diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.js
index 54940a3ff4..01db493250 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
+goog.require('ol.size');
 
 
 /**
@@ -214,6 +215,11 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel = function(
  * @protected
  */
 ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.renderTileImages = function(context, frameState, layerState) {
+  var tilesToDraw = this.renderedTiles;
+  if (tilesToDraw.length == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
   var viewState = frameState.viewState;
   var center = viewState.center;
@@ -258,7 +264,16 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.renderTileImages = function(context, fram
   var alpha = renderContext.globalAlpha;
   renderContext.globalAlpha = layerState.opacity;
 
-  var tilesToDraw = this.renderedTiles;
+  // Origin of the lowest resolution tile that contains the map center. We will
+  // try to use the same origin for all resolutions for pixel-perfect tile
+  // alignment across resolutions.
+  var lowResTileCoord = tilesToDraw[0].getTileCoord();
+  var minZOrigin = ol.extent.getBottomLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+      tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ(center,
+          lowResTileCoord[0], this.tmpTileCoord_), this.tmpExtent));
+  var maxZ = tilesToDraw[tilesToDraw.length - 1].getTileCoord()[0];
+  var maxZResolution = tileGrid.getResolution(maxZ);
+  var maxZTileSize = ol.size.toSize(tileGrid.getTileSize(maxZ));
 
   var pixelExtents;
   var opaque = source.getOpaque(projection) && layerState.opacity == 1;
@@ -302,17 +317,23 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.renderTileImages = function(context, fram
   for (var i = 0, ii = tilesToDraw.length; i < ii; ++i) {
     var tile = tilesToDraw[i];
     var tileCoord = tile.getTileCoord();
-    var tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord, this.tmpExtent);
     var currentZ = tileCoord[0];
+    var tileSize = ol.size.toSize(tileGrid.getTileSize(currentZ));
     // Calculate all insert points by tile widths from a common origin to avoid
     // gaps caused by rounding
-    var origin = ol.extent.getBottomLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
-        tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ(center, currentZ, this.tmpTileCoord_)));
-    var w = Math.round(ol.extent.getWidth(tileExtent) * pixelScale);
-    var h = Math.round(ol.extent.getHeight(tileExtent) * pixelScale);
-    var left = Math.round((tileExtent[0] - origin[0]) * pixelScale / w) * w +
+    var originTileCoord = tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ(minZOrigin, currentZ, this.tmpTileCoord_);
+    var origin = ol.extent.getBottomLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(originTileCoord, this.tmpExtent));
+    // Calculate tile width and height by a tile size factor from the highest
+    // resolution tile size to avoid gaps when combining tiles from different
+    // resolutions
+    var resolutionFactor = tileGrid.getResolution(currentZ) / maxZResolution;
+    var tileSizeFactorW = tileSize[0] / maxZTileSize[0] * resolutionFactor;
+    var tileSizeFactorH = tileSize[1] / maxZTileSize[1] * resolutionFactor;
+    var w = Math.round(maxZTileSize[0] / resolution * maxZResolution * pixelRatio * drawScale) * tileSizeFactorW;
+    var h = Math.round(maxZTileSize[1] / resolution * maxZResolution * pixelRatio * drawScale) * tileSizeFactorH;
+    var left = (tileCoord[1] - originTileCoord[1]) * w +
         offsetX + Math.round((origin[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale);
-    var top = Math.round((origin[1] - tileExtent[3]) * pixelScale / h) * h +
+    var top = (originTileCoord[2] - tileCoord[2] - 1) * h +
         offsetY + Math.round((center[1] - origin[1]) * pixelScale);
     if (!opaque) {
       var pixelExtent = [left, top, left + w, top + h];
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.test.js b/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.test.js
index 27d6a44066..ab4a85c85e 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/tilelayer.test.js
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ describe('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer', function() {
         canvas: canvas,
         drawImage: sinon.spy()
       };
+      renderer.renderedTiles = [{
+        getTileCoord: function() {
+          return [0, 0, 0];
+        },
+        getImage: function() {
+          return new Image();
+        }
+      }];
       renderer.composeFrame(frameState, layerState, context);
       expect(context.drawImage.firstCall.args[0].width).to.be(112);
     });