diff --git a/src/ol/control/fullscreencontrol.js b/src/ol/control/fullscreencontrol.js
index 2885544958..2955e37296 100644
--- a/src/ol/control/fullscreencontrol.js
+++ b/src/ol/control/fullscreencontrol.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ol.control.FullScreen.prototype.setMap = function(map) {
   goog.base(this, 'setMap', map);
   if (map) {
     this.listenerKeys.push(
-        ol.events.listen(goog.global.document, goog.dom.fullscreen.EventType.CHANGE,
+        ol.events.listen(ol.global.document, goog.dom.fullscreen.EventType.CHANGE,
           this.handleFullScreenChange_, this)
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/ol/deviceorientation.js b/src/ol/deviceorientation.js
index 8dd6a828c2..2d89edd793 100644
--- a/src/ol/deviceorientation.js
+++ b/src/ol/deviceorientation.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ ol.DeviceOrientation.prototype.handleTrackingChanged_ = function() {
   if (ol.has.DEVICE_ORIENTATION) {
     var tracking = this.getTracking();
     if (tracking && !this.listenerKey_) {
-      this.listenerKey_ = ol.events.listen(goog.global, 'deviceorientation',
+      this.listenerKey_ = ol.events.listen(ol.global, 'deviceorientation',
           this.orientationChange_, this);
     } else if (!tracking && this.listenerKey_ !== null) {
       ol.events.unlistenByKey(this.listenerKey_);
diff --git a/src/ol/dom/dom.js b/src/ol/dom/dom.js
index 3310e9dc47..7119d9cc56 100644
--- a/src/ol/dom/dom.js
+++ b/src/ol/dom/dom.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ol.dom.canUseCssTransform = (function() {
     if (canUseCssTransform === undefined) {
       goog.asserts.assert(document.body,
           'document.body should not be null');
-      goog.asserts.assert(goog.global.getComputedStyle,
+      goog.asserts.assert(ol.global.getComputedStyle,
           'getComputedStyle is required (unsupported browser?)');
 
       var el = document.createElement('P'),
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ol.dom.canUseCssTransform = (function() {
       for (var t in transforms) {
         if (t in el.style) {
           el.style[t] = 'translate(1px,1px)';
-          has2d = goog.global.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(
+          has2d = ol.global.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(
               transforms[t]);
         }
       }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ol.dom.canUseCssTransform3D = (function() {
     if (canUseCssTransform3D === undefined) {
       goog.asserts.assert(document.body,
           'document.body should not be null');
-      goog.asserts.assert(goog.global.getComputedStyle,
+      goog.asserts.assert(ol.global.getComputedStyle,
           'getComputedStyle is required (unsupported browser?)');
 
       var el = document.createElement('P'),
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ol.dom.canUseCssTransform3D = (function() {
       for (var t in transforms) {
         if (t in el.style) {
           el.style[t] = 'translate3d(1px,1px,1px)';
-          has3d = goog.global.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(
+          has3d = ol.global.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(
               transforms[t]);
         }
       }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ ol.dom.transformElement2D = function(element, transform, opt_precision) {
  */
 ol.dom.outerWidth = function(element) {
   var width = element.offsetWidth;
-  var style = element.currentStyle || goog.global.getComputedStyle(element);
+  var style = element.currentStyle || ol.global.getComputedStyle(element);
   width += parseInt(style.marginLeft, 10) + parseInt(style.marginRight, 10);
 
   return width;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ ol.dom.outerWidth = function(element) {
  */
 ol.dom.outerHeight = function(element) {
   var height = element.offsetHeight;
-  var style = element.currentStyle || goog.global.getComputedStyle(element);
+  var style = element.currentStyle || ol.global.getComputedStyle(element);
   height += parseInt(style.marginTop, 10) + parseInt(style.marginBottom, 10);
 
