diff --git a/examples/select-features.html b/examples/select-features.html
index 55481d0372..697b309a39 100644
--- a/examples/select-features.html
+++ b/examples/select-features.html
@@ -18,5 +18,13 @@ tags: "select, vector"
       <option value="altclick">Alt+Click</option>
       <option value="none">None</option>
     </select>
-    <span id="status">&nbsp;0 selected features</span>
+  <span id="status">&nbsp;0 selected features</span>
+  <br />
+  <label>Hit tolerance for selecting features </label>
+    <select id="hitTolerance" class="form-control">
+      <option value="0" selected>0 Pixels</option>
+      <option value="5">5 Pixels</option>
+      <option value="10">10 Pixels</option>
+    </select>
+    <canvas id="circle" style="vertical-align: middle"/>
 </form>
diff --git a/examples/select-features.js b/examples/select-features.js
index 8d68284e2c..5d0a658f7a 100644
--- a/examples/select-features.js
+++ b/examples/select-features.js
@@ -31,23 +31,28 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
 var select = null;  // ref to currently selected interaction
 
 // select interaction working on "singleclick"
-var selectSingleClick = new ol.interaction.Select();
+var selectSingleClick = new ol.interaction.Select({
+  multi: true // multi is used in this example if hitTolerance > 0
+});
 
 // select interaction working on "click"
 var selectClick = new ol.interaction.Select({
-  condition: ol.events.condition.click
+  condition: ol.events.condition.click,
+  multi: true
 });
 
 // select interaction working on "pointermove"
 var selectPointerMove = new ol.interaction.Select({
-  condition: ol.events.condition.pointerMove
+  condition: ol.events.condition.pointerMove,
+  multi: true
 });
 
 var selectAltClick = new ol.interaction.Select({
   condition: function(mapBrowserEvent) {
     return ol.events.condition.click(mapBrowserEvent) &&
         ol.events.condition.altKeyOnly(mapBrowserEvent);
-  }
+  },
+  multi: true
 });
 
 var selectElement = document.getElementById('type');
@@ -85,3 +90,27 @@ var changeInteraction = function() {
  */
 selectElement.onchange = changeInteraction;
 changeInteraction();
+
+var selectHitToleranceElement = document.getElementById('hitTolerance');
+var circleCanvas = document.getElementById('circle');
+
+var changeHitTolerance = function() {
+  var value = parseInt(selectHitToleranceElement.value, 10);
+  selectSingleClick.setHitTolerance(value);
+  selectClick.setHitTolerance(value);
+  selectPointerMove.setHitTolerance(value);
+  selectAltClick.setHitTolerance(value);
+
+  var size = 2 * value + 2;
+  circleCanvas.width = size;
+  circleCanvas.height = size;
+  var ctx = circleCanvas.getContext('2d');
+  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, size, size);
+  ctx.beginPath();
+  ctx.arc(value + 1, value + 1, value + 0.5, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
+  ctx.fill();
+  ctx.stroke();
+};
+
+selectHitToleranceElement.onchange = changeHitTolerance;
+changeHitTolerance();
diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index dd7bac146e..d8317a98c0 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -3212,7 +3212,8 @@ olx.interaction.PointerOptions.prototype.handleUpEvent;
  *     multi: (boolean|undefined),
  *     features: (ol.Collection.<ol.Feature>|undefined),
  *     filter: (ol.SelectFilterFunction|undefined),
- *     wrapX: (boolean|undefined)}}
+ *     wrapX: (boolean|undefined),
+ *     hitTolerance: (number|undefined)}}
  */
 olx.interaction.SelectOptions;
 
@@ -3326,6 +3327,16 @@ olx.interaction.SelectOptions.prototype.filter;
 olx.interaction.SelectOptions.prototype.wrapX;
 
 
+/**
+ * Hit-detection tolerance. Pixels inside the radius around the given position
+ * will be checked for features. This only works for the canvas renderer and
+ * not for WebGL.
+ * @type {number|undefined}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.interaction.SelectOptions.prototype.hitTolerance;
+
+
 /**
  * Options for snap
  * @typedef {{
diff --git a/src/ol/interaction/select.js b/src/ol/interaction/select.js
index d6b233cab6..dbcd376efc 100644
--- a/src/ol/interaction/select.js
+++ b/src/ol/interaction/select.js
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ ol.interaction.Select = function(opt_options) {
   this.filter_ = options.filter ? options.filter :
       ol.functions.TRUE;
 
+  this.hitTolerance_ = options.hitTolerance ? options.hitTolerance : 0;
+
   var featureOverlay = new ol.layer.Vector({
     source: new ol.source.Vector({
       useSpatialIndex: false,
@@ -160,6 +162,16 @@ ol.interaction.Select.prototype.getFeatures = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns the Hit-detection tolerance.
+ * @returns {number} Hit tolerance.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.interaction.Select.prototype.getHitTolerance = function() {
+  return this.hitTolerance_;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Returns the associated {@link ol.layer.Vector vectorlayer} of
  * the (last) selected feature. Note that this will not work with any
@@ -212,7 +224,10 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
             this.addFeatureLayerAssociation_(feature, layer);
             return !this.multi_;
           }
-        }, this, {layerFilter: this.layerFilter_});
+        }, this, {
+          layerFilter: this.layerFilter_,
+          hitTolerance: this.hitTolerance_
+        });
     var i;
     for (i = features.getLength() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
       var feature = features.item(i);
@@ -249,7 +264,10 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
             }
             return !this.multi_;
           }
-        }, this, {layerFilter: this.layerFilter_});
+        }, this, {
+          layerFilter: this.layerFilter_,
+          hitTolerance: this.hitTolerance_
+        });
     var j;
     for (j = deselected.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
       features.remove(deselected[j]);
@@ -265,6 +283,18 @@ ol.interaction.Select.handleEvent = function(mapBrowserEvent) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Hit-detection tolerance. Pixels inside the radius around the given position
+ * will be checked for features. This only works for the canvas renderer and
+ * not for WebGL.
+ * @param {number} hitTolerance Hit tolerance.
+ * @api
+ */
+ol.interaction.Select.prototype.setHitTolerance = function(hitTolerance) {
+  this.hitTolerance_ = hitTolerance;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Remove the interaction from its current map, if any,  and attach it to a new
  * map, if any. Pass `null` to just remove the interaction from the current map.