diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8d7880af..edf579f0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Version 2.1.2 - "Whitebridge" - in development
 ### New Features
 
 * StateManager.unlink will null all State-level Phaser properties, such as `game`, `add`, etc. Useful if you never need to return to the State again.
+* Cache.removeImage has a new parameter: `removeFromPixi` which is `true` by default. It will remove the image from the Pixi BaseTextureCache as well as from the Phaser Cache. Set to false if you don't want the Pixi cache touched.
 
 
 ### Updates
diff --git a/src/loader/Cache.js b/src/loader/Cache.js
index d8a914a05..c1ece40e3 100644
--- a/src/loader/Cache.js
+++ b/src/loader/Cache.js
@@ -1215,13 +1215,23 @@ Phaser.Cache.prototype = {
     },
 
     /**
-    * Removes an image from the cache.
+    * Removes an image from the cache and optionally from the Pixi.BaseTextureCache as well.
     *
     * @method Phaser.Cache#removeImage
     * @param {string} key - Key of the asset you want to remove.
+    * @param {boolean} [removeFromPixi=true] - Should this image also be removed from the Pixi BaseTextureCache?
     */
-    removeImage: function (key) {
+    removeImage: function (key, removeFromPixi) {
+
+        if (typeof removeFromPixi === 'undefined') { removeFromPixi = true; }
+
         delete this._images[key];
+
+        if (removeFromPixi)
+        {
+            PIXI.BaseTextureCache[key].destroy();
+        }
+
     },
 
     /**