diff --git a/examples/tiles/main.js b/examples/tiles/main.js
index 6d93191b29..a1ab64e4bc 100644
--- a/examples/tiles/main.js
+++ b/examples/tiles/main.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* globals $, geo */
 // This example should be tried with different query strings.
 
 /* Many parameters can be adjusted via url query parameters:
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@
  *  maxBoundsTop: maximum bounds top value.
  *  opacity: a css opacity value (typically a float from 0 to 1).
  *  projection: 'parallel' or 'projection' for the camera projection.
- *  renderer: 'vgl' (default), 'canvas', 'd3', 'null', or 'html'.  This picks the
- *      renderer for map tiles.  null or html uses the html renderer.
+ *  renderer: 'vgl' (default), 'canvas', 'd3', 'null', or 'html'.  This picks
+ *      the renderer for map tiles.  null or html uses the html renderer.
  *  round: 'round' (default), 'floor', 'ceil'.
  *  subdomains: a comma-separated string of subdomains to use in the {s} part
  *      of the url parameter.  If there are no commas in the string, each letter
@@ -159,6 +160,13 @@ $(function () {
     };
     layerParams.attribution = '';
     layerParams.tileRounding = Math.ceil;
+    layerParams.tilesAtZoom = function (level) {
+      var scale = Math.pow(2, layerParams.maxLevel - level);
+      return {
+        x: Math.ceil(w / (layerParams.tileWidth || 256) / scale),
+        y: Math.ceil(h / (layerParams.tileHeight || 256) / scale)
+      };
+    };
   }
   // Parse additional query options
   if (query.x !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/tileLayer.js b/src/tileLayer.js
index bebfb8ea0c..f46dc0e250 100644
--- a/src/tileLayer.js
+++ b/src/tileLayer.js
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ module.exports = (function () {
    *    The tile width as displayed without overlap
    * @param {number} [options.tileHeight=256]
    *    The tile height as displayed without overlap
+   * @param {function} [options.tilesAtZoom=null]
+   *    A function that is given a zoom level and returns {x: (num), y: (num)}
+   *    with the number of tiles at that zoom level.
    * @param {number} [options.cacheSize=400] The maximum number of tiles to
    *    cache.  The default is 200 if keepLower is false.
    * @param {bool}   [options.keepLower=true]
@@ -230,6 +233,9 @@ module.exports = (function () {
      * @returns {{x: nx, y: ny}} The number of tiles in each axis
      */
     this.tilesAtZoom = function (level) {
+      if (this._options.tilesAtZoom) {
+        return this._options.tilesAtZoom.call(this, level);
+      }
       var s = Math.pow(2, level);
       return {x: s, y: s};
     };
diff --git a/tests/cases/tileLayer.js b/tests/cases/tileLayer.js
index 86ba852ebe..542a1405b2 100644
--- a/tests/cases/tileLayer.js
+++ b/tests/cases/tileLayer.js
@@ -347,7 +347,11 @@ describe('geo.tileLayer', function () {
       tileRounding: function () {},
       attribution: 'My awesome layer',
       tileOffset: function () {},
-      topDown: true
+      topDown: true,
+      tilesAtZoom: function (level) {
+        var s = Math.pow(2, level);
+        return {x: s, y: Math.ceil(s * 3 / 4)};
+      }
     };
     opts.originalUrl = opts.url;
     it('Check tileLayer options', function () {
@@ -401,6 +405,15 @@ describe('geo.tileLayer', function () {
       l.subdomains(['ab', 'c']);
       expect(l.subdomains()).toEqual(['ab', 'c']);
     });
+    it('tilesAtZoom', function () {
+      var m = map(), l;
+      opts.map = m;
+      l = geo.tileLayer(opts);
+      expect(l.tilesAtZoom(0)).toEqual({x: 1, y: 1});
+      expect(l.tilesAtZoom(1)).toEqual({x: 2, y: 2});
+      expect(l.tilesAtZoom(2)).toEqual({x: 4, y: 3});
+      expect(l.tilesAtZoom(3)).toEqual({x: 8, y: 6});
+    });
   });
   describe('Public utility methods', function () {
     describe('isValid', function () {