diff --git a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
index 6ef234f60d..38b7367a22 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/vectorlayer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 goog.provide('ol.layer.Vector');
 
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.style.Style');
 
 
 
@@ -12,6 +14,13 @@ goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
  */
 ol.layer.Vector = function(layerOptions) {
   goog.base(this, layerOptions);
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.style.Style}
+   */
+  this.style_ = goog.isDef(layerOptions.style) ? layerOptions.style : null;
+
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.layer.Vector, ol.layer.Layer);
 
@@ -22,3 +31,38 @@ goog.inherits(ol.layer.Vector, ol.layer.Layer);
 ol.layer.Vector.prototype.getVectorSource = function() {
   return /** @type {ol.source.Vector} */ (this.getSource());
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Array.<ol.Feature>} features Features.
+ * @return {Array.<Array>} symbolizers for features.
+ */
+ol.layer.Vector.prototype.groupFeaturesBySymbolizerLiteral =
+    function(features) {
+  var uniqueLiterals = {},
+      featuresBySymbolizer = [],
+      style = this.style_,
+      feature, literals, literal, key;
+  for (var i = 0, ii = features.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    feature = features[i];
+    literals = goog.isNull(style) ?
+        ol.style.Style.applyDefaultStyle(feature) :
+        style.apply(feature);
+    for (var j = 0, jj = literals.length; j < jj; ++j) {
+      literal = literals[j];
+      for (var l in uniqueLiterals) {
+        if (literal.equals(uniqueLiterals[l])) {
+          literal = uniqueLiterals[l];
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      key = goog.getUid(literal);
+      if (!goog.object.containsKey(uniqueLiterals, key)) {
+        uniqueLiterals[key] = featuresBySymbolizer.length;
+        featuresBySymbolizer.push([[], literal]);
+      }
+      featuresBySymbolizer[uniqueLiterals[key]][0].push(feature);
+    }
+  }
+  return featuresBySymbolizer;
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index 5efe58ade3..38a82edfb7 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Renderer');
-goog.require('ol.style.LineLiteral');
-goog.require('ol.style.PolygonLiteral');
-goog.require('ol.style.ShapeLiteral');
-goog.require('ol.style.ShapeType');
 goog.require('ol.tilegrid.TileGrid');
 
 
@@ -115,31 +111,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer = function(mapRenderer, layer) {
   this.dirty_ = false;
 
 
-  // TODO: implement layer.setStyle(style) where style is a set of rules
-  // and a rule has a filter and array of symbolizers
-  var symbolizers = {};
-  symbolizers[ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT] = new ol.style.ShapeLiteral({
-    type: ol.style.ShapeType.CIRCLE,
-    size: 10,
-    fillStyle: '#ffcc99',
-    strokeStyle: '#ff9933',
-    strokeWidth: 2,
-    opacity: 0.75
-  });
-  symbolizers[ol.geom.GeometryType.LINESTRING] = new ol.style.LineLiteral({
-    strokeStyle: '#ff9933',
-    strokeWidth: 2,
-    opacity: 1
-  });
-  symbolizers[ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON] = new ol.style.PolygonLiteral({
-    fillStyle: '#ffcc99',
-    strokeStyle: '#ff9933',
-    strokeWidth: 2,
-    opacity: 0.5
-  });
-  // TODO: remove this
-  this.symbolizers_ = symbolizers;
-
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {boolean}
@@ -195,7 +166,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
   var view2DState = frameState.view2DState,
       resolution = view2DState.resolution,
       extent = frameState.extent,
-      source = this.getVectorLayer().getVectorSource(),
+      layer = this.getVectorLayer(),
+      source = layer.getVectorSource(),
       tileGrid = this.tileGrid_;
 
   if (goog.isNull(tileGrid)) {
@@ -295,7 +267,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
   // render features by geometry type
   var filters = this.geometryFilters_,
       numFilters = filters.length,
-      i, geomFilter, extentFilter, type, features, symbolizer;
+      i, geomFilter, extentFilter, type, features,
+      groups, group, j, numGroups;
   for (x = tileRange.minX; x <= tileRange.maxX; ++x) {
     for (y = tileRange.minY; y <= tileRange.maxY; ++y) {
       tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(z, x, y);
@@ -312,10 +285,13 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
           features = source.getFeatures(new ol.filter.Logical(
               [geomFilter, extentFilter], ol.filter.LogicalOperator.AND));
           if (features.length) {
-            // TODO: layer.getSymbolizerLiterals(features) or similar
-            symbolizer = this.symbolizers_[type];
-            sketchCanvasRenderer.renderFeaturesByGeometryType(
-                type, features, symbolizer);
+            groups = layer.groupFeaturesBySymbolizerLiteral(features);
+            numGroups = groups.length;
+            for (j = 0; j < numGroups; ++j) {
+              group = groups[j];
+              sketchCanvasRenderer.renderFeaturesByGeometryType(type,
+                  group[0], group[1]);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/ol/style/line.js b/src/ol/style/line.js
index 3b0c6cd1cf..7d8519067f 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/line.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/line.js
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ ol.style.LineLiteral = function(config) {
 goog.inherits(ol.style.LineLiteral, ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral);
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.style.LineLiteral.prototype.equals = function(lineLiteral) {
+  return this.strokeStyle == lineLiteral.strokeStyle &&
+      this.strokeWidth == lineLiteral.strokeWidth &&
+      this.opacity == lineLiteral.opacity;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{strokeStyle: (string|ol.Expression),
  *            strokeWidth: (number|ol.Expression),
diff --git a/src/ol/style/polygon.js b/src/ol/style/polygon.js
index fe67bf677c..5886ccf474 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/polygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/polygon.js
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ ol.style.PolygonLiteral = function(config) {
 goog.inherits(ol.style.PolygonLiteral, ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral);
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.style.PolygonLiteral.prototype.equals = function(polygonLiteral) {
+  return this.fillStyle == polygonLiteral.fillStyle &&
+      this.strokeStyle == polygonLiteral.strokeStyle &&
+      this.strokeWidth == polygonLiteral.strokeWidth &&
+      this.opacity == polygonLiteral.opacity;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{fillStyle: (string|ol.Expression),
  *            strokeStyle: (string|ol.Expression),
diff --git a/src/ol/style/rule.js b/src/ol/style/rule.js
index 90e7ae8b00..14b054a3d3 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/rule.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/rule.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 goog.provide('ol.style.Rule');
 