   return height;
diff --git a/src/ol/geolocation.js b/src/ol/geolocation.js
index 7edcfdd148..14759081b4 100644
--- a/src/ol/geolocation.js
+++ b/src/ol/geolocation.js
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ ol.Geolocation.prototype.handleTrackingChanged_ = function() {
   if (ol.has.GEOLOCATION) {
     var tracking = this.getTracking();
     if (tracking && this.watchId_ === undefined) {
-      this.watchId_ = goog.global.navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
+      this.watchId_ = ol.global.navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
           this.positionChange_.bind(this),
           this.positionError_.bind(this),
           this.getTrackingOptions());
     } else if (!tracking && this.watchId_ !== undefined) {
-      goog.global.navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(this.watchId_);
+      ol.global.navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(this.watchId_);
       this.watchId_ = undefined;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/ol/has.js b/src/ol/has.js
index b2b727ad42..34ce81b8d3 100644
--- a/src/ol/has.js
+++ b/src/ol/has.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ol.has.MAC = ua.indexOf('macintosh') !== -1;
  * @type {number}
  * @api stable
  */
-ol.has.DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO = goog.global.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+ol.has.DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO = ol.global.devicePixelRatio || 1;
 
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ol.has.CANVAS = ol.ENABLE_CANVAS && (
      * @return {boolean} Canvas supported.
      */
     function() {
-      if (!('HTMLCanvasElement' in goog.global)) {
+      if (!('HTMLCanvasElement' in ol.global)) {
         return false;
       }
       try {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ol.has.CANVAS = ol.ENABLE_CANVAS && (
  * @type {boolean}
  * @api stable
  */
-ol.has.DEVICE_ORIENTATION = 'DeviceOrientationEvent' in goog.global;
+ol.has.DEVICE_ORIENTATION = 'DeviceOrientationEvent' in ol.global;
 
 
 /**
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ol.has.DOM = ol.ENABLE_DOM;
  * @type {boolean}
  * @api stable
  */
-ol.has.GEOLOCATION = 'geolocation' in goog.global.navigator;
+ol.has.GEOLOCATION = 'geolocation' in ol.global.navigator;
 
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ ol.has.GEOLOCATION = 'geolocation' in goog.global.navigator;
  * @type {boolean}
  * @api stable
  */
-ol.has.TOUCH = ol.ASSUME_TOUCH || 'ontouchstart' in goog.global;
+ol.has.TOUCH = ol.ASSUME_TOUCH || 'ontouchstart' in ol.global;
 
 
 /**
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ol.has.TOUCH = ol.ASSUME_TOUCH || 'ontouchstart' in goog.global;
  * @const
  * @type {boolean}
  */
-ol.has.POINTER = 'PointerEvent' in goog.global;
+ol.has.POINTER = 'PointerEvent' in ol.global;
 
 
 /**
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ ol.has.POINTER = 'PointerEvent' in goog.global;
  * @const
  * @type {boolean}
  */
-ol.has.MSPOINTER = !!(goog.global.navigator.msPointerEnabled);
+ol.has.MSPOINTER = !!(ol.global.navigator.msPointerEnabled);
 
 
 /**
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ol.has.WEBGL;
     var textureSize;
     var /** @type {Array.<string>} */ extensions = [];
 
