diff --git a/src/ol/expression/expression.js b/src/ol/expression/expression.js
index dd2cc27e2b..a773b6cd8f 100644
--- a/src/ol/expression/expression.js
+++ b/src/ol/expression/expression.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 goog.provide('ol.expression');
 
+goog.require('ol.Extent');
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.expression.Parser');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 
 
 /**
@@ -13,3 +17,49 @@ ol.expression.parse = function(source) {
   var parser = new ol.expression.Parser();
   return parser.parse(source);
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * Library of well-known functions.  These are available to expressions parsed
+ * with `ol.expression.parse`.
+ *
+ * @type {Object}
+ */
+ol.expression.lib = {
+
+  /**
+   * Determine if a feature's extent intersects the provided extent.
+   * @param {number} minX Minimum x-coordinate value.
+   * @param {number} maxX Maximum x-coordinate value.
+   * @param {number} minY Minimum y-coordinate value.
+   * @param {number} maxY Maximum y-coordinate value.
+   * @return {boolean} The provided extent intersects the feature's extent.
+   * @this {ol.Feature}
+   */
+  'extent': function(minX, maxX, minY, maxY) {
+    var intersects = false;
+    var geometry = this.getGeometry();
+    if (geometry) {
+      intersects = ol.extent.intersects(geometry.getBounds(),
+          [minX, maxX, minY, maxY]);
+    }
+    return intersects;
+  },
+
+
+  /**
+   * Determine if a feature's default geometry is of the given type.
+   * @param {ol.geom.GeometryType} type Geometry type.
+   * @return {boolean} The feature's default geometry is of the given type.
+   * @this {ol.Feature}
+   */
+  'geometryType': function(type) {
+    var same = false;
+    var geometry = this.getGeometry();
+    if (geometry) {
+      same = geometry.getType() === type;
+    }
+    return same;
+  }
+
+};
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/expression/expression.test.js b/test/spec/ol/expression/expression.test.js
index 1c73a46ee5..d29700f31b 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/expression/expression.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/expression/expression.test.js
@@ -522,6 +522,48 @@ describe('ol.expression.parse', function() {
 
 });
 
+describe('ol.expression.lib', function() {
+
+  var lib = ol.expression.lib;
+  var parse = ol.expression.parse;
+
+  function evaluate(expression, feature) {
+    return expression.evaluate(feature.getAttributes(), lib, feature);
+  }
+
+  describe('extent()', function() {
+
+    var nw = new ol.Feature({
+      geom: new ol.geom.Polygon([[
+        [-180, 90], [0, 90], [0, 0], [-180, 0], [-180, 90]
+      ]])
+    });
+
+    var se = new ol.Feature({
+      geom: new ol.geom.Polygon([[
+        [180, -90], [0, -90], [0, 0], [180, 0], [180, -90]
+      ]])
+    });
+
+    var north = parse('extent(-100, 100, 40, 60)');
+    var south = parse('extent(-100, 100, -60, -40)');
+    var east = parse('extent(80, 100, -50, 50)');
+    var west = parse('extent(-100, -80, -50, 50)');
+
+    expect(evaluate(north, nw), true);
+    expect(evaluate(south, nw), false);
+    expect(evaluate(east, nw), false);
+    expect(evaluate(west, nw), true);
+
+    expect(evaluate(north, se), false);
+    expect(evaluate(south, se), true);
+    expect(evaluate(east, se), true);
+    expect(evaluate(west, se), false);
+
+  });
+
+});
+
 
 goog.require('ol.expression');
 goog.require('ol.expression.Call');