diff --git a/css/20_map.css b/css/20_map.css
index 98674d62e..3e3dab771 100644
--- a/css/20_map.css
+++ b/css/20_map.css
@@ -318,3 +318,32 @@ text.gpxlabel-halo {
     stroke-miterlimit: 1;
 }
 
+/* MVT Paths */
+
+.layer-mvt {
+    pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+path.mvt {
+    stroke: #ff26d4;
+    stroke-width: 2;
+    fill: none;
+}
+
+text.mvtlabel-halo,
+text.mvtlabel {
+    font-size: 10px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    dominant-baseline: middle;
+}
+
+text.mvtlabel {
+    fill: #ff26d4;
+}
+
+text.mvtlabel-halo {
+    opacity: 0.7;
+    stroke: #000;
+    stroke-width: 5px;
+    stroke-miterlimit: 1;
+}
diff --git a/css/80_app.css b/css/80_app.css
index 46eaa1da2..6474d9a29 100644
--- a/css/80_app.css
+++ b/css/80_app.css
@@ -2521,6 +2521,10 @@ div.full-screen > button:hover {
     transform: rotateY(180deg);
 }
 
+[dir='rtl'] .list-item-mvt-browse svg {
+    transform: rotateY(180deg);
+}
+
 /* make sure tooltip fits in map-control panel */
 /* if too wide, placement will be wrong the first time it displays */
 .layer-list li.best .tooltip-inner {
diff --git a/data/core.yaml b/data/core.yaml
index 5b544040b..240c4f12e 100644
--- a/data/core.yaml
+++ b/data/core.yaml
@@ -585,10 +585,15 @@ en:
   cannot_zoom: "Cannot zoom out further in current mode."
   full_screen: Toggle Full Screen
   gpx:
-    local_layer: "Local file"
+    local_layer: "Add a GPX"
     drag_drop: "Drag and drop a .gpx, .geojson or .kml file on the page, or click the button to the right to browse"
     zoom: "Zoom to layer"
     browse: "Browse for a file"
+  mvt:
+    local_layer: "Add a MVT"
+    drag_drop: "Drag and drop a .mvt or .pbf file on the page, or click the button to the right to browse"
+    zoom: "Zoom to layer"
+    browse: "Browse for a file"
   streetside:
     tooltip: "Streetside photos from Microsoft"
     title: "Photo Overlay (Bing Streetside)"
diff --git a/dist/locales/en.json b/dist/locales/en.json
index c2c487aa8..bbb7ffd65 100644
--- a/dist/locales/en.json
+++ b/dist/locales/en.json
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
         "cannot_zoom": "Cannot zoom out further in current mode.",
         "full_screen": "Toggle Full Screen",
         "gpx": {
-            "local_layer": "Local file",
+            "local_layer": "Add a GPX",
             "drag_drop": "Drag and drop a .gpx, .geojson or .kml file on the page, or click the button to the right to browse",
             "zoom": "Zoom to layer",
             "browse": "Browse for a file"
@@ -721,6 +721,12 @@
             "report": "Report a privacy concern with this image",
             "hires": "High resolution"
         },
+        "mvt": {
+            "local_layer": "Add a MVT",
+            "drag_drop": "Drag and drop a .mvt or .pbf file on the page, or click the button to the right to browse",
+            "zoom": "Zoom to layer",
+            "browse": "Browse for a file"
+        },
         "mapillary_images": {
             "tooltip": "Street-level photos from Mapillary",
             "title": "Photo Overlay (Mapillary)"
diff --git a/modules/renderer/background.js b/modules/renderer/background.js
index fa2fe6c46..644986cad 100644
--- a/modules/renderer/background.js
+++ b/modules/renderer/background.js
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ export function rendererBackground(context) {
             imageryUsed.push('Bing Streetside');
         }
 
+        var mvt = context.layers().layer('mvt');
+        if (mvt && mvt.enabled() && mvt.hasMvt()) {
+            // Include a string like '.mvt data file' or '.geojson data file'
+            var matchmvt = mvt.getSrc().match(/(pbf|mvt|(?:geo)?json)$/i);
+            var extensionmvt = matchmvt ? ('.' + matchmvt[0].toLowerCase() + ' ') : '';
+            imageryUsed.push(extensionmvt + 'data file');
+        }
+
         var mapillary_images = context.layers().layer('mapillary-images');
         if (mapillary_images && mapillary_images.enabled()) {
             imageryUsed.push('Mapillary Images');
@@ -429,6 +437,13 @@ export function rendererBackground(context) {
             }
         }
 
+        if (q.mvt) {
+            var mvt = context.layers().layer('mvt');
