) {
+          return;
+        }
         break;
       default:
     }
     end = this.appendFlatCoordinates(flatCoordinates, 0, end, stride, false, false);
-    this.drawTextImage_(begin, end);
+    this.beginGeometry(geometry, feature);
+    this.drawTextImage_(label, begin, end);
+    this.endGeometry(geometry, feature);
   }
-
-  this.endGeometry(geometry, feature);
 };
 
 
@@ -343,10 +360,11 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.getImage_ = function(text, fill, stroke) {
 
 /**
  * @private
+ * @param {HTMLCanvasElement} label Label.
  * @param {number} begin Begin.
  * @param {number} end End.
  */
-ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawTextImage_ = function(begin, end) {
+ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawTextImage_ = function(label, begin, end) {
   var textState = this.textState_;
   var strokeState = this.textStrokeState_;
   var pixelRatio = this.pixelRatio;
@@ -354,8 +372,6 @@ ol.render.canvas.TextReplay.prototype.drawTextImage_ = function(begin, end) {
   var baseline = ol.render.replay.TEXT_ALIGN[textState.textBaseline];
   var strokeWidth = strokeState && strokeState.lineWidth ? strokeState.lineWidth : 0;
 
-  var label = this.getImage_(this.text_, !!this.textFillState_, !!this.textStrokeState_);
-
   var anchorX = align * label.width / pixelRatio + 2 * (0.5 - align) * strokeWidth;
   var anchorY = baseline * label.height / pixelRatio + 2 * (0.5 - baseline) * strokeWidth;
   this.instructions.push([ol.render.canvas.Instruction.DRAW_IMAGE, begin, end,
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/multipolygon.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/multipolygon.test.js
index c45341be7e..4ec851383b 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/multipolygon.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/multipolygon.test.js
@@ -195,4 +195,18 @@ describe('ol.geom.MultiPolygon', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('#getInteriorPoints', function() {
+
+    it('returns XYM multipoint with intersection width as M', function() {
+      var geom = new ol.geom.MultiPolygon([
+        [[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]]],
+        [[[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 2], [2, 1], [1, 1]]]
+      ]);
+      var interiorPoints = geom.getInteriorPoints();
+      expect(interiorPoints.getType()).to.be('MultiPoint');
+      expect(interiorPoints.layout).to.be('XYM');
+      expect(interiorPoints.getCoordinates()).to.eql([[0.5, 0.5, 1], [1.5, 1.5, 1]]);
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/polygon.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/polygon.test.js
index a600afe1de..0a6345abe4 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/geom/polygon.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/polygon.test.js
@@ -541,6 +541,17 @@ describe('ol.geom.Polygon', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('#getInteriorPoint', function() {
+
+    it('returns XYM point with intersection width as M', function() {
+      var geom = new ol.geom.Polygon([[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]]]);
+      var interiorPoint = geom.getInteriorPoint();
+      expect(interiorPoint.getType()).to.be('Point');
+      expect(interiorPoint.layout).to.be('XYM');
+      expect(interiorPoint.getCoordinates()).to.eql([0.5, 0.5, 1]);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('ol.geom.Polygon.fromExtent', function() {
     it('creates the correct polygon', function() {
       var extent = [1, 2, 3, 5];
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.test.js b/test/spec/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..730871f95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/render/canvas/textreplay.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas.TextReplay');
+goog.require('ol.style.Text');
+
+describe('ol.render.canvas.TextReplay', function() {
+
+  it('renders polygon labels only when they fit', function() {
+    var replay = new ol.render.canvas.TextReplay(1, [-180, -90, 180, 90], 0.02, 1, true);
+    var geometry = new ol.geom.Polygon([[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]]]);
+    var feature = new ol.Feature(geometry);
+
+    replay.setTextStyle(new ol.style.Text({
+      text: 'This is a long text'
+    }));
+    replay.drawText(geometry, feature);
+    expect(replay.instructions.length).to.be(0);
+
+    replay.setTextStyle(new ol.style.Text({
+      text: 'short'
+    }));
+    replay.drawText(geometry, feature);
+    expect(replay.instructions.length).to.be(3);
+  });
+
+  it('renders multipolygon labels only when they fit', function() {
+    var replay = new ol.render.canvas.TextReplay(1, [-180, -90, 180, 90], 0.02, 1, true);
+    var geometry = new ol.geom.MultiPolygon([
+      [[[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]]],
+      [[[1, 1], [1, 2], [2, 2], [2, 1], [1, 1]]]
+    ]);
+    var feature = new ol.Feature(geometry);
+
+    replay.setTextStyle(new ol.style.Text({
+      text: 'This is a long text'
+    }));
+    replay.drawText(geometry, feature);
+    expect(replay.instructions.length).to.be(0);
+
+    replay.setTextStyle(new ol.style.Text({
+      text: 'short'
+    }));
+    replay.drawText(geometry, feature);
+    expect(replay.instructions.length).to.be(3);
+  });
+
+});