diff --git a/src/kibana/components/config/defaults.js b/src/kibana/components/config/defaults.js
index 6d5c75f5c5fad..35c66d76dc27d 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/config/defaults.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/config/defaults.js
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ define(function (require) {
       value: 6,
       description: 'The maximum geoHash size allowed in a tile map',
     },
+    'visualization:tileMap:wms': {
+      value: false,
+      description: 'Set for WMS mapping provider'
+    },
+    'visualization:tileMap:url': {
+      value: 'http://otile{s}.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/map/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg',
+      description: 'URL of mapping provider'
+    },
+    'visualization:tileMap:options': {
+      value: '{ "attribution": "Tiles by <a href=\\"http://www.mapquest.com/\\">MapQuest</a> &mdash; ' +
+        'Map data &copy; <a href=\\"http://openstreetmap.org\\">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors, ' +
+        '<a href=\\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/\\">CC-BY-SA</a>", "subdomains": "1234" }',
+      description: 'TileLayer options, see leafletjs documentation',
+      type: 'json'
+    },
     'csv:separator': {
       value: ',',
       description: 'Separate exported values with this string',
@@ -64,4 +79,4 @@ define(function (require) {
       description: 'The maximum height that a cell in a table should occupy. Set to 0 to disable truncation.'
     }
   };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/tile_map.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/tile_map.js
index db1f0aef0bf65..8bcef5c22fe52 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/tile_map.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/visualizations/tile_map.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 define(function (require) {
-  return function TileMapFactory(d3, Private) {
+  return function TileMapFactory(d3, Private, config) {
     var _ = require('lodash');
     var $ = require('jquery');
     var L = require('leaflet');
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ define(function (require) {
           }
 
           var featureLayer;
-          var tileLayer = L.tileLayer('http://otile{s}.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/map/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg', {
-            attribution: 'Tiles by <a href="http://www.mapquest.com/">MapQuest</a> &mdash; ' +
-              'Map data &copy; <a href="http://openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors, ' +
-              '<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>',
-            subdomains: '1234'
-          });
+          var tileLayer;
+          if (config.get('visualization:tileMap:wms')) {
+            tileLayer = L.tileLayer.wms(config.get('visualization:tileMap:url'), config.get('visualization:tileMap:options'));
+          } else {
+            tileLayer = L.tileLayer(config.get('visualization:tileMap:url'), config.get('visualization:tileMap:options'));
+          }
 
           var mapOptions = {
             minZoom: 2,