diff --git a/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js b/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
index 2c80fca..cbdd18e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 import bitTwiddle from 'bit-twiddle';
 
+const defaultBufferOptions = {
+    scaleMode: SCALE_MODES.NEAREST,
+    format: FORMATS.RGBA,
+    premultiplyAlpha: false,
+};
+
 /**
  * A texture stores the information that represents an image. All textures have a base texture.
  *
@@ -547,22 +553,17 @@
      *        is provided, a new Float32Array is created.
      * @param {number} width - Width of the resource
      * @param {number} height - Height of the resource
+     * @param {object} [options] See {@link PIXI.BaseTexture}'s constructor for options.
      * @return {PIXI.BaseTexture} The resulting new BaseTexture
      */
-    static fromBuffer(buffer, width, height)
+    static fromBuffer(buffer, width, height, options)
     {
         buffer = buffer || new Float32Array(width * height * 4);
 
         const resource = new BufferResource(buffer, { width, height });
         const type = buffer instanceof Float32Array ? TYPES.FLOAT : TYPES.UNSIGNED_BYTE;
 
-        return BaseTexture(resource, {
-            scaleMode: SCALE_MODES.NEAREST,
-            format: FORMATS.RGBA,
-            type,
-            width,
-            height,
-        });
+        return new BaseTexture(resource, Object.assign(defaultBufferOptions, options || { width, height, type }));
     }
 
     /**

diff --git a/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js b/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
index 2c80fca..cbdd18e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/textures/BaseTexture.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 import bitTwiddle from 'bit-twiddle';
 
+const defaultBufferOptions = {
+    scaleMode: SCALE_MODES.NEAREST,
+    format: FORMATS.RGBA,
+    premultiplyAlpha: false,
+};
+
 /**
  * A texture stores the information that represents an image. All textures have a base texture.
  *
@@ -547,22 +553,17 @@
      *        is provided, a new Float32Array is created.
      * @param {number} width - Width of the resource
      * @param {number} height - Height of the resource
+     * @param {object} [options] See {@link PIXI.BaseTexture}'s constructor for options.
      * @return {PIXI.BaseTexture} The resulting new BaseTexture
      */
-    static fromBuffer(buffer, width, height)
+    static fromBuffer(buffer, width, height, options)
     {
         buffer = buffer || new Float32Array(width * height * 4);
 
         const resource = new BufferResource(buffer, { width, height });
         const type = buffer instanceof Float32Array ? TYPES.FLOAT : TYPES.UNSIGNED_BYTE;
 
-        return BaseTexture(resource, {
-            scaleMode: SCALE_MODES.NEAREST,
-            format: FORMATS.RGBA,
-            type,
-            width,
-            height,
-        });
+        return new BaseTexture(resource, Object.assign(defaultBufferOptions, options || { width, height, type }));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/textures/Texture.js b/packages/core/src/textures/Texture.js
index b677121..5a22225 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/textures/Texture.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/textures/Texture.js
@@ -275,9 +275,10 @@
      * @static
      * @param {number|string|HTMLImageElement|HTMLCanvasElement|HTMLVideoElement|PIXI.BaseTexture}
      *        source - Source to create texture from
+     * @param {object} [options] See {@link PIXI.BaseTexture}'s constructor for options.
      * @return {PIXI.Texture} The newly created texture
      */
-    static from(source, scaleMode)
+    static from(source, options)
     {
         let cacheId = null;
 
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@
 
         if (!texture)
         {
-            texture = new Texture(new BaseTexture(source, scaleMode));
+            texture = new Texture(new BaseTexture(source, options));
             texture.baseTexture.cacheId = cacheId;
 
             BaseTexture.addToCache(texture.baseTexture, cacheId);
@@ -311,6 +312,22 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Create a new Texture with a BufferResource from a Float32Array.
+     * RGBA values are floats from 0 to 1.
+     * @static
+     * @param {Float32Array|UintArray} buffer The optional array to use, if no data
+     *        is provided, a new Float32Array is created.
+     * @param {number} width - Width of the resource
+     * @param {number} height - Height of the resource
+     * @param {object} [options] See {@link PIXI.BaseTexture}'s constructor for options.
+     * @return {PIXI.Texture} The resulting new BaseTexture
+     */
+    static fromBuffer(buffer, width, height, options)
+    {
+        return new Texture(BaseTexture.fromBuffer(buffer, width, height, options));
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Create a texture from a source and add to the cache.
      *
      * @static