diff --git a/GLMakie/src/GLAbstraction/GLTexture.jl b/GLMakie/src/GLAbstraction/GLTexture.jl
index 472a611071b..ae3f596bfac 100644
--- a/GLMakie/src/GLAbstraction/GLTexture.jl
+++ b/GLMakie/src/GLAbstraction/GLTexture.jl
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ Colors from Colors.jl should mostly work as well
 Texture(image::Array{T, NDim}; kw_args...) where {T <: GLArrayEltypes, NDim} =
     Texture(pointer(image), size(image); kw_args...)::Texture{T, NDim}
 
+Texture(image::AbstractArray{T, NDim}; kw_args...) where {T <: GLArrayEltypes, NDim} =
+    Texture(collect(image); kw_args...)
+
 function Texture(s::ShaderAbstractions.Sampler{T, N}; kwargs...) where {T, N}
     tex = Texture(
         pointer(s.data), size(s.data),