-    if ('WebGLRenderingContext' in goog.global) {
+    if ('WebGLRenderingContext' in ol.global) {
       try {
         var canvas = /** @type {HTMLCanvasElement} */
             (document.createElement('CANVAS'));
diff --git a/src/ol/interaction/mousewheelzoominteraction.js b/src/ol/interaction/mousewheelzoominteraction.js
index bb3840345e..7690600fa5 100644
--- a/src/ol/interaction/mousewheelzoominteraction.js
+++ b/src/ol/interaction/mousewheelzoominteraction.js
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ ol.interaction.MouseWheelZoom.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
     if (mapBrowserEvent.type == ol.events.EventType.WHEEL) {
       delta = wheelEvent.deltaY;
       if (ol.has.FIREFOX &&
-          wheelEvent.deltaMode === goog.global.WheelEvent.DOM_DELTA_PIXEL) {
+          wheelEvent.deltaMode === ol.global.WheelEvent.DOM_DELTA_PIXEL) {
         delta /= ol.has.DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO;
       }
-      if (wheelEvent.deltaMode === goog.global.WheelEvent.DOM_DELTA_LINE) {
+      if (wheelEvent.deltaMode === ol.global.WheelEvent.DOM_DELTA_LINE) {
         delta *= 40;
       }
     } else if (mapBrowserEvent.type == ol.events.EventType.MOUSEWHEEL) {
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ ol.interaction.MouseWheelZoom.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
     var duration = ol.MOUSEWHEELZOOM_TIMEOUT_DURATION;
     var timeLeft = Math.max(duration - (Date.now() - this.startTime_), 0);
 
-    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.timeoutId_);
-    this.timeoutId_ = goog.global.setTimeout(
+    ol.global.clearTimeout(this.timeoutId_);
+    this.timeoutId_ = ol.global.setTimeout(
         this.doZoom_.bind(this, map), timeLeft);
 
     mapBrowserEvent.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/ol/map.js b/src/ol/map.js
index c0bec0d241..887ad12021 100644
--- a/src/ol/map.js
+++ b/src/ol/map.js
@@ -578,12 +578,12 @@ ol.Map.prototype.disposeInternal = function() {
   ol.events.unlisten(this.viewport_, ol.events.EventType.MOUSEWHEEL,
       this.handleBrowserEvent, this);
   if (this.handleResize_ !== undefined) {
-    goog.global.removeEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
+    ol.global.removeEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
         this.handleResize_, false);
     this.handleResize_ = undefined;
   }
   if (this.animationDelayKey_) {
-    goog.global.cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationDelayKey_);
+    ol.global.cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationDelayKey_);
     this.animationDelayKey_ = undefined;
   }
   this.setTarget(null);
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ ol.Map.prototype.handleTargetChanged_ = function() {
   if (!targetElement) {
     goog.dom.removeNode(this.viewport_);
     if (this.handleResize_ !== undefined) {
-      goog.global.removeEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
+      ol.global.removeEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
           this.handleResize_, false);
       this.handleResize_ = undefined;
     }
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ ol.Map.prototype.handleTargetChanged_ = function() {
 
