diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
index 922136574f..ce1a625f3e 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ goog.require('ol.Coordinate');
 goog.require('ol.Extent');
 goog.require('ol.ImageBase');
 goog.require('ol.ViewHint');
+goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Image');
 goog.require('ol.proj');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.webgl.Layer');
+goog.require('ol.source.ImageVector');
+goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.webgl.Context');
 
 
@@ -32,6 +35,18 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer = function(mapRenderer, imageLayer) {
    */
   this.image_ = null;
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+   */
+  this.hitCanvasContext_ = null;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {?goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
+   */
+  this.hitTransformationMatrix_ = null;
+
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer, ol.renderer.webgl.Layer);
 
@@ -143,6 +158,7 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
 
     this.updateProjectionMatrix_(canvas.width, canvas.height,
         viewCenter, viewResolution, viewRotation, image.getExtent());
+    this.hitTransformationMatrix_ = null;
 
     // Translate and scale to flip the Y coord.
     var texCoordMatrix = this.texCoordMatrix;
@@ -204,3 +220,103 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer.prototype.hasFeatureAtPixel =
       coordinate, frameState, goog.functions.TRUE, this);
   return goog.isDef(hasFeature);
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel =
+    function(coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
+  if (goog.isNull(this.image_) || goog.isNull(this.image_.getImage())) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (this.getLayer().getSource() instanceof ol.source.ImageVector) {
+    // for ImageVector sources use the original hit-detection logic,
+    // so that for example also transparent polygons are detected
+    var hasFeature = this.forEachFeatureAtPixel(
+        coordinate, frameState, goog.functions.TRUE, this);
+
+    if (hasFeature) {
+      return callback.call(thisArg, this.getLayer());
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  } else {
+    var imageSize =
+        [this.image_.getImage().width, this.image_.getImage().height];
+
+    if (goog.isNull(this.hitTransformationMatrix_)) {
+      this.hitTransformationMatrix_ = this.getHitTransformationMatrix_(
+          frameState.size, imageSize);
+    }
+
+    var pixelOnMap = this.getMap().getPixelFromCoordinate(coordinate);
+    var pixelOnFrameBuffer = [0, 0];
+    ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(
+        this.hitTransformationMatrix_, pixelOnMap, pixelOnFrameBuffer);
+
+    if (pixelOnFrameBuffer[0] < 0 || pixelOnFrameBuffer[0] > imageSize[0] ||
+        pixelOnFrameBuffer[1] < 0 || pixelOnFrameBuffer[1] > imageSize[1]) {
+      // outside the image, no need to check
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (goog.isNull(this.hitCanvasContext_)) {
+      this.hitCanvasContext_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
+    }
+
+    this.hitCanvasContext_.clearRect(0, 0, 1, 1);
+    this.hitCanvasContext_.drawImage(this.image_.getImage(),
+        pixelOnFrameBuffer[0], pixelOnFrameBuffer[1], 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1);
+
+    var imageData = this.hitCanvasContext_.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data;
+    if (imageData[3] > 0) {
+      return callback.call(thisArg, this.getLayer());
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * The transformation matrix to get the pixel on the image for a
+ * pixel on the map.
+ * @param {ol.Size} mapSize
+ * @param {ol.Size} imageSize
+ * @return {goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
+ * @private
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer.prototype.getHitTransformationMatrix_ =
+    function(mapSize, imageSize) {
+  // the first matrix takes a map pixel, flips the y-axis and scales to
+  // a range between -1 ... 1
+  var mapCoordMatrix = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+  goog.vec.Mat4.makeIdentity(mapCoordMatrix);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(mapCoordMatrix, -1, -1, 0);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.scale(mapCoordMatrix, 2 / mapSize[0], 2 / mapSize[1], 1);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(mapCoordMatrix, 0, mapSize[1], 0);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.scale(mapCoordMatrix, 1, -1, 1);
+
+  // the second matrix is the inverse of the projection matrix used in the
+  // shader for drawing
+  var projectionMatrixInv = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+  goog.vec.Mat4.invert(this.projectionMatrix, projectionMatrixInv);
+
+  // the third matrix scales to the image dimensions and flips the y-axis again
+  var imageCoordMatrix = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+  goog.vec.Mat4.makeIdentity(imageCoordMatrix);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(imageCoordMatrix, 0, imageSize[1], 0);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.scale(imageCoordMatrix, 1, -1, 1);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.scale(imageCoordMatrix, imageSize[0] / 2, imageSize[1] / 2, 1);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.translate(imageCoordMatrix, 1, 1, 0);
+
+  var transformMatrix = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
+  goog.vec.Mat4.multMat(
+      imageCoordMatrix, projectionMatrixInv, transformMatrix);
+  goog.vec.Mat4.multMat(
+      transformMatrix, mapCoordMatrix, transformMatrix);
+
+  return transformMatrix;
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
index c5985c194b..a9c4205659 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglmaprenderer.js
@@ -648,6 +648,57 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.hasFeatureAtPixel =
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.Map.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel =
+    function(coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg,
+        layerFilter, thisArg2) {
+  if (this.getGL().isContextLost()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  var context = this.getContext();
+  var viewState = frameState.viewState;
+  var result;
+
+  // do the hit-detection for the overlays first
+  if (!goog.isNull(this.replayGroup)) {
+    // use default color values
+    var d = ol.renderer.webgl.Map.DEFAULT_COLOR_VALUES_;
+
+    var hasFeature = this.replayGroup.hasFeatureAtPixel(context,
+        viewState.center, viewState.resolution, viewState.rotation,
+        frameState.size, frameState.pixelRatio,
+        d.opacity, d.brightness, d.contrast, d.hue, d.saturation, {},
+        coordinate);
+    if (hasFeature) {
+      result = callback.call(thisArg, null);
+      if (result) {
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  var layerStates = frameState.layerStatesArray;
+  var numLayers = layerStates.length;
+  var i;
+  for (i = numLayers - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+    var layerState = layerStates[i];
+    var layer = layerState.layer;
+    if (ol.layer.Layer.visibleAtResolution(layerState, viewState.resolution) &&
+        layerFilter.call(thisArg, layer)) {
+      var layerRenderer = this.getLayerRenderer(layer);
+      result = layerRenderer.forEachLayerAtPixel(
+          coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg);
+      if (result) {
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @private
  * @const
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
index 68ceed8d0d..455fce7427 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webgltilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ goog.require('ol.math');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.webgl.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.webgl.tilelayer.shader');
 goog.require('ol.tilecoord');
+goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.webgl.Buffer');
 
