diff --git a/externs/olx.js b/externs/olx.js
index 9f2265a059..730c14f24c 100644
--- a/externs/olx.js
+++ b/externs/olx.js
@@ -2715,7 +2715,10 @@ olx.interaction.DrawOptions.prototype.wrapX;
 
 
 /**
- * @typedef {{features: (ol.Collection.<ol.Feature>|undefined)}}
+ * @typedef {{
+ *     features: (ol.Collection.<ol.Feature>|undefined),
+ *     layers: (undefined|Array.<ol.layer.Layer>|function(ol.layer.Layer): boolean)
+ * }}
  * @api
  */
 olx.interaction.TranslateOptions;
@@ -2730,6 +2733,18 @@ olx.interaction.TranslateOptions;
 olx.interaction.TranslateOptions.prototype.features;
 
 
+/**
+ * A list of layers from which features should be
+ * translated. Alternatively, a filter function can be provided. The
+ * function will be called for each layer in the map and should return
+ * `true` for layers that you want to be translatable. If the option is
+ * absent, all visible layers will be considered translatable.
+ * @type {undefined|Array.<ol.layer.Layer>|function(ol.layer.Layer): boolean}
+ * @api
+ */
+olx.interaction.TranslateOptions.prototype.layers;
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{condition: (ol.events.ConditionType|undefined),
  *     duration: (number|undefined),
diff --git a/src/ol/interaction/translateinteraction.js b/src/ol/interaction/translateinteraction.js
index 9393fe9440..e6812186ef 100644
--- a/src/ol/interaction/translateinteraction.js
+++ b/src/ol/interaction/translateinteraction.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 goog.provide('ol.interaction.Translate');
 goog.provide('ol.interaction.TranslateEvent');
 
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('ol.events');
 goog.require('ol.events.Event');
 goog.require('ol.array');
@@ -106,6 +107,37 @@ ol.interaction.Translate = function(options) {
    */
   this.features_ = options.features !== undefined ? options.features : null;
 
+  var layerFilter;
+  if (options.layers) {
+    if (goog.isFunction(options.layers)) {
+      /**
+       * @param {ol.layer.Layer} layer Layer.
+       * @return {boolean} Include.
+       */
+      layerFilter = function(layer) {
+        goog.asserts.assertFunction(options.layers);
+        return options.layers(layer);
+      };
+    } else {
+      var layers = options.layers;
+      /**
+       * @param {ol.layer.Layer} layer Layer.
+       * @return {boolean} Include.
+       */
+      layerFilter = function(layer) {
+        return ol.array.includes(layers, layer);
+      };
+    }
+  } else {
+    layerFilter = ol.functions.TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {function(ol.layer.Layer): boolean}
+   */
+  this.layerFilter_ = layerFilter;
+
   /**
    * @type {ol.Feature}
    * @private
@@ -242,7 +274,7 @@ ol.interaction.Translate.prototype.featuresAtPixel_ = function(pixel, map) {
   var intersectingFeature = map.forEachFeatureAtPixel(pixel,
       function(feature) {
         return feature;
-      });
+      }, this, this.layerFilter_);
 
   if (this.features_ &&
       ol.array.includes(this.features_.getArray(), intersectingFeature)) {