     if (!this.handleResize_) {
       this.handleResize_ = this.updateSize.bind(this);
-      goog.global.addEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
+      ol.global.addEventListener(ol.events.EventType.RESIZE,
           this.handleResize_, false);
     }
   }
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ ol.Map.prototype.isRendered = function() {
  */
 ol.Map.prototype.renderSync = function() {
   if (this.animationDelayKey_) {
-    goog.global.cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationDelayKey_);
+    ol.global.cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationDelayKey_);
   }
   this.animationDelay_();
 };
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ ol.Map.prototype.renderSync = function() {
  */
 ol.Map.prototype.render = function() {
   if (this.animationDelayKey_ === undefined) {
-    this.animationDelayKey_ = goog.global.requestAnimationFrame(
+    this.animationDelayKey_ = ol.global.requestAnimationFrame(
         this.animationDelay_);
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/mapbrowserevent.js b/src/ol/mapbrowserevent.js
index da4c3bf1c5..48292df702 100644
--- a/src/ol/mapbrowserevent.js
+++ b/src/ol/mapbrowserevent.js
@@ -223,14 +223,14 @@ ol.MapBrowserEventHandler.prototype.emulateClick_ = function(pointerEvent) {
   this.dispatchEvent(newEvent);
   if (this.clickTimeoutId_ !== 0) {
     // double-click
-    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.clickTimeoutId_);
+    ol.global.clearTimeout(this.clickTimeoutId_);
     this.clickTimeoutId_ = 0;
     newEvent = new ol.MapBrowserPointerEvent(
         ol.MapBrowserEvent.EventType.DBLCLICK, this.map_, pointerEvent);
     this.dispatchEvent(newEvent);
   } else {
     // click
-    this.clickTimeoutId_ = goog.global.setTimeout(function() {
+    this.clickTimeoutId_ = ol.global.setTimeout(function() {
       this.clickTimeoutId_ = 0;
       var newEvent = new ol.MapBrowserPointerEvent(
           ol.MapBrowserEvent.EventType.SINGLECLICK, this.map_, pointerEvent);
diff --git a/src/ol/net.js b/src/ol/net.js
index f43bc90b83..aad1d882aa 100644
--- a/src/ol/net.js
+++ b/src/ol/net.js
@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@ goog.provide('ol.net');
  *     callback. Default is 'callback'.
  */
 ol.net.jsonp = function(url, callback, opt_errback, opt_callbackParam) {
-  var script = goog.global.document.createElement('script');
+  var script = ol.global.document.createElement('script');
   var key = 'olc_' + goog.getUid(callback);
   function cleanup() {
-    delete goog.global[key];
+    delete ol.global[key];
     script.parentNode.removeChild(script);
   }
   script.async = true;
   script.src = url + (url.indexOf('?') == -1 ? '?' : '&') +
       (opt_callbackParam || 'callback') + '=' + key;
-  var timer = goog.global.setTimeout(function() {
+  var timer = ol.global.setTimeout(function() {
     cleanup();
     if (opt_errback) {
       opt_errback();
     }
   }, 10000);
-  goog.global[key] = function(data) {
-    goog.global.clearTimeout(timer);
+  ol.global[key] = function(data) {
+    ol.global.clearTimeout(timer);
     cleanup();
     callback(data);
   };
-  goog.global.document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
+  ol.global.document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
 };
diff --git a/src/ol/ol.js b/src/ol/ol.js
index a3b00d5047..e332d6473a 100644
--- a/src/ol/ol.js
+++ b/src/ol/ol.js
@@ -272,3 +272,6 @@ ol.inherits =
  * @return {undefined} Nothing.
  */
 ol.nullFunction = function() {};
+
+
+ol.global = Function('return this')();
diff --git a/src/ol/pointer/touchsource.js b/src/ol/pointer/touchsource.js
index d73786eca1..5a37435103 100644
--- a/src/ol/pointer/touchsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/pointer/touchsource.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ol.pointer.TouchSource.prototype.removePrimaryPointer_ = function(inPointer) {
  * @private
  */
 ol.pointer.TouchSource.prototype.resetClickCount_ = function() {
-  this.resetId_ = goog.global.setTimeout(
+  this.resetId_ = ol.global.setTimeout(
       this.resetClickCountHandler_.bind(this),
       ol.pointer.TouchSource.CLICK_COUNT_TIMEOUT);
 };
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ol.pointer.TouchSource.prototype.resetClickCountHandler_ = function() {
  */
 ol.pointer.TouchSource.prototype.cancelResetClickCount_ = function() {
   if (this.resetId_ !== undefined) {
-    goog.global.clearTimeout(this.resetId_);
+    ol.global.clearTimeout(this.resetId_);
   }
 };
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ ol.pointer.TouchSource.prototype.dedupSynthMouse_ = function(inEvent) {
     var lt = [t.clientX, t.clientY];
     lts.push(lt);
 
