diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a588525963..488f4fded1 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2010-08-26 00:36 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * src/rtl/hbi18n2.prg
+    + __I18N_POTARRAYLOAD(): UTF8 BOM support
+
 2010-08-25 09:40 UTC-0800 Pritpal Bedi (bedipritpal@hotmail.com)
   * contrib/hbide/hbide.qrc
   + contrib/hbide/resources/r-landscape.png
diff --git a/harbour/src/rtl/hbi18n2.prg b/harbour/src/rtl/hbi18n2.prg
index 7a65e68e73..a26c435193 100644
--- a/harbour/src/rtl/hbi18n2.prg
+++ b/harbour/src/rtl/hbi18n2.prg
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ FUNCTION __I18N_POTARRAYLOAD( cFile, cErrorMsg )
       cErrorMsg := "cannot read from file: " + cFile
       RETURN NIL
    ENDIF
+   /* Strip UTF-8 BOM */
+   IF Left( cValue, 3 ) == e"\xEF\xBB\xBF"
+      cValue := SubStr( cValue, 4 )
+   ENDIF
    IF !hb_eol() == _I18N_EOL
       cValue := strtran( cValue, hb_eol(), _I18N_EOL )
    ENDIF