diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a25577f..c559806 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ const cleanRangeBackSlash = slashes => {
 // '`foo/`' should not continue with the '`..`'
 const REPLACERS = [
 
+  [
+    // remove BOM
+    // TODO:
+    // Other similar zero-width characters?
+    /^\uFEFF/,
+    () => EMPTY
+  ],
+
   // > Trailing spaces are ignored unless they are quoted with backslash ("\")
   [
     // (a\ ) -> (a )
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c62cad..edc78d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ignore",
-  "version": "5.3.0",
+  "version": "5.3.1",
   "description": "Ignore is a manager and filter for .gitignore rules, the one used by eslint, gitbook and many others.",
   "files": [
     "legacy.js",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/.gitignore-with-BOM b/test/fixtures/.gitignore-with-BOM
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..843f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/.gitignore-with-BOM
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cases.js b/test/fixtures/cases.js
index 09e6336..d51444b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/cases.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/cases.js
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ const cases = [
   //   }
   // ],
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  [
+    '#108: gitignore rules with BOM',
+    [
+      readPatterns('.gitignore-with-BOM'),
+    ],
+    {
+      'node_modules': 1
+    }
+  ],
   [
     'charactor ?',
     [