diff --git a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
index 3b3834d704..b12a260d44 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ ol.geom.CoordinateArray;
 ol.geom.GeometryType = {
   POINT: 'point',
   LINESTRING: 'linestring',
+  LINEARRING: 'linearring',
   POLYGON: 'polygon',
   MULTIPOINT: 'multipoint',
   MULTILINESTRING: 'multilinestring',
-  MULTIPOLYGON: 'multipolygon'
+  MULTIPOLYGON: 'multipolygon',
+  GEOMETRYCOLLECTION: 'geometrycollection'
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/geometrycollection.js b/src/ol/geom/geometrycollection.js
index 4ff6dd6372..4513b171a9 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/geometrycollection.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/geometrycollection.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ goog.provide('ol.geom.GeometryCollection');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('ol.Extent');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 
 
 
@@ -57,3 +58,11 @@ ol.geom.GeometryCollection.prototype.getBounds = function() {
   }
   return this.bounds;
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.geom.GeometryCollection.prototype.getType = function() {
+  return ol.geom.GeometryType.GEOMETRYCOLLECTION;
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/linearring.js b/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
index 63fda9fe95..92d181e6e0 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/linearring.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.LinearRing');
 
-goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.vec.Float64Array');
 goog.require('ol.geom.CoordinateArray');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 
 
@@ -25,3 +24,11 @@ ol.geom.LinearRing = function(coordinates) {
 
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.geom.LinearRing, ol.geom.LineString);
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.geom.LinearRing.prototype.getType = function() {
+  return ol.geom.GeometryType.GEOMETRYCOLLECTION;
+};