diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
index 5d4afc6ddc..de21054637 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
     var findLoadedTiles = goog.bind(tileSource.findLoadedTiles, tileSource,
         tilesToDrawByZ, getTileIfLoaded);
 
+    var useInterimTilesOnError = tileLayer.getUseInterimTilesOnError();
+    if (!goog.isDef(useInterimTilesOnError)) {
+      useInterimTilesOnError = true;
+    }
+
     var allTilesLoaded = true;
     var tmpExtent = ol.extent.createEmpty();
     var tmpTileRange = new ol.TileRange(0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -214,8 +219,9 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
             tilesToDrawByZ[z][tile.tileCoord.toString()] = tile;
             continue;
           }
-        } else if (tileState == ol.TileState.ERROR ||
-                   tileState == ol.TileState.EMPTY) {
+        } else if (tileState == ol.TileState.EMPTY ||
+                   (tileState == ol.TileState.ERROR &&
+                    !useInterimTilesOnError)) {
           continue;
         }