diff --git a/src/ol/control/attributioncontrol.js b/src/ol/control/attributioncontrol.js
index 8da0c15e8d..d583bbfca8 100644
--- a/src/ol/control/attributioncontrol.js
+++ b/src/ol/control/attributioncontrol.js
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ goog.provide('ol.control.Attribution');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.dom');
 goog.require('goog.dom.classlist');
-goog.require('ol.events');
-goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.style');
 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.Attribution');
 goog.require('ol.control.Control');
 goog.require('ol.css');
+goog.require('ol.events');
+goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.source.Tile');
 
@@ -268,14 +267,14 @@ ol.control.Attribution.prototype.updateElement_ = function(frameState) {
   }
 
   var renderVisible =
-      !goog.object.isEmpty(this.attributionElementRenderedVisible_) ||
-      !goog.object.isEmpty(frameState.logos);
+      !ol.object.isEmpty(this.attributionElementRenderedVisible_) ||
+      !ol.object.isEmpty(frameState.logos);
   if (this.renderedVisible_ != renderVisible) {
     goog.style.setElementShown(this.element, renderVisible);
     this.renderedVisible_ = renderVisible;
   }
   if (renderVisible &&
-      goog.object.isEmpty(this.attributionElementRenderedVisible_)) {
+      ol.object.isEmpty(this.attributionElementRenderedVisible_)) {
     goog.dom.classlist.add(this.element, 'ol-logo-only');
   } else {
     goog.dom.classlist.remove(this.element, 'ol-logo-only');
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ ol.control.Attribution.prototype.insertLogos_ = function(frameState) {
     }
   }
 
-  goog.style.setElementShown(this.logoLi_, !goog.object.isEmpty(logos));
+  goog.style.setElementShown(this.logoLi_, !ol.object.isEmpty(logos));
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ol/format/esrijsonformat.js b/src/ol/format/esrijsonformat.js
index 670f062d22..ccc57cbf6c 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/esrijsonformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/esrijsonformat.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 goog.provide('ol.format.EsriJSON');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
-goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.JSONFeature');
@@ -652,7 +651,7 @@ ol.format.EsriJSON.prototype.writeFeatureObject = function(
   }
   var properties = feature.getProperties();
   delete properties[feature.getGeometryName()];
-  if (!goog.object.isEmpty(properties)) {
+  if (!ol.object.isEmpty(properties)) {
     object['attributes'] = properties;
   } else {
     object['attributes'] = {};
diff --git a/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js b/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
index a92cb63c69..3c09b3e1cb 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/geojsonformat.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 goog.provide('ol.format.GeoJSON');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.JSONFeature');
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPoint');
 goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ ol.format.GeoJSON.prototype.writeFeatureObject = function(
   }
   var properties = feature.getProperties();
   delete properties[feature.getGeometryName()];
-  if (!goog.object.isEmpty(properties)) {
+  if (!ol.object.isEmpty(properties)) {
     object.properties = properties;
   } else {
     object.properties = null;
diff --git a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
index c9fdd07651..79af2fa670 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.MultiPolygon');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
 goog.require('ol.math');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.style.Fill');
 goog.require('ol.style.Icon');
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ ol.format.KML.createNameStyleFunction_ = function(foundStyle, name) {
       textAlign = 'left';
     }
   }
-  if (!goog.object.isEmpty(foundStyle.getText())) {
+  if (!ol.object.isEmpty(foundStyle.getText())) {
     textStyle = /** @type {ol.style.Text} */
         (goog.object.clone(foundStyle.getText()));
     textStyle.setText(name);
diff --git a/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
index d4a351e1ae..b5c9a4c619 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/osmxmlformat.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.format.OSMXML');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.dom.NodeType');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.format.Feature');
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryLayout');
 goog.require('ol.geom.LineString');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Polygon');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.xml');
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ol.format.OSMXML.readNode_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   var values = ol.xml.pushParseAndPop({
     tags: {}
   }, ol.format.OSMXML.NODE_PARSERS_, node, objectStack);
-  if (!goog.object.isEmpty(values.tags)) {
+  if (!ol.object.isEmpty(values.tags)) {
     var geometry = new ol.geom.Point(coordinates);
     ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(geometry, false, options);
     var feature = new ol.Feature(geometry);
diff --git a/src/ol/image.js b/src/ol/image.js
index 36d1036e03..845bd9a572 100644
--- a/src/ol/image.js
+++ b/src/ol/image.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 goog.provide('ol.Image');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('ol.events');
-goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.ImageBase');
 goog.require('ol.ImageState');
+goog.require('ol.events');
+goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 
 
