diff --git a/src/gameobjects/BitmapData.js b/src/gameobjects/BitmapData.js
index 890e1d246..04a807be5 100644
--- a/src/gameobjects/BitmapData.js
+++ b/src/gameobjects/BitmapData.js
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@
 * @param {string} key - Internal Phaser reference key for the BitmapData.
 * @param {number} [width=256] - The width of the BitmapData in pixels. If undefined or zero it's set to a default value.
 * @param {number} [height=256] - The height of the BitmapData in pixels. If undefined or zero it's set to a default value.
+* @param {boolean} [skipPool=false] - When this BitmapData generates its internal canvas to use for rendering, it will get the canvas from the CanvasPool if false, or create its own if true.
 */
-Phaser.BitmapData = function (game, key, width, height) {
+Phaser.BitmapData = function (game, key, width, height, skipPool) {
 
     if (width === undefined || width === 0) { width = 256; }
     if (height === undefined || height === 0) { height = 256; }
+    if (skipPool === undefined) { skipPool = false; }
 
     /**
     * @property {Phaser.Game} game - A reference to the currently running game.
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ Phaser.BitmapData = function (game, key, width, height) {
     * @property {HTMLCanvasElement} canvas - The canvas to which this BitmapData draws.
     * @default
     */
-    this.canvas = PIXI.CanvasPool.create(this, width, height);
+    this.canvas = Phaser.Canvas.create(this, width, height, null, skipPool);
 
     /**
     * @property {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context - The 2d context of the canvas.
diff --git a/src/system/Canvas.js b/src/system/Canvas.js
index d8e3155d8..fc3ca73c7 100644
--- a/src/system/Canvas.js
+++ b/src/system/Canvas.js
@@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ Phaser.Canvas = {
         width = width || 256;
         height = height || 256;
 
-        if (skipPool === undefined)
-        {
-            var canvas = PIXI.CanvasPool.create(parent, width, height);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-        }
+        var canvas = (skipPool) ? document.createElement('canvas') : PIXI.CanvasPool.create(parent, width, height);
 
         if (typeof id === 'string' && id !== '')
         {
diff --git a/typescript/phaser.d.ts b/typescript/phaser.d.ts
index 3e5d78b21..8bf5fe49a 100644
--- a/typescript/phaser.d.ts
+++ b/typescript/phaser.d.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ declare module Phaser {
 
     class BitmapData {
 
-        constructor(game: Phaser.Game, key: string, width?: number, height?: number);
+        constructor(game: Phaser.Game, key: string, width?: number, height?: number, skipPool?: boolean);
 
         baseTexture: PIXI.BaseTexture;
         buffer: ArrayBuffer;