diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
index a33202a724..703c2b5e43 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Bing = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ, {
         
         var newArgs = [name, null, options];
         OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ.prototype.initialize.apply(this, newArgs);
+        this.tileOptions = OpenLayers.Util.extend({
+            crossOriginKeyword: 'anonymous'
+        }, this.options.tileOptions);
         this.loadMetadata(); 
     },
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/OSM.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/OSM.js
index 320c4540ef..69f411756b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/OSM.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/OSM.js
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.OSM = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ, {
      *     layer option can be set in this object (e.g.
      *     <OpenLayers.Layer.Grid.buffer>).
      */
+    initialize: function(name, url, options) {
+        OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ.prototype.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.tileOptions = OpenLayers.Util.extend({
+            crossOriginKeyword: 'anonymous'
+        }, this.options && this.options.tileOptions);
+    },
 
     /**
      * Method: clone
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
index d9ee4e76e9..309976a22f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.Image = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Tile, {
      * the tile image.
      */
     canvasContext: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: crossOriginKeyword
+     * The value of the crossorigin keyword to use when loading images. This is
+     * only relevant when using <getCanvasContext> for tiles from remote
+     * origins and should be set to either 'anonymous' or 'use-credentials'
+     * for servers that send Access-Control-Allow-Origin headers with their
+     * tiles.
+     */
+    crossOriginKeyword: null,
 
     /** TBD 3.0 - reorder the parameters to the init function to remove 
      *             URL. the getUrl() function on the layer gets called on 
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.Image = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Tile, {
             } else {
                 OpenLayers.Event.observe(img, "load", load);
                 OpenLayers.Event.observe(img, "error", load);
-                img.crossOrigin = null;
+                delete img.crossOrigin;
                 img.src = this.blankImageUrl;
             }
         }
@@ -324,7 +334,9 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.Image = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Tile, {
         img.style.opacity = 0;
         if (url) {
             // don't set crossOrigin if the url is a data URL
-            img.crossOrigin = url.substr(0, 5) === 'data:' ? null : '';
+            if (this.crossOriginKeyword && url.substr(0, 5 !== 'data:')) {
+                img.crossOrigin = this.crossOriginKeyword;
+            }
             img.src = url;
         }
     },