diff --git a/include/TGUI/Texture.hpp b/include/TGUI/Texture.hpp
index 9d5a00d3..3f4191b4 100644
--- a/include/TGUI/Texture.hpp
+++ b/include/TGUI/Texture.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace tgui
     public:
 
         using CallbackFunc = std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<TextureData>)>;
-        using ImageLoaderFunc = std::function<std::shared_ptr<sf::Image>(const sf::String&)>;
+        using ImageLoaderFunc = std::function<std::unique_ptr<sf::Image>(const sf::String&)>;
         using TextureLoaderFunc = std::function<std::shared_ptr<TextureData>(Texture&, const sf::String&, const sf::IntRect&)>;
 
 
diff --git a/include/TGUI/TextureData.hpp b/include/TGUI/TextureData.hpp
index 061f020d..690879c0 100644
--- a/include/TGUI/TextureData.hpp
+++ b/include/TGUI/TextureData.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace tgui
     // Used by the Texture class
     struct TGUI_API TextureData
     {
-        std::shared_ptr<sf::Image> image;
+        std::unique_ptr<sf::Image> image;
         sf::Texture texture;
         sf::IntRect rect;
     };
diff --git a/src/TGUI/Texture.cpp b/src/TGUI/Texture.cpp
index ab15a11c..3c1a59b5 100644
--- a/src/TGUI/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/TGUI/Texture.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 namespace tgui
 {
     Texture::TextureLoaderFunc Texture::m_textureLoader = &TextureManager::getTexture;
-    Texture::ImageLoaderFunc Texture::m_imageLoader = [](const sf::String& filename) -> std::shared_ptr<sf::Image>
+    Texture::ImageLoaderFunc Texture::m_imageLoader = [](const sf::String& filename) -> std::unique_ptr<sf::Image>
         {
-            auto image = std::make_shared<sf::Image>();
+            auto image = std::make_unique<sf::Image>();
             if (image->loadFromFile(filename))
                 return image;
             else
diff --git a/tests/Texture.cpp b/tests/Texture.cpp
index f9bde5b7..82c58345 100644
--- a/tests/Texture.cpp
+++ b/tests/Texture.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ TEST_CASE("[Texture]")
         unsigned int count = 0;
         auto oldImageLoader = tgui::Texture::getImageLoader();
 
-        auto func = [&](const sf::String&){ auto image=std::make_shared<sf::Image>(); image->create(1,1); count++; return image; };
+        auto func = [&](const sf::String&){ auto image=std::make_unique<sf::Image>(); image->create(1,1); count++; return image; };
         tgui::Texture::setImageLoader(func);
         REQUIRE_NOTHROW(tgui::Texture{"resources/image.png"});
         REQUIRE(count == 1);