diff --git a/src/objects/Skeleton.d.ts b/src/objects/Skeleton.d.ts
index cfc14991eaed0361c3c443c6dfca8d482f946ac4..fca28439fba17942ab72a8986b1232a2dfbe0a62 100644
--- a/src/objects/Skeleton.d.ts
+++ b/src/objects/Skeleton.d.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ export class Skeleton {
 	clone(): Skeleton;
 	getBoneByName( name: string ): undefined | Bone;
 
+	dispose() :void ;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/objects/Skeleton.js b/src/objects/Skeleton.js
index c6dab69b91ec14602f1bea37518a4589207d6e12..7cb864f400ac789102f2c555ced509435f1d48df 100644
--- a/src/objects/Skeleton.js
+++ b/src/objects/Skeleton.js
@@ -168,6 +168,18 @@ Object.assign( Skeleton.prototype, {
 
 		return undefined;
 
+	},
+
+	dispose: function ( ) {
+
+		if ( this.boneTexture ) {
+
+			this.boneTexture.dispose();
+
+			this.boneTexture = undefined;
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 } );