diff --git a/ckanext/spatial/public/js/common_map.js b/ckanext/spatial/public/js/common_map.js
index 3bd8f263..030ac403 100644
--- a/ckanext/spatial/public/js/common_map.js
+++ b/ckanext/spatial/public/js/common_map.js
@@ -53,6 +53,56 @@
           baseLayerUrl = mapConfig['custom.url'];
           if (mapConfig.subdomains) leafletBaseLayerOptions.subdomains = mapConfig.subdomains;
           leafletBaseLayerOptions.attribution = mapConfig.attribution;
+     // Custom multi-layer map
+     } else if (mapConfig.type === 'multilayer') {   
+	// parse layer-specific mapConfig properties into array of layers
+	mapConfig.layerprops = (function (mc) {
+	  var match = [];
+	  var ma;
+	  for (var mprop in mc) {
+	    if ((ma = /^(layer_)(\d+)\.(.+)$/.exec(mprop))) {
+	      match.push(ma);
+	    }
+	  }
+	  return(match);
+	})(mapConfig);
+	// construct a sorted list of layernames
+	mapConfig.layerlist = (function (mc) {
+	  var ll = [];
+	  var layername;
+	  var anum;
+	  var bnum;
+	  // get layer-number from layername
+	  function tonum(s) {
+	    return(parseInt(/^layer_(\d+)$/i.exec(s)[1]));
+	  };
+	  // build list of layernames
+	  for (var i = 0; i < mc.layerprops.length; i++) {
+	    layername = mc.layerprops[i][1] + mc.layerprops[i][2];
+	    if (ll.indexOf(layername) === -1) {
+	      ll.push(layername);
+	    }
+	  }
+	  // sort layerlist
+	  ll = ll.sort(function (a, b) {
+	    return(tonum(a) - tonum(b));
+	  });
+	  return(ll);
+	})(mapConfig);
+	// update mapConfig to contain strucutred layer-properties
+	mapConfig = (function (mc) {
+	  var l;
+	  var newkey;
+	  for (var i = 0; i < mc.layerprops.length; i++) {
+	    l = mc.layerprops[i];
+	    newkey = l[1] + l[2]; 
+	    mc[newkey] = mc[newkey] || {};
+	    mc[newkey][l[3]] = mc[l[0]];
+	    delete mc[l[0]];
+	  }
+	  delete mc.layerprops;
+	  return(mc);
+	})(mapConfig);
       } else {
           // MapQuest OpenStreetMap base map
           if (isHttps) {
@@ -64,11 +114,23 @@
           leafletBaseLayerOptions.attribution = mapConfig.attribution || 'Map data &copy; OpenStreetMap contributors, Tiles Courtesy of <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/" target="_blank">MapQuest</a> <img src="//developer.mapquest.com/content/osm/mq_logo.png">';
       }
 
-      var baseLayer = new L.TileLayer(baseLayerUrl, leafletBaseLayerOptions);
-      map.addLayer(baseLayer);
-
-      return map;
-
-  }
-
+     if (mapConfig.type === 'multilayer') {
+       mapConfig.layerlist.forEach(function (lname) {
+	 var url = mapConfig[lname].url;
+	 var options = {};
+	 // extract layeroptions
+	 delete mapConfig[lname].url;
+	 for (var prop in mapConfig[lname]) {
+	   if (mapConfig[lname].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+	     options[prop] = mapConfig[lname][prop];
+	   }
+	 }
+     	 map.addLayer(new L.TileLayer(url, options));
+       });
+     } else {
+       var baseLayer = new L.TileLayer(baseLayerUrl, leafletBaseLayerOptions);
+       map.addLayer(baseLayer);
+     }
+     return map;
+  };
 })(this.ckan, this.jQuery);
diff --git a/ckanext/spatial/templates/spatial/snippets/map_attribution.html b/ckanext/spatial/templates/spatial/snippets/map_attribution.html
index 2287ea2f..b961ba02 100644
--- a/ckanext/spatial/templates/spatial/snippets/map_attribution.html
+++ b/ckanext/spatial/templates/spatial/snippets/map_attribution.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if map_config.type == 'custom' %}
+{% if map_config.type == 'custom' or map_config.type == 'multilayer' %}
   <div>{{ map_config.attribution|safe }}</div>
 {% else %}
   <div>Map data &copy; <a href="http://openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors</div>