diff --git a/spec/suites/geo/LatLngSpec.js b/spec/suites/geo/LatLngSpec.js
index aefea668..933fe324 100644
--- a/spec/suites/geo/LatLngSpec.js
+++ b/spec/suites/geo/LatLngSpec.js
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ describe('LatLng', function() {
 				var a = new L.LatLng(NaN, NaN);
 			}).to.throwError();
 		});
+		
+		it ('does not set altitude if undefined', function () {
+			var a = new L.LatLng(25, 74);
+			expect(typeof a.altitude).to.eql('undefined');
+		});
+
+		it ('sets altitude', function () {
+			var a = new L.LatLng(25, 74, 50);
+			expect(a.altitude).to.eql(50);
+			
+			var b = new L.LatLng(-25, -74, -50);
+			expect(b.altitude).to.eql(-50);
+		});
+		
 	});
 
 	describe('#equals', function() {
diff --git a/spec/suites/layer/GeoJSONSpec.js b/spec/suites/layer/GeoJSONSpec.js
index 3ffc990b..c7f71ba4 100644
--- a/spec/suites/layer/GeoJSONSpec.js
+++ b/spec/suites/layer/GeoJSONSpec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe("L.GeoJSON", function () {
 			properties: {},
 			geometry: {
 				type: 'Point',
-				coordinates: [20, 10]
+				coordinates: [20, 10, 5]
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -24,47 +24,79 @@ describe("L.GeoJSON", function () {
 });
 
 describe("L.Marker#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a Point object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D Point object", function () {
 		var marker = new L.Marker([10, 20]);
 		expect(marker.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'Point',
 			coordinates: [20, 10]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D Point object", function () {
+		var marker = new L.Marker([10, 20, 30]);
+		expect(marker.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'Point',
+			coordinates: [20, 10, 30]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.Circle#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a Point object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D Point object", function () {
 		var circle = new L.Circle([10, 20], 100);
 		expect(circle.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'Point',
 			coordinates: [20, 10]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D Point object", function () {
+		var circle = new L.Circle([10, 20, 30], 100);
+		expect(circle.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'Point',
+			coordinates: [20, 10, 30]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.CircleMarker#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a Point object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D Point object", function () {
 		var marker = new L.CircleMarker([10, 20]);
 		expect(marker.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'Point',
 			coordinates: [20, 10]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D Point object", function () {
+		var marker = new L.CircleMarker([10, 20, 30]);
+		expect(marker.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'Point',
+			coordinates: [20, 10, 30]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.Polyline#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a LineString object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D LineString object", function () {
 		var polyline = new L.Polyline([[10, 20], [2, 5]]);
 		expect(polyline.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'LineString',
 			coordinates: [[20, 10], [5, 2]]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D LineString object", function () {
+		var polyline = new L.Polyline([[10, 20, 30], [2, 5, 10]]);
+		expect(polyline.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'LineString',
+			coordinates: [[20, 10, 30], [5, 2, 10]]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.MultiPolyline#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a MultiLineString object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D MultiLineString object", function () {
 		var multiPolyline = new L.MultiPolyline([[[10, 20], [2, 5]], [[1, 2], [3, 4]]]);
 		expect(multiPolyline.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'MultiLineString',
@@ -74,10 +106,21 @@ describe("L.MultiPolyline#toGeoJSON", function () {
 			]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D MultiLineString object", function () {
+		var multiPolyline = new L.MultiPolyline([[[10, 20, 30], [2, 5, 10]], [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]]);
+		expect(multiPolyline.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'MultiLineString',
+			coordinates: [
+				[[20, 10, 30], [5, 2, 10]],
+				[[2, 1, 3], [5, 4, 6]]
+			]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.Polygon#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a Polygon object (no holes)", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D Polygon object (no holes)", function () {
 		var polygon = new L.Polygon([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]);
 		expect(polygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'Polygon',
@@ -85,7 +128,15 @@ describe("L.Polygon#toGeoJSON", function () {
 		});
 	});
 