+            if (mvt) {
+                mvt.url(q.mvt);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (q.offset) {
             var offset = q.offset.replace(/;/g, ',').split(',').map(function(n) {
                 return !isNaN(n) && n;
diff --git a/modules/svg/index.js b/modules/svg/index.js
index 41e9f2b34..bdf081816 100644
--- a/modules/svg/index.js
+++ b/modules/svg/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export { svgAreas } from './areas.js';
 export { svgDebug } from './debug.js';
 export { svgDefs } from './defs.js';
 export { svgGpx } from './gpx.js';
+export { svgMvt } from './mvt.js';
 export { svgIcon } from './icon.js';
 export { svgLabels } from './labels.js';
 export { svgLayers } from './layers.js';
diff --git a/modules/svg/layers.js b/modules/svg/layers.js
index 3f2ff4816..b86581f9a 100644
--- a/modules/svg/layers.js
+++ b/modules/svg/layers.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 import _difference from 'lodash-es/difference';
 import _find from 'lodash-es/find';
 import _map from 'lodash-es/map';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import { select as d3_select } from 'd3-selection';
 import { svgDebug } from './debug';
 import { svgGpx } from './gpx';
 import { svgStreetside } from './streetside';
+import { svgMvt } from './mvt';
 import { svgMapillaryImages } from './mapillary_images';
 import { svgMapillarySigns } from './mapillary_signs';
 import { svgOpenstreetcamImages } from './openstreetcam_images';
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export function svgLayers(projection, context) {
     var layers = [
         { id: 'osm', layer: svgOsm(projection, context, dispatch) },
         { id: 'gpx', layer: svgGpx(projection, context, dispatch) },
+        { id: 'mvt', layer: svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch) },
         { id: 'streetside', layer: svgStreetside(projection, context, dispatch)},
         { id: 'mapillary-images', layer: svgMapillaryImages(projection, context, dispatch) },
         { id: 'mapillary-signs',  layer: svgMapillarySigns(projection, context, dispatch) },
diff --git a/modules/svg/mvt.js b/modules/svg/mvt.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..934927fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/svg/mvt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+import _flatten from 'lodash-es/flatten';
+import _isEmpty from 'lodash-es/isEmpty';
+import _isUndefined from 'lodash-es/isUndefined';
+import _reduce from 'lodash-es/reduce';
+import _union from 'lodash-es/union';
+
+import { geoBounds as d3_geoBounds } from 'd3-geo';
+import { text as d3_text } from 'd3-request';
+import { buffer } from 'd3-fetch';
+import {
+    event as d3_event,
+    select as d3_select
+} from 'd3-selection';
+
+import { geoExtent, geoPolygonIntersectsPolygon } from '../geo';
+import { svgPath } from './index';
+import { utilDetect } from '../util/detect';
+import vt from '@mapbox/vector-tile';
+import Protobuf from 'pbf';
+
+
+var _initialized = false;
+var _enabled = false;
+var _geojson;
+
+
+export function svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch) {
+    var _showLabels = true;
+    var detected = utilDetect();
+    var layer;
+    var _src;
+
+
+    function init() {
+        if (_initialized) return;  // run once
+
+        _geojson = {};
+        _enabled = true;
+
+        function over() {
+            d3_event.stopPropagation();
+            d3_event.preventDefault();
+            d3_event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
+        }
+
+        d3_select('body')
+            .attr('dropzone', 'copy')
+            .on('drop.localmvt', function() {
+                d3_event.stopPropagation();
+                d3_event.preventDefault();
+                if (!detected.filedrop) return;
+                drawMvt.files(d3_event.dataTransfer.files);
+            })
+            .on('dragenter.localmvt', over)
+            .on('dragexit.localmvt', over)
+            .on('dragover.localmvt', over);
+
+        _initialized = true;
+    }
+
+
+    function drawMvt(selection) {
+        var getPath = svgPath(projection).geojson;
+
+        layer = selection.selectAll('.layer-mvt')
