diff --git a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
index 189f347421..9578c7cd5b 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 goog.provide('ol.geom.Geometry');
+goog.provide('ol.geom.GeometryEvent');
 goog.provide('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 
+goog.require('goog.events.Event');
+goog.require('goog.events.EventTarget');
 goog.require('ol.Extent');
 goog.require('ol.TransformFunction');
 
@@ -8,8 +11,12 @@ goog.require('ol.TransformFunction');
 
 /**
  * @constructor
+ * @extends {goog.events.EventTarget}
  */
-ol.geom.Geometry = function() {};
+ol.geom.Geometry = function() {
+  goog.base(this);
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.geom.Geometry, goog.events.EventTarget);
 
 
 /**
@@ -48,6 +55,23 @@ ol.geom.Geometry.prototype.getType = goog.abstractMethod;
 ol.geom.Geometry.prototype.transform = goog.abstractMethod;
 
 
+
+/**
+ * Constructor for geometry events.
+ * @constructor
+ * @extends {goog.events.Event}
+ * @param {string} type Event type.
+ * @param {ol.geom.Geometry} target The target geometry.
+ * @param {ol.Extent} oldExtent The previous geometry extent.
+ */
+ol.geom.GeometryEvent = function(type, target, oldExtent) {
+  goog.base(this, type, target);
+
+  this.oldExtent = oldExtent;
+};
+goog.inherits(ol.geom.GeometryEvent, goog.events.Event);
+
+
 /**
  * Geometry types.
  *
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js b/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71da801eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/geom/geometry.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.geom.Geometry');
+
+describe('ol.geom.Geometry', function() {
+
+  describe('constructor', function() {
+    it('creates a new geometry', function() {
+      var geom = new ol.geom.Geometry();
+      expect(geom).to.be.a(ol.geom.Geometry);
+      expect(geom).to.be.a(goog.events.EventTarget);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+describe('ol.geom.GeometryEvent', function() {
+
+  describe('constructor', function() {
+
+    it('creates a new event', function() {
+      var point = new ol.geom.Point([1, 2]);
+      var bounds = point.getBounds();
+      var evt = new ol.geom.GeometryEvent('change', point, bounds);
+      expect(evt).to.be.a(ol.geom.GeometryEvent);
+      expect(evt).to.be.a(goog.events.Event);
+      expect(evt.target).to.be(point);
+      expect(evt.oldExtent).to.be(bounds);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
+
+goog.require('goog.events.Event');
+goog.require('goog.events.EventTarget');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Geometry');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryEvent');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/geojson.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/geojson.test.js
index 281e21eea7..ade32cbbbd 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/geojson.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/geojson.test.js
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ describe('ol.parser.GeoJSON', function() {
     it('encodes point', function() {
       var point = new ol.geom.Point([10, 20]);
       var geojson = parser.write(point);
-      expect(point).to.eql(parser.read(geojson));
+      expect(point.getCoordinates()).to.eql(
+          parser.read(geojson).getCoordinates());
     });
 
     it('encodes linestring', function() {
       var linestring = new ol.geom.LineString([[10, 20], [30, 40]]);
       var geojson = parser.write(linestring);
-      expect(linestring).to.eql(parser.read(geojson));
+      expect(linestring.getCoordinates()).to.eql(
+          parser.read(geojson).getCoordinates());
     });
 
     it('encodes polygon', function() {
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ describe('ol.parser.GeoJSON', function() {
           inner2 = [[8, 8], [9, 8], [9, 9], [8, 9], [8, 8]];
       var polygon = new ol.geom.Polygon([outer, inner1, inner2]);
       var geojson = parser.write(polygon);
-      expect(polygon).to.eql(parser.read(geojson));
+      expect(polygon.getCoordinates()).to.eql(
+          parser.read(geojson).getCoordinates());
     });
 
     it('encodes geometry collection', function() {
@@ -97,9 +100,12 @@ describe('ol.parser.GeoJSON', function() {
         new ol.geom.LineString([[30, 40], [50, 60]])
       ]);
       var geojson = parser.write(collection);
-      // surprised to see read return an Array of geometries instead of
-      // a true ol.geom.GeometryCollection, so compare collection.components
-      expect(collection.components).to.eql(parser.read(geojson));
+      var got = parser.read(geojson);
+      expect(collection.components.length).to.equal(got.length);
+      for (var i = 0, ii = collection.components.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+        expect(collection.components[i].getCoordinates()).to.eql(
+            got[i].getCoordinates());
+      }
     });
 
     it('encodes feature collection', function() {
@@ -107,9 +113,18 @@ describe('ol.parser.GeoJSON', function() {
           array = parser.read(str);
       var geojson = parser.write(array);
       var result = parser.read(geojson);
+      expect(array.length).to.equal(result.length);
+      var got, exp, gotAttr, expAttr;
       for (var i = 0, ii = array.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-        expect(array[i].getGeometry()).to.eql(result[i].getGeometry());
-        expect(array[i].getAttributes()).to.eql(result[i].getAttributes());
+        got = array[i];
+        exp = result[i];
+        expect(got.getGeometry().getCoordinates()).to.eql(
+            exp.getGeometry().getCoordinates());
+        gotAttr = got.getAttributes();
+        delete gotAttr.geometry;
+        expAttr = exp.getAttributes();
+        delete expAttr.geometry;
+        expect(gotAttr).to.eql(expAttr);
       }
     });