-	it("returns a Polygon object (with holes)", function () {
+	it("returns a 3D Polygon object (no holes)", function () {
+		var polygon = new L.Polygon([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]);
+		expect(polygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'Polygon',
+			coordinates: [[[2, 1, 3], [5, 4, 6], [8, 7, 9], [2, 1, 3]]]
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("returns a 2D Polygon object (with holes)", function () {
 		var polygon = new L.Polygon([[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]], [[7, 8], [9, 10], [11, 12]]]);
 		expect(polygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'Polygon',
@@ -95,10 +146,21 @@ describe("L.Polygon#toGeoJSON", function () {
 			]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D Polygon object (with holes)", function () {
+		var polygon = new L.Polygon([[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]], [[10, 11, 12], [13, 14, 15], [16, 17, 18]]]);
+		expect(polygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'Polygon',
+			coordinates: [
+				[[2, 1, 3], [5, 4, 6], [8, 7, 9], [2, 1, 3]],
+				[[11, 10, 12], [14, 13, 15], [17, 16, 18], [11, 10, 12]]
+			]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.MultiPolygon#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a MultiPolygon object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D MultiPolygon object", function () {
 		var multiPolygon = new L.MultiPolygon([[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]]);
 		expect(multiPolygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
 			type: 'MultiPolygon',
@@ -107,10 +169,20 @@ describe("L.MultiPolygon#toGeoJSON", function () {
 			]
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("returns a 3D MultiPolygon object", function () {
+		var multiPolygon = new L.MultiPolygon([[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]]);
+		expect(multiPolygon.toGeoJSON().geometry).to.eql({
+			type: 'MultiPolygon',
+			coordinates: [
+				[[[2, 1, 3], [5, 4, 6], [8, 7, 9], [2, 1, 3]]]
+			]
+		});
+	});
 });
 
 describe("L.LayerGroup#toGeoJSON", function () {
-	it("returns a FeatureCollection object", function () {
+	it("returns a 2D FeatureCollection object", function () {
 		var marker = new L.Marker([10, 20]),
 		    polyline = new L.Polyline([[10, 20], [2, 5]]),
 		    layerGroup = new L.LayerGroup([marker, polyline]);
@@ -120,6 +192,16 @@ describe("L.LayerGroup#toGeoJSON", function () {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it("returns a 3D FeatureCollection object", function () {
+		var marker = new L.Marker([10, 20, 30]),
+				polyline = new L.Polyline([[10, 20, 30], [2, 5, 10]]),
+				layerGroup = new L.LayerGroup([marker, polyline]);
+		expect(layerGroup.toGeoJSON()).to.eql({
+			type: 'FeatureCollection',
+			features: [marker.toGeoJSON(), polyline.toGeoJSON()]
+		});
+	});
+
 	it("ensures that every member is a Feature", function () {
 		var tileLayer = new L.TileLayer(),
 		    layerGroup = new L.LayerGroup([tileLayer]);
diff --git a/src/geo/LatLng.js b/src/geo/LatLng.js
index 9e2a453c..26eb709d 100644
--- a/src/geo/LatLng.js
+++ b/src/geo/LatLng.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * L.LatLng represents a geographical point with latitude and longitude coordinates.
  */
 
-L.LatLng = function (rawLat, rawLng) { // (Number, Number)
+L.LatLng = function (rawLat, rawLng, rawAltitude) { // (Number, Number, Number)
 	var lat = parseFloat(rawLat),
 	    lng = parseFloat(rawLng);
 
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ L.LatLng = function (rawLat, rawLng) { // (Number, Number)
 
 	this.lat = lat;
 	this.lng = lng;
+	
+	if (typeof rawAltitude !== 'undefined') {
+		this.altitude = parseFloat(rawAltitude);
+	}
 };
 
 L.extend(L.LatLng, {
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ L.latLng = function (a, b) { // (LatLng) or ([Number, Number]) or (Number, Numbe
 		return a;
 	}
 	if (L.Util.isArray(a)) {
-		return new L.LatLng(a[0], a[1]);
+		return new L.LatLng(a[0], a[1], a[2]);
 	}
 	if (a === undefined || a === null) {
 		return a;
diff --git a/src/layer/GeoJSON.js b/src/layer/GeoJSON.js
index 38cc02d6..04d2ba1c 100644
--- a/src/layer/GeoJSON.js
+++ b/src/layer/GeoJSON.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ L.extend(L.GeoJSON, {
 	},
 
 	coordsToLatLng: function (coords) { // (Array[, Boolean]) -> LatLng
-		return new L.LatLng(coords[1], coords[0]);
+		return new L.LatLng(coords[1], coords[0], coords[2]);
 	},
 
 	coordsToLatLngs: function (coords, levelsDeep, coordsToLatLng) { // (Array[, Number, Function]) -> Array
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ L.extend(L.GeoJSON, {
 	},
 
 	latLngToCoords: function (latLng) {
-		return [latLng.lng, latLng.lat];
+		if (typeof latLng.altitude === 'undefined') {
+			return [latLng.lng, latLng.lat];
+		} else {
+			return [latLng.lng, latLng.lat, latLng.altitude];
+		}
 	},
 
 	latLngsToCoords: function (latLngs) {