diff --git a/src/objectliterals.exports b/src/objectliterals.exports
index c90a6c0a85..b2a4019bce 100644
--- a/src/objectliterals.exports
+++ b/src/objectliterals.exports
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@
 @exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.TiledWMSOptions.url string|undefined
 @exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.TiledWMSOptions.urls Array.<string>|undefined
 
+@exportObjectLiteral ol.source.WMTSOptions
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.attributions Array.<ol.Attribution>|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.crossOrigin string|null|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.extent ol.Extent|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.tileGrid ol.tilegrid.WMTS
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.projection ol.Projection|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.requestEncoding ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.layer string
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.style string
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.format string|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.matrixSet string
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.dimensions Object|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.url string|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.maxZoom number|undefined
+@exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.source.WMTSOptions.urls Array.<string>|undefined
+
 @exportObjectLiteral ol.tilegrid.TileGridOptions
 @exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.tilegrid.TileGridOptions.origin ol.Coordinate|undefined
 @exportObjectLiteralProperty ol.tilegrid.TileGridOptions.origins Array.<ol.Coordinate>|undefined
diff --git a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.exports b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.exports
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13ed62b207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.exports
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@exportClass ol.source.WMTS ol.source.WMTSOptions
diff --git a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657a9d65e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+goog.provide('ol.source.WMTS');
+goog.provide('ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding');
+
+goog.require('ol.Attribution');
+goog.require('ol.Extent');
+goog.require('ol.Projection');
+goog.require('ol.TileCoord');
+goog.require('ol.TileUrlFunction');
+goog.require('ol.TileUrlFunctionType');
+goog.require('ol.projection');
+goog.require('ol.source.ImageTileSource');
+goog.require('ol.tilegrid.WMTS');
+
+
+/**
+ * @enum {string}
+ */
+ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding = {
+  KVP: 'KVP',  // see spec §8
+  REST: 'REST' // see spec §10
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {ol.source.ImageTileSource}
+ * @param {ol.source.WMTSOptions} wmtsOptions WMTS options.
+ */
+ol.source.WMTS = function(wmtsOptions) {
+
+  // TODO: add support for TileMatrixLimits
+
+  var version = goog.isDef(wmtsOptions.version) ?
+      wmtsOptions.version : '1.0.0';
+  var format = goog.isDef(wmtsOptions.format) ?
+      wmtsOptions.format : 'image/jpeg';
+  var dimensions = wmtsOptions.dimensions || {};
+
+  // FIXME: should we guess this requestEncoding from wmtsOptions.url(s)
+  //        structure? that would mean KVP only if a template is not provided.
+  var requestEncoding = goog.isDef(wmtsOptions.requestEncoding) ?
+      wmtsOptions.requestEncoding : ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding.KVP;
+
+  // FIXME: should we create a default tileGrid?
+  // we could issue a getCapabilities xhr to retrieve missing configuration
+  var tileGrid = wmtsOptions.tileGrid;
+
+  var context = {
+    'Layer': wmtsOptions.layer,
+    'style': wmtsOptions.style,
+    'TileMatrixSet': wmtsOptions.matrixSet
+  };
+  goog.object.extend(context, dimensions);
+  var kvpParams;
+  if (requestEncoding == ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding.KVP) {
+    kvpParams = {
+      'Service': 'WMTS',
+      'Request': 'GetTile',
+      'Version': version,
+      'Format': format,
+      'TileMatrix': '{TileMatrix}',
+      'TileRow': '{TileRow}',
+      'TileCol': '{TileCol}'
+    };
+    goog.object.extend(kvpParams, context);
+  }
+
+  // TODO: factorize the code below so that it is usable by all sources
+  var urls = wmtsOptions.urls;
+  if (!goog.isDef(urls)) {
+    urls = [];
+    var url = wmtsOptions.url;
+    goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(url));
+    var match = /\{(\d)-(\d)\}/.exec(url) || /\{([a-z])-([a-z])\}/.exec(url);
+    if (match) {
+      var startCharCode = match[1].charCodeAt(0);
+      var stopCharCode = match[2].charCodeAt(0);
+      var charCode;
+      for (charCode = startCharCode; charCode <= stopCharCode; ++charCode) {
+        urls.push(url.replace(match[0], String.fromCharCode(charCode)));
+      }
+    } else {
+      urls.push(url);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} template Template.
+   * @return {ol.TileUrlFunctionType} Tile URL function.
+   */
+  function createFromWMTSTemplate(template) {
+    return function(tileCoord) {
+      if (goog.isNull(tileCoord)) {
+        return undefined;
+      } else {
+        var localContext = {
+          'TileMatrix': tileGrid.getMatrixId(tileCoord.z),
+          'TileCol': tileCoord.x,
+          'TileRow': tileCoord.y
+        };
+        if (requestEncoding != ol.source.WMTSRequestEncoding.KVP) {
+          goog.object.extend(localContext, context);
+        }
+        var url = template;
+        for (var key in localContext) {
+          // FIXME: should we filter properties with hasOwnProperty?
+          url = url.replace('{' + key + '}', localContext[key])
+              .replace('%7B' + key + '%7D', localContext[key]);
+        }
+        return url;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  // TODO: update createFromTileUrlFunctions so that if
+  // tileUrlFunctions.length == 1, it returns the only tileUrlFunction
+  var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTileUrlFunctions(
+      goog.array.map(urls, function(url) {
+        if (goog.isDef(kvpParams)) {
+          // TODO: we may want to create our own appendParams function
+          // so that params order conforms to wmts spec guidance,
+          // and so that we can avoid to escape special template params
+          url = goog.uri.utils.appendParamsFromMap(url, kvpParams);
+        }
+        return createFromWMTSTemplate(url);
+      }));
+
+  tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform(
+      function(tileCoord, tileGrid, projection) {
+        if (tileGrid.getResolutions().length <= tileCoord.z) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        var x = tileCoord.x;
+        var y = -tileCoord.y - 1;
+        var tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord);
+        var projectionExtent = projection.getExtent();
+        var extent = goog.isDef(wmtsOptions.extent) ?
+            wmtsOptions.extent : projectionExtent;
+
+        if (!goog.isNull(extent) && projection.isGlobal() &&
+            extent.minX === projectionExtent.minX &&
+            extent.maxX === projectionExtent.maxX) {
+          var numCols = Math.ceil(
+              (extent.maxX - extent.minX) /
+              (tileExtent.maxX - tileExtent.minX));
+          x = goog.math.modulo(x, numCols);
+          tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+              new ol.TileCoord(tileCoord.z, x, tileCoord.y));
+        }
+        if (!tileExtent.intersects(extent)) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        return new ol.TileCoord(tileCoord.z, x, y);
+      },
+      tileUrlFunction);
+
+  goog.base(this, {
+    attributions: wmtsOptions.attributions,
+    crossOrigin: wmtsOptions.crossOrigin,
+    extent: wmtsOptions.extent,
+    projection: wmtsOptions.projection,
+    tileGrid: tileGrid,
+    tileUrlFunction: tileUrlFunction
+  });
+
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.source.WMTS, ol.source.ImageTileSource);