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
 goog.require('ol.filter.Filter');
 goog.require('ol.style.Symbolizer');
 
@@ -32,3 +33,21 @@ ol.style.Rule = function(options) {
       options.symbolizers : [];
 
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+ * @return {boolean} Does the rule apply to the feature?
+ */
+ol.style.Rule.prototype.applies = function(feature) {
+  return goog.isNull(this.filter_) ? true : this.filter_.applies(feature);
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @return {Array.<ol.style.Symbolizer>} Symbolizers.
+ */
+ol.style.Rule.prototype.getSymbolizers = function() {
+  return this.symbolizers_;
+};
+
diff --git a/src/ol/style/shape.js b/src/ol/style/shape.js
index e3007f5205..92c407c452 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/shape.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/shape.js
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ ol.style.ShapeLiteral = function(config) {
 goog.inherits(ol.style.ShapeLiteral, ol.style.PointLiteral);
 
 
+/**
+ * @inheritDoc
+ */
+ol.style.ShapeLiteral.prototype.equals = function(shapeLiteral) {
+  return this.type == shapeLiteral.type &&
+      this.size == shapeLiteral.size &&
+      this.fillStyle == shapeLiteral.fillStyle &&
+      this.strokeStyle == shapeLiteral.strokeStyle &&
+      this.strokeWidth == shapeLiteral.strokeWidth &&
+      this.opacity == shapeLiteral.opacity;
+};
+
+
 /**
  * @typedef {{type: (ol.style.ShapeType),
  *            size: (number|ol.Expression),
diff --git a/src/ol/style/style.js b/src/ol/style/style.js
index 536c8dac6c..86271dcaf9 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/style.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/style.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 goog.provide('ol.style.Style');
 
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.geom.GeometryType');
 goog.require('ol.style.Rule');
+goog.require('ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral');
 
 
 /**
@@ -23,3 +26,46 @@ ol.style.Style = function(options) {
   this.rules_ = goog.isDef(options.rules) ? options.rules : [];
 
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral>} Symbolizer literals for the
+ *     feature.
+ */
+ol.style.Style.prototype.apply = function(feature) {
+  var rules = this.rules_,
+      literals = [],
+      rule, symbolizers;
+  for (var i = 0, ii = rules.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    rule = rules[i];
+    if (rule.applies(feature)) {
+      symbolizers = rule.getSymbolizers();
+      for (var j = 0, jj = symbolizers.length; j < jj; ++j) {
+        literals.push(symbolizers[j].createLiteral(feature));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return literals;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {ol.Feature} feature Feature.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral>} Default symbolizer literals for
+ *     the feature.
+ */
+ol.style.Style.applyDefaultStyle = function(feature) {
+  var type = feature.getGeometry().getType();
+  if (type === ol.geom.GeometryType.POINT ||
+      type === ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTIPOINT) {
+    return [ol.style.ShapeDefaults];
+  } else if (type === ol.geom.GeometryType.LINESTRING ||
+      type === ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTILINESTRING) {
+    return [ol.style.LineDefaults];
+  } else if (type === ol.geom.GeometryType.LINEARRING ||
+      type === ol.geom.GeometryType.POLYGON ||
+      type === ol.geom.GeometryType.MULTIPOLYGON) {
+    return [ol.style.PolygonDefaults];
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/style/symbolizer.js b/src/ol/style/symbolizer.js
index 72bda71e16..36bec5fbdc 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/symbolizer.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/symbolizer.js
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ goog.require('ol.Feature');
 ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral = function() {};
 
 
+/**
+ * @param {ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral} symbolizerLiteral Symbolizer literal to
+ *     compare to.
+ * @return {boolean} Is the passed symbolizer literal equal to this instance?
+ */
+ol.style.SymbolizerLiteral.prototype.equals = goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
 
 /**
  * @constructor