 /**
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ol.Image.prototype.getImage = function(opt_context) {
     var key = goog.getUid(opt_context);
     if (key in this.imageByContext_) {
       return this.imageByContext_[key];
-    } else if (goog.object.isEmpty(this.imageByContext_)) {
+    } else if (ol.object.isEmpty(this.imageByContext_)) {
       image = this.image_;
     } else {
       image = /** @type {Image} */ (this.image_.cloneNode(false));
diff --git a/src/ol/imagetile.js b/src/ol/imagetile.js
index c92037f553..03c8042a93 100644
--- a/src/ol/imagetile.js
+++ b/src/ol/imagetile.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 goog.provide('ol.ImageTile');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('ol.events');
-goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.TileCoord');
 goog.require('ol.TileLoadFunctionType');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
+goog.require('ol.events');
+goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 
 
 /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ ol.ImageTile.prototype.getImage = function(opt_context) {
     var key = goog.getUid(opt_context);
     if (key in this.imageByContext_) {
       return this.imageByContext_[key];
-    } else if (goog.object.isEmpty(this.imageByContext_)) {
+    } else if (ol.object.isEmpty(this.imageByContext_)) {
       image = this.image_;
     } else {
       image = /** @type {Image} */ (this.image_.cloneNode(false));
diff --git a/src/ol/object.js b/src/ol/object.js
index b0abb8c402..04b85f9a84 100644
--- a/src/ol/object.js
+++ b/src/ol/object.js
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ ol.object.assign = (typeof Object.assign === 'function') ? Object.assign : funct
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Determine if an object has any properties.
+ * @param {Object} object The object to check.
+ * @return {boolean} The object is empty.
+ */
+ol.object.isEmpty = function(object) {
+  var property;
+  for (property in object) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return !property;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @enum {string}
  */
diff --git a/src/ol/proj/proj.js b/src/ol/proj/proj.js
index e4f0d13ce2..1c49ded408 100644
--- a/src/ol/proj/proj.js
+++ b/src/ol/proj/proj.js
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ goog.provide('ol.proj.ProjectionLike');
 goog.provide('ol.proj.Units');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.Extent');
 goog.require('ol.TransformFunction');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.sphere.NORMAL');
 
 
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ ol.proj.removeTransform = function(source, destination) {
       'destinationCode should be in transforms of sourceCode');
   var transform = transforms[sourceCode][destinationCode];
   delete transforms[sourceCode][destinationCode];
-  if (goog.object.isEmpty(transforms[sourceCode])) {
+  if (ol.object.isEmpty(transforms[sourceCode])) {
     delete transforms[sourceCode];
   }
   return transform;
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
index 5bd011f948..6b014add32 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvasreplay.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup');
 goog.provide('ol.render.canvas.TextReplay');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol');
 goog.require('ol.array');
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ goog.require('ol.extent.Relationship');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.simplify');
 goog.require('ol.geom.flat.transform');
 goog.require('ol.has');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.render.IReplayGroup');
 goog.require('ol.render.VectorContext');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.Replay.prototype.replay_ = function(
     goog.asserts.assert(pixelCoordinates === this.pixelCoordinates_,
         'pixelCoordinates should be the same as this.pixelCoordinates_');
   }
-  var skipFeatures = !goog.object.isEmpty(skippedFeaturesHash);
+  var skipFeatures = !ol.object.isEmpty(skippedFeaturesHash);
   var i = 0; // instruction index
   var ii = instructions.length; // end of instructions
   var d = 0; // data index
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup.prototype.getReplay = function(zIndex, replayType)
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup.prototype.isEmpty = function() {
-  return goog.object.isEmpty(this.replaysByZIndex_);
+  return ol.object.isEmpty(this.replaysByZIndex_);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/render/webgl/webglreplay.js b/src/ol/render/webgl/webglreplay.js
index fcccf2e457..dcad3e245f 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/webgl/webglreplay.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/webgl/webglreplay.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ goog.provide('ol.render.webgl.ReplayGroup');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.functions');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.render.IReplayGroup');
 goog.require('ol.render.VectorContext');
 goog.require('ol.render.webgl.imagereplay.shader.Default');
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.ImageReplay.prototype.drawReplay_ = function(gl, context, skippe
       goog.webgl.UNSIGNED_INT : goog.webgl.UNSIGNED_SHORT;
   var elementSize = context.hasOESElementIndexUint ? 4 : 2;
 
