diff --git a/src/ol/format/gml3.js b/src/ol/format/gml3.js
index 3c9c955763..85eef013fd 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/gml3.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/gml3.js
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ ol.format.GML3.prototype.readFlatPosList_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   var s = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(node, false).replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g, '');
   var context = objectStack[0];
   var containerSrs = context['srsName'];
-  var containerDimension = node.parentNode.getAttribute('srsDimension');
+  var contextDimension = context['srsDimension'];
   var axisOrientation = 'enu';
   if (containerSrs) {
     var proj = ol.proj.get(containerSrs);
@@ -367,8 +367,11 @@ ol.format.GML3.prototype.readFlatPosList_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   } else if (node.getAttribute('dimension')) {
     dim = ol.format.XSD.readNonNegativeIntegerString(
         node.getAttribute('dimension'));
-  } else if (containerDimension) {
-    dim = ol.format.XSD.readNonNegativeIntegerString(containerDimension);
+  } else if (node.parentNode.getAttribute('srsDimension')) {
+    dim = ol.format.XSD.readNonNegativeIntegerString(
+        node.parentNode.getAttribute('srsDimension'));
+  } else if (contextDimension) {
+    dim = ol.format.XSD.readNonNegativeIntegerString(contextDimension);
   }
   var x, y, z;
   var flatCoordinates = [];
diff --git a/src/ol/format/gmlbase.js b/src/ol/format/gmlbase.js
index 1371ffa453..2d68b65aa7 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/gmlbase.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/gmlbase.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ ol.format.GMLBase.prototype.readFeaturesInternal = function(node, objectStack) {
 ol.format.GMLBase.prototype.readGeometryElement = function(node, objectStack) {
   var context = /** @type {Object} */ (objectStack[0]);
   context['srsName'] = node.firstElementChild.getAttribute('srsName');
+  context['srsDimension'] = node.firstElementChild.getAttribute('srsDimension');
   /** @type {ol.geom.Geometry} */
   var geometry = ol.xml.pushParseAndPop(null,
       this.GEOMETRY_PARSERS_, node, objectStack, this);
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/gml.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/gml.test.js
index 154e2b194b..1e9eb6595a 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/gml.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/gml.test.js
@@ -1467,4 +1467,75 @@ describe('ol.format.GML3', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('when parsing srsDimension from WFS (Geoserver)', function() {
+
+    var features, feature;
+    before(function(done) {
+      afterLoadText('spec/ol/format/gml/geoserver3DFeatures.xml',
+          function(xml) {
+            try {
+              var config = {
+                'featureNS': 'http://www.opengeospatial.net/cite',
+                'featureType': 'geoserver_layer'
+              };
+              features = new ol.format.GML(config).readFeatures(xml);
+            } catch (e) {
+              done(e);
+            }
+            done();
+          });
+    });
+
+    it('creates 3 features', function() {
+      expect(features).to.have.length(3);
+    });
+
+    it('creates a LineString', function() {
+      feature = features[0];
+      expect(feature.getId()).to.equal('geoserver_layer.1');
+      expect(feature.getGeometry()).to.be.an(ol.geom.LineString);
+    });
+
+    it('creates a Polygon', function() {
+      feature = features[1];
+      expect(feature.getId()).to.equal('geoserver_layer.2');
+      expect(feature.getGeometry()).to.be.an(ol.geom.Polygon);
+    });
+
+    it('creates a Point', function() {
+      feature = features[2];
+      expect(feature.getId()).to.equal('geoserver_layer.3');
+      expect(feature.getGeometry()).to.be.an(ol.geom.Point);
+    });
+
+
+    it('creates 3D Features with the expected geometries', function() {
+      var expectedGeometry1 = [
+        4.46386854, 51.91122415, 46.04679351,
+        4.46382399, 51.91120839, 46.04679382
+      ];
+      var expectedGeometry2 = [
+        4.46385491, 51.91119276, 46.06074531,
+        4.4638264, 51.91118582, 46.06074609,
+        4.46380612, 51.91121772, 46.06074168,
+        4.46383463, 51.91122465, 46.06074089,
+        4.46385491, 51.91119276, 46.06074531
+      ];
+      var expectedGeometry3 = [
+        4.46383715, 51.91125849, 46.04679348
+      ];
+
+      feature = features[0];
+      expect(feature.getGeometry().getFlatCoordinates())
+          .to.eql(expectedGeometry1);
+      feature = features[1];
+      expect(feature.getGeometry().getFlatCoordinates())
+          .to.eql(expectedGeometry2);
+      feature = features[2];
+      expect(feature.getGeometry().getFlatCoordinates())
+          .to.eql(expectedGeometry3);
+    });
+
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/gml/geoserver3DFeatures.xml b/test/spec/ol/format/gml/geoserver3DFeatures.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0848e5c27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/gml/geoserver3DFeatures.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<wfs:FeatureCollection xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:cite="http://www.opengeospatial.net/cite" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" numberOfFeatures="8" timeStamp="2017-08-14T13:29:50.356Z" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengeospatial.net/cite http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&amp;version=1.1.0&amp;request=DescribeFeatureType&amp;typeName=cite%3Ageoserver_layer http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://localhost:8080/geoserver/schemas/wfs/1.1.0/wfs.xsd">
+   <gml:featureMembers>
+      <cite:geoserver_layer gml:id="geoserver_layer.1">
+         <cite:geom>
+            <gml:LineString srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326" srsDimension="3">
+                <gml:posList>
+                  51.91122415 4.46386854 46.04679351 51.91120839 4.46382399 46.04679382
+                </gml:posList>
+            </gml:LineString>
+         </cite:geom>
+      </cite:geoserver_layer>
+      <cite:geoserver_layer gml:id="geoserver_layer.2">
+         <cite:geom>
+            <gml:Polygon srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326" srsDimension="3">
+               <gml:exterior>
+                  <gml:LinearRing>
+                    <gml:posList>
+                      51.91119276 4.46385491 46.06074531 51.91118582 4.4638264 46.06074609 51.91121772 4.46380612 46.06074168 51.91122465 4.46383463 46.06074089 51.91119276 4.46385491 46.06074531
+                    </gml:posList>
+                  </gml:LinearRing>
+               </gml:exterior>
+            </gml:Polygon>
+         </cite:geom>
+      </cite:geoserver_layer>
+      <cite:geoserver_layer gml:id="geoserver_layer.3">
+         <cite:geom>
+            <gml:Point srsName="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326" srsDimension="3">
+               <gml:pos>51.91125849 4.46383715 46.04679348</gml:pos>
+            </gml:Point>
+         </cite:geom>
+      </cite:geoserver_layer>
+   </gml:featureMembers>
+</wfs:FeatureCollection>