diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index ea8cc2fb2e..4f1d6f5f07 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -5598,7 +5598,6 @@ olx.source.TileJSONOptions.prototype.wrapX;
  *     hidpi: (boolean|undefined),
  *     logo: (string|olx.LogoOptions|undefined),
  *     tileGrid: (ol.tilegrid.TileGrid|undefined),
- *     maxZoom: (number|undefined),
  *     projection: ol.ProjectionLike,
  *     reprojectionErrorThreshold: (number|undefined),
  *     serverType: (ol.source.wms.ServerType|string|undefined),
@@ -5692,14 +5691,6 @@ olx.source.TileWMSOptions.prototype.logo;
 olx.source.TileWMSOptions.prototype.tileGrid;
 
 
-/**
- * Maximum zoom.
- * @type {number|undefined}
- * @api
- */
-olx.source.TileWMSOptions.prototype.maxZoom;
-
-
 /**
  * Projection.
  * @type {ol.ProjectionLike}
@@ -5903,7 +5894,6 @@ olx.source.VectorOptions.prototype.wrapX;
  *     matrixSet: string,
  *     dimensions: (!Object|undefined),
  *     url: (string|undefined),
- *     maxZoom: (number|undefined),
  *     tileLoadFunction: (ol.TileLoadFunctionType|undefined),
  *     urls: (Array.<string>|undefined),
  *     tileClass: (function(new: ol.ImageTile, ol.TileCoord,
@@ -6064,14 +6054,6 @@ olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.dimensions;
 olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.url;
 
 
-/**
- * Maximum zoom.
- * @type {number|undefined}
- * @api
- */
-olx.source.WMTSOptions.prototype.maxZoom;
-
-
 /**
  * Optional function to load a tile given a URL. The default is
  * ```js
diff --git a/src/ol/source/stamensource.js b/src/ol/source/stamensource.js
index 13c2635576..ba70a0af1f 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/stamensource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/stamensource.js
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ ol.source.Stamen = function(options) {
     attributions: ol.source.Stamen.ATTRIBUTIONS,
     cacheSize: options.cacheSize,
     crossOrigin: 'anonymous',
-    maxZoom: providerConfig.maxZoom,
-    minZoom: providerConfig.minZoom,
+    maxZoom: options.maxZoom != undefined ? options.maxZoom : providerConfig.maxZoom,
+    minZoom: options.minZoom != undefined ? options.minZoom : providerConfig.minZoom,
     opaque: layerConfig.opaque,
     reprojectionErrorThreshold: options.reprojectionErrorThreshold,
     tileLoadFunction: options.tileLoadFunction,
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/source/stamensource.test.js b/test/spec/ol/source/stamensource.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..189d16b139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/source/stamensource.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.source.Stamen');
+
+describe('ol.source.Stamen', function() {
+
+  describe('constructor', function() {
+
+    it('can be constructed with a custom minZoom', function() {
+      var source = new ol.source.Stamen({
+        layer: 'watercolor',
+        minZoom: 10
+      });
+      expect(source.getTileGrid().getMinZoom()).to.be(10);
+    });
+
+    it('can be constructed with a custom maxZoom', function() {
+      var source = new ol.source.Stamen({
+        layer: 'watercolor',
+        maxZoom: 8
+      });
+      expect(source.getTileGrid().getMaxZoom()).to.be(8);
+
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
+
+goog.require('ol.source.Stamen');