diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/operator.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/operator.py
index 81e3985cbb..2a9552f456 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/operator.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/operator.py
@@ -2643,8 +2643,33 @@ class AddReferenceImage(bpy.types.Operator, Operator):
 
         style = ifc_file.by_id(material.BIMMaterialProperties.ifc_style_id)
         tool.Style.assign_style_to_object(style, obj)
-        tool.Geometry.record_object_materials(obj)
 
-        material.BIMStyleProperties.diffuse_path = image_filepath.as_posix()
-        material.BIMStyleProperties.uv_mode = "Generated"
-        bpy.ops.bim.update_style_colours()
+        # TODO: IfcSurfaceStyleRendering is unnecessary here, added it only because
+        # we don't support IfcSurfaceStyleWithTextures without Rendering yet
+        shading_attributes = {
+            "SurfaceColour": {
+                "Red": 1.0,
+                "Green": 1.0,
+                "Blue": 1.0,
+            },
+            "Transparency": 0.0,
+            "ReflectanceMethod": "NOTDEFINED",
+        }
+        ifcopenshell.api.run(
+            "style.add_surface_style",
+            tool.Ifc.get(),
+            style=style,
+            ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleRendering",
+            attributes=shading_attributes,
+        )
+        texture = ifc_file.create_entity("IfcImageTexture", Mode="DIFFUSE", URLReference=image_filepath.as_posix())
+        textures = [texture]
+        ifc_file.create_entity("IfcTextureCoordinateGenerator", Maps=textures, Mode="COORD")  # UV map
+        tool.Ifc.run(
+            "style.add_surface_style",
+            style=style,
+            ifc_class="IfcSurfaceStyleWithTextures",
+            attributes={"Textures": textures},
+        )
+        tool.Style.reload_material_from_ifc(material)
+        tool.Geometry.record_object_materials(obj)
diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/style/operator.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/style/operator.py
index 9b3acf720c..dc4c2f7019 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/style/operator.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/style/operator.py
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ class DisableEditingStyle(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
 
         style = tool.Ifc.get().by_id(props.is_editing_style)
         material = tool.Ifc.get_object(style)
-        # just to trigger style update
-        material.BIMStyleProperties.active_style_type = material.BIMStyleProperties.active_style_type
-
+        tool.Style.reload_material_from_ifc(material)
         props.is_editing_style = 0
 
 
@@ -652,7 +650,7 @@ class EditSurfaceStyle(bpy.types.Operator, tool.Ifc.Operator):
             # TODO: provide `uv_maps` - need to rework .get_uv_maps not to depend on a single representation
             material = tool.Ifc.get_object(self.style)
             shading_style = self.rendering_style or self.shading_style
-            # TODO: support creating texture styles without defining shading style first
+            # TODO: support creating texture styles without defining rendering style first
             if self.rendering_style is None:
                 self.report(
                     {"ERROR"},
diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/style.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/style.py
index 082e768556..bbf8bb194b 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/style.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/style.py
@@ -538,3 +538,7 @@ class Style(blenderbim.core.tool.Style):
         """assigns `style` to `object` current representation"""
         representation = tool.Geometry.get_active_representation(obj)
         tool.Ifc.run("style.assign_representation_styles", shape_representation=representation, styles=[style])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def reload_material_from_ifc(cls, blender_material):
+        blender_material.BIMStyleProperties.active_style_type = blender_material.BIMStyleProperties.active_style_type
diff --git a/src/blenderbim/test/tool/test_drawing.py b/src/blenderbim/test/tool/test_drawing.py
index 0cce6e1ede..84e63b0d75 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/test/tool/test_drawing.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/test/tool/test_drawing.py
@@ -872,5 +872,10 @@ class TestAddReferenceImage(NewFile):
         representation_items = set(tool.Geometry.get_active_representation(obj).Items)
         assert styled_items == representation_items
 
-        assert Path(material.BIMStyleProperties.diffuse_path) == filepath
-        assert material.BIMStyleProperties.uv_mode == "Generated"
+        material_nodes = material.node_tree.nodes
+        texture_filepath = material_nodes["Image Texture"].image.filepath
+        texture_filepath = Path(tool.Blender.blender_path_to_posix(texture_filepath))
+        assert texture_filepath == filepath
+
+        uv_node = material_nodes["Texture Coordinate"]
+        assert len(uv_node.outputs["Generated"].links[:]) == 1