diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 07aba97db..cb02f08ca 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - Add `+++` `&&&` `|||` as replacement for `$concat`, `$and` and `$or`.
 - Add `methodsof` to type info for struct, union and bitstruct.
 - Added `@tag` `tagof` and `has_tagof` to user defined types and members.
+- The compiler now skips UTF8 BOM.
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/utils/file_utils.c b/src/utils/file_utils.c
index a130676ca..2c0437c31 100644
--- a/src/utils/file_utils.c
+++ b/src/utils/file_utils.c
@@ -243,10 +243,15 @@ char *file_read_all(const char *path, size_t *return_size)
 		error_exit("Failed to read file \"%s\".\n", path);
 	}
 	assert(bytes_read == file_size);
-
 	buffer[bytes_read] = '\0';
-	// Filter '\r' early.
+
 	size_t offset = 0;
+	// Filter BOM
+	if (buffer[0] == (char)0xEF && buffer[1] == (char)0xBB && buffer[2] == (char)0xBF)
+	{
+		offset += 3;
+	}
+	// Filter '\r' early.
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < file_size - offset; i++)
 	{
 		char c = buffer[i + offset];