diff --git a/js/id/renderer/map.js b/js/id/renderer/map.js
index fcad51151..b3e2a54c1 100644
--- a/js/id/renderer/map.js
+++ b/js/id/renderer/map.js
@@ -53,8 +53,19 @@ iD.Map = function() {
         class_fill = iD.Style.styleClasses('stroke'),
         class_area = iD.Style.styleClasses('area'),
         class_casing = iD.Style.styleClasses('casing'),
-        transformProp = iD.util.prefix() + 'transform',
-        support3d = iD.util.prefix() === 'O',
+        transformProp = iD.util.prefixProperty('Transform'),
+        support3d = (function() {
+            // test for translate3d support. Based on https://gist.github.com/3794226 by lorenzopolidori and webinista
+            var el = document.createElement('div'),
+                has3d = false;
+            document.body.insertBefore(el,null);
+            if (el.style[transformProp] !== undefined) {
+                el.style[transformProp] = 'translate3d(1px,1px,1px)';
+                has3d = window.getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(transformProp);
+            }
+            document.body.removeChild(el);
+            return (has3d && has3d.length>0 && has3d!=="none");
+        })(),
         supersurface, surface, defs, tilegroup, r, g, alength;
 
     function map() {
diff --git a/js/id/util.js b/js/id/util.js
index bcde828ea..7128673f0 100644
--- a/js/id/util.js
+++ b/js/id/util.js
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ iD.util.qsString = function(obj) {
     }).join('&');
 };
 
-iD.util.prefix = function() {
+iD.util.prefixProperty = function(property) {
+    var prefixes = ['webkit', 'ms', 'Moz', 'O'];
     return (function prefixMatch(p) { // via mbostock
         var i = -1, n = p.length, s = document.body.style;
-        while (++i < n) if (p[i] + 'Transform' in s) return '-' + p[i].toLowerCase() + '-';
-        return '';
-    })(['webkit', 'ms', 'Moz', 'O']);
+        if (property.toLowerCase() in s) return property.toLowerCase();
+        while (++i < n) if (p[i] + property in s) return '-' + p[i].toLowerCase() + '-' + property.toLowerCase();
+        return false;
+    })(prefixes);
 };
 
 iD.util.geo = {};