-  if (!goog.object.isEmpty(skippedFeaturesHash)) {
+  if (!ol.object.isEmpty(skippedFeaturesHash)) {
     this.drawReplaySkipping_(
         gl, skippedFeaturesHash, textures, groupIndices,
         elementType, elementSize);
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ ol.render.webgl.ReplayGroup.prototype.getReplay = function(zIndex, replayType) {
  * @inheritDoc
  */
 ol.render.webgl.ReplayGroup.prototype.isEmpty = function() {
-  return goog.object.isEmpty(this.replays_);
+  return ol.object.isEmpty(this.replays_);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/reproj/tile.js b/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
index 730ba6b007..75331bf6f5 100644
--- a/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
+++ b/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ goog.provide('ol.reproj.Tile');
 goog.provide('ol.reproj.TileFunctionType');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('ol.events');
-goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
 goog.require('goog.math');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
+goog.require('ol.events');
+goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.math');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.reproj');
 goog.require('ol.reproj.Triangulation');
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ ol.reproj.Tile.prototype.getImage = function(opt_context) {
     var key = goog.getUid(opt_context);
     if (key in this.canvasByContext_) {
       return this.canvasByContext_[key];
-    } else if (goog.object.isEmpty(this.canvasByContext_)) {
+    } else if (ol.object.isEmpty(this.canvasByContext_)) {
       image = this.canvas_;
     } else {
       image = /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement} */ (this.canvas_.cloneNode(false));
diff --git a/src/ol/source/vectorsource.js b/src/ol/source/vectorsource.js
index fd0bfd3602..449e3ae4cc 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/vectorsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/vectorsource.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ goog.require('ol.events.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.featureloader');
 goog.require('ol.loadingstrategy');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.source.Source');
 goog.require('ol.source.State');
@@ -392,11 +393,11 @@ ol.source.Vector.prototype.clear = function(opt_fast) {
   if (this.featuresCollection_) {
     this.featuresCollection_.clear();
   }
-  goog.asserts.assert(goog.object.isEmpty(this.featureChangeKeys_),
+  goog.asserts.assert(ol.object.isEmpty(this.featureChangeKeys_),
       'featureChangeKeys is an empty object now');
-  goog.asserts.assert(goog.object.isEmpty(this.idIndex_),
+  goog.asserts.assert(ol.object.isEmpty(this.idIndex_),
       'idIndex is an empty object now');
-  goog.asserts.assert(goog.object.isEmpty(this.undefIdIndex_),
+  goog.asserts.assert(ol.object.isEmpty(this.undefIdIndex_),
       'undefIdIndex is an empty object now');
 
   if (this.featuresRtree_) {
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ ol.source.Vector.prototype.getFeatures = function() {
     features = this.featuresCollection_.getArray();
   } else if (this.featuresRtree_) {
     features = this.featuresRtree_.getAll();
-    if (!goog.object.isEmpty(this.nullGeometryFeatures_)) {
+    if (!ol.object.isEmpty(this.nullGeometryFeatures_)) {
       ol.array.extend(
           features, goog.object.getValues(this.nullGeometryFeatures_));
     }
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@ ol.source.Vector.prototype.hasFeature = function(feature) {
  */
 ol.source.Vector.prototype.isEmpty = function() {
   return this.featuresRtree_.isEmpty() &&
-      goog.object.isEmpty(this.nullGeometryFeatures_);
+      ol.object.isEmpty(this.nullGeometryFeatures_);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/structs/lrucache.js b/src/ol/structs/lrucache.js
index 780c525da7..9cdcf49bda 100644
--- a/src/ol/structs/lrucache.js
+++ b/src/ol/structs/lrucache.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.structs.LRUCache');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ol.structs.LRUCache = function() {
  */
 ol.structs.LRUCache.prototype.assertValid = function() {
   if (this.count_ === 0) {
-    goog.asserts.assert(goog.object.isEmpty(this.entries_),
+    goog.asserts.assert(ol.object.isEmpty(this.entries_),
         'entries must be an empty object (count = 0)');
     goog.asserts.assert(!this.oldest_,
         'oldest must be null (count = 0)');
diff --git a/src/ol/structs/rbush.js b/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
index e1b2e59dc9..2d77e5f3de 100644
--- a/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
+++ b/src/ol/structs/rbush.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 goog.provide('ol.structs.RBush');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.ext.rbush');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 
 
 /**
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ ol.structs.RBush.prototype.forEach_ = function(values, callback, opt_this) {
  * @return {boolean} Is empty.
  */
 ol.structs.RBush.prototype.isEmpty = function() {
-  return goog.object.isEmpty(this.items_);
+  return ol.object.isEmpty(this.items_);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js b/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
index 9369e41696..6612064cf8 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/feature.test.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('ol.Feature', function() {
     it('is empty by default', function() {
       var feature = new ol.Feature();
       var properties = feature.getProperties();
-      expect(goog.object.isEmpty(properties)).to.be(true);
+      expect(ol.object.isEmpty(properties)).to.be(true);
     });
 
   });
@@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ describe('ol.Feature.createStyleFunction()', function() {
 });
 
 
-goog.require('ol.events');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
+goog.require('ol.object');
 goog.require('ol.style.Style');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/object.test.js b/test/spec/ol/object.test.js
index 5d22b167a9..69f9b3dd27 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/object.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/object.test.js
@@ -268,6 +268,17 @@ describe('ol.object.assign()', function() {
 
 });
 
+describe('ol.object.isEmpty()', function() {
+
+  it('checks if an object has any properties', function() {
+    expect(ol.object.isEmpty({})).to.be(true);
+    expect(ol.object.isEmpty(null)).to.be(true);
+    expect(ol.object.isEmpty({foo: 'bar'})).to.be(false);
+    expect(ol.object.isEmpty({foo: false})).to.be(false);
+  });
+
+});
+
 goog.require('ol.Object');
 goog.require('ol.ObjectEventType');
 goog.require('ol.events');