diff --git a/src/ol/browserfeature.js b/src/ol/browserfeature.js
index 4d82cd436a..1d5a79ec7b 100644
--- a/src/ol/browserfeature.js
+++ b/src/ol/browserfeature.js
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ ol.ENABLE_DOM = true;
 ol.ENABLE_IMAGE = true;
 
 
+/**
+ * @define {boolean} Whether to enable rendering of tile layers.
+ */
+ol.ENABLE_TILE = true;
+
+
 /**
  * @define {boolean} Whether to enable WebGL.
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
index 4aedf17c9d..3fa2ddc87a 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.Map, ol.renderer.Map);
 ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
   if (ol.ENABLE_IMAGE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Image) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer(this, layer);
-  } else if (layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
+  } else if (ol.ENABLE_TILE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer(this, layer);
   } else if (layer instanceof ol.layer.Vector) {
     return new ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer(this, layer);
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/dom/dommaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/dom/dommaprenderer.js
index d9d764e8c3..42913d4b94 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/dom/dommaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/dom/dommaprenderer.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ol.renderer.dom.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
   var layerRenderer;
   if (ol.ENABLE_IMAGE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Image) {
     layerRenderer = new ol.renderer.dom.ImageLayer(this, layer);
-  } else if (layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
+  } else if (ol.ENABLE_TILE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
     layerRenderer = new ol.renderer.dom.TileLayer(this, layer);
   } else {
     goog.asserts.fail();
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
index d92bee38fb..25939e6b1f 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.bindTileTexture =
 ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.createLayerRenderer = function(layer) {
   if (ol.ENABLE_IMAGE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Image) {
     return new ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer(this, layer);
-  } else if (layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
+  } else if (ol.ENABLE_TILE && layer instanceof ol.layer.Tile) {
     return new ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer(this, layer);
   } else {
     goog.asserts.fail();