diff --git a/examples/heatmap-earthquakes.js b/examples/heatmap-earthquakes.js
index 05d28aeb31..93256ab1a8 100644
--- a/examples/heatmap-earthquakes.js
+++ b/examples/heatmap-earthquakes.js
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ const vector = new HeatmapLayer({
     })
   }),
   blur: parseInt(blur.value, 10),
-  radius: parseInt(radius.value, 10)
-});
-
-vector.getSource().on('addfeature', function(event) {
-  // 2012_Earthquakes_Mag5.kml stores the magnitude of each earthquake in a
-  // standards-violating <magnitude> tag in each Placemark.  We extract it from
-  // the Placemark's name instead.
-  const name = event.feature.get('name');
-  const magnitude = parseFloat(name.substr(2));
-  event.feature.set('weight', magnitude - 5);
+  radius: parseInt(radius.value, 10),
+  weight: function(feature) {
+    // 2012_Earthquakes_Mag5.kml stores the magnitude of each earthquake in a
+    // standards-violating <magnitude> tag in each Placemark.  We extract it from
+    // the Placemark's name instead.
+    const name = feature.get('name');
+    const magnitude = parseFloat(name.substr(2));
+    return magnitude - 5;
+  }
 });
 
 const raster = new TileLayer({
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ const raster = new TileLayer({
   })
 });
 
-const map = new Map({
+new Map({
   layers: [raster, vector],
   target: 'map',
   view: new View({
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
index 45eb8e30b0..d0ae7f1140 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {AttributeType, DefaultUniform} from '../../webgl/Helper.js';
 import GeometryType from '../../geom/GeometryType.js';
 import WebGLLayerRenderer, {colorDecodeId, colorEncodeId, WebGLWorkerMessageType} from './Layer.js';
 import ViewHint from '../../ViewHint.js';
-import {createEmpty, equals} from '../../extent.js';
+import {buffer, createEmpty, equals} from '../../extent.js';
 import {
   apply as applyTransform,
   create as createTransform,
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {create as createWebGLWorker} from '../../worker/webgl.js';
 import {getUid} from '../../util.js';
 import WebGLRenderTarget from '../../webgl/RenderTarget.js';
 import {assert} from '../../asserts.js';
+import BaseVector from '../../layer/BaseVector.js';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} CustomAttribute A description of a custom attribute to be passed on to the GPU, with a value different
@@ -300,20 +301,22 @@ class WebGLPointsLayerRenderer extends WebGLLayerRenderer {
     const layer = this.getLayer();
     const vectorSource = layer.getSource();
     const viewState = frameState.viewState;
-
-    // the source has changed: clear the feature cache & reload features
-    const sourceChanged = this.sourceRevision_ < vectorSource.getRevision();
-    if (sourceChanged) {
-      this.sourceRevision_ = vectorSource.getRevision();
-
-      const projection = viewState.projection;
-      const resolution = viewState.resolution;
-      vectorSource.loadFeatures([-Infinity, -Infinity, Infinity, Infinity], resolution, projection);
-    }
-
     const viewNotMoving = !frameState.viewHints[ViewHint.ANIMATING] && !frameState.viewHints[ViewHint.INTERACTING];
     const extentChanged = !equals(this.previousExtent_, frameState.extent);
-    if ((sourceChanged || extentChanged) && viewNotMoving) {
+    const sourceChanged = this.sourceRevision_ < vectorSource.getRevision();
+
+    if (sourceChanged) {
+      this.sourceRevision_ = vectorSource.getRevision();
+    }
+
+    if (viewNotMoving && (extentChanged || sourceChanged)) {
+      const projection = viewState.projection;
+      const resolution = viewState.resolution;
+
+      const renderBuffer = layer instanceof BaseVector ? layer.getRenderBuffer() : 0;
+      const extent = buffer(frameState.extent, renderBuffer * resolution);
+      vectorSource.loadFeatures(extent, resolution, projection);
+
       this.rebuildBuffers_(frameState);
       this.previousExtent_ = frameState.extent.slice();
     }
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js b/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
index bd41446491..25d6d230b9 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/renderer/webgl/pointslayer.test.js
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ describe('ol.renderer.webgl.PointsLayer', function() {
 
     beforeEach(function() {
       layer = new VectorLayer({
-        source: new VectorSource()
+        source: new VectorSource(),
+        renderBuffer: 10
       });
       renderer = new WebGLPointsLayerRenderer(layer, {
         vertexShader: simpleVertexShader,
@@ -233,6 +234,35 @@ describe('ol.renderer.webgl.PointsLayer', function() {
       renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
       expect(spy.callCount).to.be(2);
     });
+
+    it('triggers source loading when the extent changes', function() {
+      const spy = sinon.spy(layer.getSource(), 'loadFeatures');
+
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(1);
+
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(1);
+
+      frameState.extent = [10, 20, 30, 40];
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(2);
+      expect(spy.getCall(1).args[0]).to.eql([0, 10, 40, 50]); // renderBuffer is 10
+    });
+
+    it('triggers source loading when the source revision changes', function() {
+      const spy = sinon.spy(layer.getSource(), 'loadFeatures');
+
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(1);
+
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(1);
+
+      layer.getSource().changed();
+      renderer.prepareFrame(frameState);
+      expect(spy.callCount).to.be(2);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#forEachFeatureAtCoordinate', function() {