diff --git a/include/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp b/include/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp
index 98e5b9a0f..e415b003a 100644
--- a/include/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp
+++ b/include/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ public:
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// \brief Copy the current contents of the window to an image
     ///
+    /// \deprecated
+    /// Use a sf::Texture and its sf::Texture::update(const Window&)
+    /// function and copy its contents into an sf::Image instead.
+    /// \code
+    /// sf::Vector2u windowSize = window.getSize();
+    /// sf::Texture texture;
+    /// texture.create(windowSize.x, windowSize.y);
+    /// texture.update(window);
+    /// sf::Image screenshot = texture.copyToImage();
+    /// \endcode
+    ///
     /// This is a slow operation, whose main purpose is to make
     /// screenshots of the application. If you want to update an
     /// image with the contents of the window and then use it for
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ public:
     /// \return Image containing the captured contents
     ///
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    Image capture() const;
+    SFML_DEPRECATED Image capture() const;
 
 protected:
 
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.cpp b/src/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.cpp
index d9e884d90..d5df65b8f 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 // Headers
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #include <SFML/Graphics/RenderWindow.hpp>
-#include <SFML/Graphics/GLCheck.hpp>
+#include <SFML/Graphics/Texture.hpp>
 
 
 namespace sf
@@ -78,24 +78,13 @@ Vector2u RenderWindow::getSize() const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Image RenderWindow::capture() const
 {
-    Image image;
-    if (setActive())
-    {
-        int width = static_cast<int>(getSize().x);
-        int height = static_cast<int>(getSize().y);
+    Vector2u windowSize = getSize();
 
-        // copy rows one by one and flip them (OpenGL's origin is bottom while SFML's origin is top)
-        std::vector<Uint8> pixels(width * height * 4);
-        for (int i = 0; i < height; ++i)
-        {
-            Uint8* ptr = &pixels[i * width * 4];
-            glCheck(glReadPixels(0, height - i - 1, width, 1, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, ptr));
-        }
+    Texture texture;
+    texture.create(windowSize.x, windowSize.y);
+    texture.update(*this);
 
-        image.create(width, height, &pixels[0]);
-    }
-
-    return image;
+    return texture.copyToImage();
 }