-    goog.global.setTimeout(function() {
+    ol.global.setTimeout(function() {
       // remove touch after timeout
       ol.array.remove(lts, lt);
     }, ol.pointer.TouchSource.DEDUP_TIMEOUT);
diff --git a/src/ol/proj/proj.js b/src/ol/proj/proj.js
index 6b1bbc996d..61a000c5a4 100644
--- a/src/ol/proj/proj.js
+++ b/src/ol/proj/proj.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ol.proj.Projection = function(options) {
   goog.asserts.assert(code !== undefined,
       'Option "code" is required for constructing instance');
   if (ol.ENABLE_PROJ4JS) {
-    var proj4js = ol.proj.proj4_ || goog.global['proj4'];
+    var proj4js = ol.proj.proj4_ || ol.global['proj4'];
     if (typeof proj4js == 'function' && projections[code] === undefined) {
       var def = proj4js.defs(code);
       if (def !== undefined) {
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ ol.proj.get = function(projectionLike) {
     var code = projectionLike;
     projection = ol.proj.projections_[code];
     if (ol.ENABLE_PROJ4JS) {
-      var proj4js = ol.proj.proj4_ || goog.global['proj4'];
+      var proj4js = ol.proj.proj4_ || ol.global['proj4'];
       if (projection === undefined && typeof proj4js == 'function' &&
           proj4js.defs(code) !== undefined) {
         projection = new ol.proj.Projection({code: code});
diff --git a/src/ol/reproj/tile.js b/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
index 722c78e31f..e20bf67dae 100644
--- a/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
+++ b/src/ol/reproj/tile.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ ol.reproj.Tile.prototype.load = function() {
     });
 
     if (leftToLoad === 0) {
-      goog.global.setTimeout(this.reproject_.bind(this), 0);
+      ol.global.setTimeout(this.reproject_.bind(this), 0);
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/interaction/draganddropinteraction.test.js b/test/spec/ol/interaction/draganddropinteraction.test.js
index 16b353e941..e10066c7cb 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/interaction/draganddropinteraction.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/interaction/draganddropinteraction.test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('ol.interaction.DragAndDrop', function() {
   });
 
   describe('#handleDrop_', function() {
-    var origFileReader = goog.global.FileReader;
+    var origFileReader = ol.global.FileReader;
 
     beforeEach(function() {
       FileReader = function() {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('ol.interaction.DragAndDrop', function() {
     });
 
     afterEach(function() {
-      goog.global.FileReader = origFileReader;
+      ol.global.FileReader = origFileReader;
     });
 
     it('reads dropped files', function(done) {
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/net.test.js b/test/spec/ol/net.test.js
index 1c5879b77f..3ae9565793 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/net.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/net.test.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ goog.provide('ol.test.net');
 describe('ol.net', function() {
 
   describe('jsonp()', function() {
-    var head = goog.global.document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
+    var head = ol.global.document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
     var origAppendChild = head.appendChild;
     var origCreateElement = document.createElement;
-    var origSetTimeout = goog.global.setTimeout;
+    var origSetTimeout = ol.global.setTimeout;
     var key, removeChild;
 
     function createCallback(url, done) {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('ol.net', function() {
         if (arg == 'script') {
           return element;
         } else {
-          return origCreateElement.apply(goog.global.document, arguments);
+          return origCreateElement.apply(ol.global.document, arguments);
         }
       };
       head.appendChild = function(el) {
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ describe('ol.net', function() {
             removeChild: removeChild
           };
           origSetTimeout(function() {
-            goog.global[key](element.src);
+            ol.global[key](element.src);
           }, 0);
         } else {
           origAppendChild.apply(head, arguments);
         }
       };
-      goog.global.setTimeout = function(fn, time) {
+      ol.global.setTimeout = function(fn, time) {
         origSetTimeout(fn, 100);
       };
     });
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('ol.net', function() {
     afterEach(function() {
       document.createElement = origCreateElement;
       head.appendChild = origAppendChild;
-      goog.global.setTimeout = origSetTimeout;
+      ol.global.setTimeout = origSetTimeout;
     });
 
     it('appends callback param to url, cleans up after call', function(done) {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('ol.net', function() {
         expect.fail();
       }
       function errback() {
-        expect(goog.global[key]).to.be(undefined);
+        expect(ol.global[key]).to.be(undefined);
         expect(removeChild.called).to.be(true);
         done();
       }