diff --git a/Source/Core/PointGeometry.js b/Source/Core/PointGeometry.js
index a0336fee833a..4538bae4d930 100644
--- a/Source/Core/PointGeometry.js
+++ b/Source/Core/PointGeometry.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ define([
         var componentByteLength = positions.byteLength / positions.length;
         var componentDatatype = componentByteLength === 4 ? ComponentDatatype.FLOAT : ComponentDatatype.DOUBLE;
 
+        // Check if the colors are provided as rgb or rgba
+        var colors = pointGeometry._colorsTypedArray;
+        var colorComponentsPerAttribute = (colors.length === positions.length) ? 3 : 4;
+
         var attributes = new GeometryAttributes();
         attributes.position = new GeometryAttribute({
             componentDatatype : componentDatatype,
@@ -82,8 +86,8 @@ define([
 
         attributes.color = new GeometryAttribute({
             componentDatatype : ComponentDatatype.UNSIGNED_BYTE,
-            componentsPerAttribute : 3,
-            values : pointGeometry._colorsTypedArray,
+            componentsPerAttribute : colorComponentsPerAttribute,
+            values : colors,
             normalize : true
         });
 
diff --git a/Source/Scene/Points3DTileContent.js b/Source/Scene/Points3DTileContent.js
index beaba14e9085..c338f190f7ba 100644
--- a/Source/Scene/Points3DTileContent.js
+++ b/Source/Scene/Points3DTileContent.js
@@ -195,9 +195,11 @@ define([
 
             // Get the point colors
             var tiles3DRGB = batchTableJSON.TILES3D_RGB;
+            var tiles3DRGBA = batchTableJSON.TILES3D_RGBA;
             if (defined(tiles3DRGB)) {
-                var binaryByteOffset = tiles3DRGB.byteOffset;
-                colors = new Uint8Array(batchTableBinary, binaryByteOffset, pointsLength * 3);
+                colors = new Uint8Array(batchTableBinary, tiles3DRGB.byteOffset, pointsLength * 3);
+            } else if (defined(tiles3DRGBA)) {
+                colors = new Uint8Array(batchTableBinary, tiles3DRGBA.byteOffset, pointsLength * 4);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/pointsRGBA.pnts b/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/pointsRGBA.pnts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50197734882d
Binary files /dev/null and b/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/pointsRGBA.pnts differ
diff --git a/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/tileset.json b/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/tileset.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6a10c023a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Specs/Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA/tileset.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "asset": {
+    "version": "0.0"
+  },
+  "geometricError": 346.4,
+  "refine": "add",
+  "root": {
+    "boundingVolume": {
+      "sphere": [
+        1215011.9317263428,
+        -4736309.3434217675,
+        4081602.0044800863,
+        100
+      ]
+    },
+    "geometricError": 0,
+    "content": {
+      "url": "pointsRGBA.pnts"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Specs/Scene/Points3DTileContentSpec.js b/Specs/Scene/Points3DTileContentSpec.js
index 02223b9ed6e9..082ab9ef54af 100644
--- a/Specs/Scene/Points3DTileContentSpec.js
+++ b/Specs/Scene/Points3DTileContentSpec.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ defineSuite([
     var centerLatitude = 0.698874;
 
     var pointsRGBUrl = './Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGB';
+    var pointsRGBAUrl = './Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsRGBA';
     var pointsNoColorUrl = './Data/Cesium3DTiles/Points/PointsNoColor';
 
     beforeAll(function() {
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ defineSuite([
         return Cesium3DTilesTester.loadTileset(scene, pointsRGBUrl).then(expectRenderPoints);
     });
 
+    it('renders points with rgba colors', function() {
+        return Cesium3DTilesTester.loadTileset(scene, pointsRGBAUrl).then(expectRenderPoints);
+    });
+
     it('renders points with no colors', function() {
         return Cesium3DTilesTester.loadTileset(scene, pointsNoColorUrl).then(expectRenderPoints);
     });