+            .data(_enabled ? [0] : []);
+
+        layer.exit()
+            .remove();
+
+        layer = layer.enter()
+            .append('g')
+            .attr('class', 'layer-mvt')
+            .merge(layer);
+
+
+        var paths = layer
+            .selectAll('path')
+            .data([_geojson]);
+
+        paths.exit()
+            .remove();
+
+        paths = paths.enter()
+            .append('path')
+            .attr('class', 'mvt')
+            .merge(paths);
+
+        paths
+            .attr('d', getPath);
+
+
+        var labelData = _showLabels && _geojson.features ? _geojson.features : [];
+        labelData = labelData.filter(getPath);
+
+        layer
+            .call(drawLabels, 'mvtlabel-halo', labelData)
+            .call(drawLabels, 'mvtlabel', labelData);
+
+
+        function drawLabels(selection, textClass, data) {
+            var labels = selection.selectAll('text.' + textClass)
+                .data(data);
+
+            // exit
+            labels.exit()
+                .remove();
+
+            // enter/update
+            labels = labels.enter()
+                .append('text')
+                .attr('class', textClass)
+                .merge(labels)
+                .text(function(d) {
+                    if (d.properties) {
+                        return d.properties.desc || d.properties.name;
+                    }
+                    return null;
+                })
+                .attr('x', function(d) {
+                    var centroid = getPath.centroid(d);
+                    return centroid[0] + 11;
+                })
+                .attr('y', function(d) {
+                    var centroid = getPath.centroid(d);
+                    return centroid[1];
+                });
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    function vtToGeoJson(bufferdata) {
+        var tile = new vt.VectorTile(new Protobuf(bufferdata.data));
+        var layers = Object.keys(tile.layers);
+        if (!Array.isArray(layers))
+            layers = [layers];
+
+        var collection = {type: 'FeatureCollection', features: []};
+
+        layers.forEach(function (layerID) {
+            var layer = tile.layers[layerID];
+            if (layer) {
+                for (var i = 0; i < layer.length; i++) {
+                    var feature = layer.feature(i).toGeoJSON(bufferdata.zxy[2], bufferdata.zxy[3], bufferdata.zxy[1]);
+                    if (layers.length > 1) feature.properties.vt_layer = layerID;
+                    collection.features.push(feature);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        return collection;
+    }
+
+
+    function getExtension(fileName) {
+        if (_isUndefined(fileName)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        var lastDotIndex = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (lastDotIndex < 0) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return fileName.substr(lastDotIndex);
+    }
+
+
+    function parseSaveAndZoom(extension, bufferdata) {
+        switch (extension) {
+            default:
+                drawMvt.geojson(JSON.parse(bufferdata.data)).fitZoom();
+                break;
+            case '.pbf':
+                drawMvt.geojson(vtToGeoJson(bufferdata)).fitZoom();
+                break;
+            case '.mvt':
+                drawMvt.geojson(vtToGeoJson(bufferdata)).fitZoom();
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    drawMvt.showLabels = function(_) {
+        if (!arguments.length) return _showLabels;
+        _showLabels = _;
+        return this;
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.enabled = function(_) {
+        if (!arguments.length) return _enabled;
+        _enabled = _;
+        dispatch.call('change');
+        return this;
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.hasMvt = function() {
+        return (!(_isEmpty(_geojson) || _isEmpty(_geojson.features)));
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.geojson = function(gj) {
+        if (!arguments.length) return _geojson;
+        if (_isEmpty(gj) || _isEmpty(gj.features)) return this;
+        _geojson = gj;
+        dispatch.call('change');
+        return this;
+    };
+
+    drawMvt.url = function(url) {
