diff --git a/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js b/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
index bd767e6..56213c2 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var utils = require('../utils'),
     CONST = require('../const'),
     EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'),
+    determineCrossOrigin = require('../utils/determineCrossOrigin'),
     bitTwiddle = require('bit-twiddle');
 
 /**
@@ -391,19 +392,16 @@
 {
     var baseTexture = utils.BaseTextureCache[imageUrl];
 
-    if (crossorigin === undefined && imageUrl.indexOf('data:') !== 0)
-    {
-        crossorigin = true;
-    }
-
     if (!baseTexture)
     {
         // new Image() breaks tex loading in some versions of Chrome.
         // See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=238071
         var image = new Image();//document.createElement('img');
-        if (crossorigin)
+      
+
+        if (crossorigin === undefined && imageUrl.indexOf('data:') !== 0)
         {
-            image.crossOrigin = '';
+            image.crossOrigin = determineCrossOrigin(imageUrl);
         }
 
         baseTexture = new BaseTexture(image, scaleMode);

diff --git a/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js b/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
index bd767e6..56213c2 100644
--- a/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
+++ b/src/core/textures/BaseTexture.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var utils = require('../utils'),
     CONST = require('../const'),
     EventEmitter = require('eventemitter3'),
+    determineCrossOrigin = require('../utils/determineCrossOrigin'),
     bitTwiddle = require('bit-twiddle');
 
 /**
@@ -391,19 +392,16 @@
 {
     var baseTexture = utils.BaseTextureCache[imageUrl];
 
-    if (crossorigin === undefined && imageUrl.indexOf('data:') !== 0)
-    {
-        crossorigin = true;
-    }
-
     if (!baseTexture)
     {
         // new Image() breaks tex loading in some versions of Chrome.
         // See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=238071
         var image = new Image();//document.createElement('img');
-        if (crossorigin)
+      
+
+        if (crossorigin === undefined && imageUrl.indexOf('data:') !== 0)
         {
-            image.crossOrigin = '';
+            image.crossOrigin = determineCrossOrigin(imageUrl);
         }
 
         baseTexture = new BaseTexture(image, scaleMode);
diff --git a/src/core/utils/determineCrossOrigin.js b/src/core/utils/determineCrossOrigin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e80c9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/utils/determineCrossOrigin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+var tempAnchor;
+var _url = require('url');
+
+/**
+ * Sets the `crossOrigin` property for this resource based on if the url
+ * for this resource is cross-origin. If crossOrigin was manually set, this
+ * function does nothing.
+ * Nipped from the resource loader!
+ * @private
+ * @param url {string} The url to test.
+ * @param [location=window.location] {object} The location object to test against.
+ * @return {string} The crossOrigin value to use (or empty string for none).
+ */
+var determineCrossOrigin = function (url, loc) {
+    // data: and javascript: urls are considered same-origin
+    if (url.indexOf('data:') === 0) {
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    // default is window.location
+    loc = loc || window.location;
+
+    if (!tempAnchor) {
+        tempAnchor = document.createElement('a');
+    }
+
+    // let the browser determine the full href for the url of this resource and then
+    // parse with the node url lib, we can't use the properties of the anchor element
+    // because they don't work in IE9 :(
+    tempAnchor.href = url;
+    url = _url.parse(tempAnchor.href);
+
+    var samePort = (!url.port && loc.port === '') || (url.port === loc.port);
+
+    // if cross origin
+    if (url.hostname !== loc.hostname || !samePort || url.protocol !== loc.protocol) {
+        return 'anonymous';
+    }
+
+    return '';
+};
+
+module.exports = determineCrossOrigin;
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