 
@@ -326,3 +327,39 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
 
   return true;
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.TileLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel =
+    function(coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
+  if (goog.isNull(this.framebuffer)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  var mapSize = this.getMap().getSize();
+
+  var pixelOnMap = this.getMap().getPixelFromCoordinate(coordinate);
+  var pixelOnMapScaled = [
+    pixelOnMap[0] / mapSize[0],
+    (mapSize[1] - pixelOnMap[1]) / mapSize[1]];
+
+  var pixelOnFrameBufferScaled = [0, 0];
+  ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(
+      this.texCoordMatrix, pixelOnMapScaled, pixelOnFrameBufferScaled);
+  var pixelOnFrameBuffer = [
+    pixelOnFrameBufferScaled[0] * this.framebufferDimension,
+    pixelOnFrameBufferScaled[1] * this.framebufferDimension];
+
+  var gl = this.getWebGLMapRenderer().getContext().getGL();
+  gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, this.framebuffer);
+  var imageData = new Uint8Array(4);
+  gl.readPixels(pixelOnFrameBuffer[0], pixelOnFrameBuffer[1], 1, 1,
+      gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, imageData);
+
+  if (imageData[3] > 0) {
+    return callback.call(thisArg, this.getLayer());
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglvectorlayerrenderer.js
index f2a00be9e0..904f496e95 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -162,6 +162,21 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.VectorLayer.prototype.hasFeatureAtPixel =
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.renderer.webgl.VectorLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel =
+    function(coordinate, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
+  var hasFeature = this.hasFeatureAtPixel(coordinate, frameState);
+
+  if (hasFeature) {
+    return callback.call(thisArg, this.getLayer());
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Handle changes in image style state.
  * @param {goog.events.Event} event Image style change event.