+        buffer(url).then(function(data) {
+                _src = url;
+                var match = url.match(/(pbf|mvt|(?:geo)?json)/i);
+                var extension = match ? ('.' + match[0].toLowerCase()) : '';
+                var zxy = url.match(/\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)/);
+                var bufferdata = {
+                    data : data,
+                    zxy : zxy
+                };
+                parseSaveAndZoom(extension, bufferdata);
+        });
+        return this;
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.files = function(fileList) {
+        if (!fileList.length) return this;
+        var f = fileList[0],
+            reader = new FileReader();
+
+        reader.onload = (function(file) {
+            _src = file.name;
+            var extension = getExtension(file.name);
+            var bufferdata = {
+                    data,
+                    zxy      //to-do find x,y,z
+                };
+            return function (e) {
+                bufferdata.data = e.target.result;
+                parseSaveAndZoom(extension, bufferdata);
+            };
+        })(f);
+
+        reader.readAsArrayBuffer(f);
+        return this;
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.getSrc = function () {
+        return _src;
+    };
+
+
+    drawMvt.fitZoom = function() {
+        if (!this.hasMvt()) return this;
+
+        var map = context.map();
+        var viewport = map.trimmedExtent().polygon();
+        var coords = _reduce(_geojson.features, function(coords, feature) {
+            var c = feature.geometry.coordinates;
+
+            /* eslint-disable no-fallthrough */
+            switch (feature.geometry.type) {
+                case 'Point':
+                    c = [c];
+                case 'MultiPoint':
+                case 'LineString':
+                    break;
+
+                case 'MultiPolygon':
+                    c = _flatten(c);
+                case 'Polygon':
+                case 'MultiLineString':
+                    c = _flatten(c);
+                    break;
+            }
+            /* eslint-enable no-fallthrough */
+
+            return _union(coords, c);
+        }, []);
+
+        if (!geoPolygonIntersectsPolygon(viewport, coords, true)) {
+            var extent = geoExtent(d3_geoBounds({ type: 'LineString', coordinates: coords }));
+            map.centerZoom(extent.center(), map.trimmedExtentZoom(extent));
+        }
+
+        return this;
+    };
+
+
+    init();
+    return drawMvt;
+}
diff --git a/modules/ui/map_data.js b/modules/ui/map_data.js
index 32e1eac19..5b6258bae 100644
--- a/modules/ui/map_data.js
+++ b/modules/ui/map_data.js
@@ -277,6 +277,87 @@ export function uiMapData(context) {
             .property('checked', showsGpx);
     }
 
+    function drawMvtItem(selection) {
+        var mvt = layers.layer('mvt'),
+            hasMvt = mvt && mvt.hasMvt(),
+            showsMvt = hasMvt && mvt.enabled();
+
+        var ul = selection
+            .selectAll('.layer-list-mvt')
+            .data(mvt ? [0] : []);
+
+        // Exit
+        ul.exit()
+            .remove();
+
+        // Enter
+        var ulEnter = ul.enter()
+            .append('ul')
+            .attr('class', 'layer-list layer-list-mvt');
+
+        var liEnter = ulEnter
+            .append('li')
+            .attr('class', 'list-item-mvt');
+
+        liEnter
+            .append('button')
+            .attr('class', 'list-item-mvt-extent')
+            .call(tooltip()
+                .title(t('mvt.zoom'))
+                .placement((textDirection === 'rtl') ? 'right' : 'left')
+            )
+            .on('click', function() {
+                d3_event.preventDefault();
+                d3_event.stopPropagation();
+                mvt.fitZoom();
+            })
+            .call(svgIcon('#icon-search'));
+
+        liEnter
+            .append('button')
+            .attr('class', 'list-item-mvt-browse')
+            .call(tooltip()
+                .title(t('mvt.browse'))
+                .placement((textDirection === 'rtl') ? 'right' : 'left')
+            )
+            .on('click', function() {
