diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 1c3c7b3..9813324 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { TEXT_GRADIENT } from '../const';
 import settings from '../settings';
 import TextStyle from './TextStyle';
+import trimCanvas from '../utils/trimCanvas';
 
 const defaultDestroyOptions = {
     texture: true,
@@ -326,6 +327,15 @@
      */
     updateTexture()
     {
+        if (this._style.trim)
+        {
+            const trimmed = trimCanvas(this.canvas);
+
+            this.canvas.width = trimmed.width;
+            this.canvas.height = trimmed.height;
+            this.context.putImageData(trimmed.data, 0, 0);
+        }
+
         const texture = this._texture;
         const style = this._style;
 

diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 1c3c7b3..9813324 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { TEXT_GRADIENT } from '../const';
 import settings from '../settings';
 import TextStyle from './TextStyle';
+import trimCanvas from '../utils/trimCanvas';
 
 const defaultDestroyOptions = {
     texture: true,
@@ -326,6 +327,15 @@
      */
     updateTexture()
     {
+        if (this._style.trim)
+        {
+            const trimmed = trimCanvas(this.canvas);
+
+            this.canvas.width = trimmed.width;
+            this.canvas.height = trimmed.height;
+            this.context.putImageData(trimmed.data, 0, 0);
+        }
+
         const texture = this._texture;
         const style = this._style;
 
diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index 58e77e0..eec2820 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     stroke: 'black',
     strokeThickness: 0,
     textBaseline: 'alphabetic',
+    trim: false,
     wordWrap: false,
     wordWrapWidth: 100,
 };
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
      *  e.g 'blue', '#FCFF00'
      * @param {number} [style.strokeThickness=0] - A number that represents the thickness of the stroke.
      *  Default is 0 (no stroke)
+     * @param {boolean} [style.trim=false] - Trim transparent borders
      * @param {string} [style.textBaseline='alphabetic'] - The baseline of the text that is rendered.
      * @param {boolean} [style.wordWrap=false] - Indicates if word wrap should be used
      * @param {number} [style.wordWrapWidth=100] - The width at which text will wrap, it needs wordWrap to be set to true
@@ -418,6 +420,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    get trim()
+    {
+        return this._trim;
+    }
+    set trim(trim)
+    {
+        if (this._trim !== trim)
+        {
+            this._trim = trim;
+            this.styleID++;
+        }
+    }
+
     get wordWrap()
     {
         return this._wordWrap;

diff --git a/src/core/text/Text.js b/src/core/text/Text.js
index 1c3c7b3..9813324 100644
--- a/src/core/text/Text.js
+++ b/src/core/text/Text.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { TEXT_GRADIENT } from '../const';
 import settings from '../settings';
 import TextStyle from './TextStyle';
+import trimCanvas from '../utils/trimCanvas';
 
 const defaultDestroyOptions = {
     texture: true,
@@ -326,6 +327,15 @@
      */
     updateTexture()
     {
+        if (this._style.trim)
+        {
+            const trimmed = trimCanvas(this.canvas);
+
+            this.canvas.width = trimmed.width;
+            this.canvas.height = trimmed.height;
+            this.context.putImageData(trimmed.data, 0, 0);
+        }
+
         const texture = this._texture;
         const style = this._style;
 
diff --git a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
index 58e77e0..eec2820 100644
--- a/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
+++ b/src/core/text/TextStyle.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     stroke: 'black',
     strokeThickness: 0,
     textBaseline: 'alphabetic',
+    trim: false,
     wordWrap: false,
     wordWrapWidth: 100,
 };
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
      *  e.g 'blue', '#FCFF00'
      * @param {number} [style.strokeThickness=0] - A number that represents the thickness of the stroke.
      *  Default is 0 (no stroke)
+     * @param {boolean} [style.trim=false] - Trim transparent borders
      * @param {string} [style.textBaseline='alphabetic'] - The baseline of the text that is rendered.
      * @param {boolean} [style.wordWrap=false] - Indicates if word wrap should be used
      * @param {number} [style.wordWrapWidth=100] - The width at which text will wrap, it needs wordWrap to be set to true
@@ -418,6 +420,19 @@
         }
     }
 
+    get trim()
+    {
+        return this._trim;
+    }
+    set trim(trim)
+    {
+        if (this._trim !== trim)
+        {
+            this._trim = trim;
+            this.styleID++;
+        }
+    }
+
     get wordWrap()
     {
         return this._wordWrap;
diff --git a/src/core/utils/trimCanvas.js b/src/core/utils/trimCanvas.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37a0378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/utils/trimCanvas.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Trim transparent borders from a canvas
+ *
+ * @memberof PIXI
+ * @function trimCanvas
+ * @private
+ * @param {HTMLCanvasElement} canvas - the canvas to trim
+ * @returns {object} Trim data
+ */
+export default function trimCanvas(canvas)
+{
+    // https://gist.github.com/remy/784508
+    const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    const pixels = context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    const l = pixels.data.length;
+    const bound = {
+        top: null,
+        left: null,
+        right: null,
+        bottom: null,
+    };
+    let i;
+    let x;
+    let y;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < l; i += 4)
+    {
+        if (pixels.data[i + 3] !== 0)
+        {
+            x = (i / 4) % canvas.width;
+            y = ~~((i / 4) / canvas.width);
+
+            if (bound.top === null)
+            {
+                bound.top = y;
+            }
+
+            if (bound.left === null)
+            {
+                bound.left = x;
+            }
+            else if (x < bound.left)
+            {
+                bound.left = x;
+            }
+
+            if (bound.right === null)
+            {
+                bound.right = x + 1;
+            }
+            else if (bound.right < x)
+            {
+                bound.right = x + 1;
+            }
+
+            if (bound.bottom === null)
+            {
+                bound.bottom = y;
+            }
+            else if (bound.bottom < y)
+            {
+                bound.bottom = y;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const height = bound.bottom - bound.top + 1;
+    const width = bound.right - bound.left;
+    const data = context.getImageData(bound.left, bound.top, width, height);
+
+    return {
+        height,
+        width,
+        data,
+    };
+}