+                d3_select(document.createElement('input'))
+                    .attr('type', 'file')
+                    .on('change', function() {
+                        mvt.files(d3_event.target.files);
+                    })
+                    .node().click();
+            })
+            .call(svgIcon('#icon-geolocate'));
+
+        var labelEnter = liEnter
+            .append('label')
+            .call(tooltip()
+                .title(t('mvt.drag_drop'))
+                .placement('top')
+            );
+
+        labelEnter
+            .append('input')
+            .attr('type', 'checkbox')
+            .on('change', function() { toggleLayer('mvt'); });
+
+        labelEnter
+            .append('span')
+            .text(t('mvt.local_layer'));
+
+        // Update
+        ul = ul
+            .merge(ulEnter);
+
+        ul.selectAll('.list-item-mvt')
+            .classed('active', showsMvt)
+            .selectAll('label')
+            .classed('deemphasize', !hasMvt)
+            .selectAll('input')
+            .property('disabled', !hasMvt)
+            .property('checked', showsMvt);
+    }
 
     function drawListItems(selection, data, type, name, change, active) {
         var items = selection.selectAll('li')
@@ -369,7 +450,8 @@ export function uiMapData(context) {
         _dataLayerContainer
             .call(drawOsmItem)
             .call(drawPhotoItems)
-            .call(drawGpxItem);
+            .call(drawGpxItem)
+            .call(drawMvtItem);
 
         _fillList
             .call(drawListItems, fills, 'radio', 'area_fill', setFill, showsFill);
diff --git a/modules/util/util.js b/modules/util/util.js
index 5c93b5c9c..e747a7262 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.js
+++ b/modules/util/util.js
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ export function utilStringQs(str) {
         if (parts.length === 2) {
             obj[parts[0]] = (null === parts[1]) ? '' : decodeURIComponent(parts[1]);
         }
+        if (parts[0] === 'mvt') {
+            obj[parts[0]] = (parts[2] != undefined) ? (decodeURIComponent(parts[1]) + '=' + decodeURIComponent(parts[2])) : (decodeURIComponent(parts[1]));
+        }
         return obj;
     }, {});
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7e9e51e9..202980115 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@mapbox/sexagesimal": "1.1.0",
     "@mapbox/togeojson": "0.16.0",
+    "@mapbox/vector-tile": "^1.3.1",
+    "d3-fetch": "^1.1.0",
     "diacritics": "1.3.0",
     "lodash-es": "4.17.10",
     "marked": "0.4.0",
diff --git a/test/spec/svg/layers.js b/test/spec/svg/layers.js
index e01c76d47..5e8b148ad 100644
--- a/test/spec/svg/layers.js
+++ b/test/spec/svg/layers.js
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ describe('iD.svgLayers', function () {
     it('creates default data layers', function () {
         container.call(iD.svgLayers(projection, context));
         var nodes = container.selectAll('svg .data-layer').nodes();
-        expect(nodes.length).to.eql(7);
+        expect(nodes.length).to.eql(8);
         expect(d3.select(nodes[0]).classed('data-layer-osm')).to.be.true;
         expect(d3.select(nodes[1]).classed('data-layer-gpx')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[2]).classed('data-layer-streetside')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[3]).classed('data-layer-mapillary-images')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[4]).classed('data-layer-mapillary-signs')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[5]).classed('data-layer-openstreetcam-images')).to.be.true;
-        expect(d3.select(nodes[6]).classed('data-layer-debug')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[2]).classed('data-layer-mvt')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[3]).classed('data-layer-streetside')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[4]).classed('data-layer-mapillary-images')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[5]).classed('data-layer-mapillary-signs')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[6]).classed('data-layer-openstreetcam-images')).to.be.true;
+        expect(d3.select(nodes[7]).classed('data-layer-debug')).to.be.true;
     });
 
 });