diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5329f14..96ee04f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ftcsv, a fairly fast csv library written in pure Lua. It's been tested with LuaJIT 2.0/2.1 and Lua 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3
 
-It works well for CSVs that can easily be fully loaded into memory (easily up to a hundred MB). Currently, there isn't a "large" file mode with proper readers and writers for ingesting CSVs in bulk with a fixed amount of memory. It correctly handles both `\n` (LF) and `\r\n` (CRLF) line endings (ie it should work with Windows and Mac/Linux line endings) and has UTF-8 support.
+It works well for CSVs that can easily be fully loaded into memory (easily up to a hundred MB). Currently, there isn't a "large" file mode with proper readers and writers for ingesting CSVs in bulk with a fixed amount of memory. It correctly handles both `\n` (LF), `\r` (CR) and `\r\n` (CRLF) line endings (ie it should work with Unix, Mac OS 9, and Windows line endings), and has UTF-8 support (it will strip out BOM if it exists).
 
 
 
diff --git a/ftcsv-1.1.3-1.rockspec b/ftcsv-1.1.4-1.rockspec
similarity index 95%
rename from ftcsv-1.1.3-1.rockspec
rename to ftcsv-1.1.4-1.rockspec
index 8267efb..236ef9d 100644
--- a/ftcsv-1.1.3-1.rockspec
+++ b/ftcsv-1.1.4-1.rockspec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package = "ftcsv"
-version = "1.1.3-1"
+version = "1.1.4-1"
 
 source = {
 	url = "git://github.com/FourierTransformer/ftcsv.git",
-	tag = "1.1.3"
+	tag = "1.1.4"
 }
 
 description = {
diff --git a/ftcsv.lua b/ftcsv.lua
index 787f007..760456a 100644
--- a/ftcsv.lua
+++ b/ftcsv.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local ftcsv = {
-    _VERSION = 'ftcsv 1.1.3',
+    _VERSION = 'ftcsv 1.1.4',
     _DESCRIPTION = 'CSV library for Lua',
     _URL         = 'https://github.com/FourierTransformer/ftcsv',
     _LICENSE     = [[
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ local function parseString(inputString, inputLength, delimiter, i, headerField,
         -- end
 
         -- newline?!
-        elseif ((currentChar == CR and nextChar == LF) or currentChar == LF) then
+        elseif (currentChar == CR or currentChar == LF) then
             if fieldsToKeep == nil or fieldsToKeep[headerField[fieldNum]] then
                 -- create the new field
                 field = createField(inputString, quote, fieldStart, i, doubleQuoteEscape)
@@ -347,7 +347,13 @@ function ftcsv.parse(inputFile, delimiter, options)
     end
 
     -- parse through the headers!
-    local headerField, i = parseString(inputString, inputLength, delimiter, 1)
+    local startLine = 1
+
+    -- check for BOM
+    if string.byte(inputString, 1) == 239 and string.byte(inputString, 2) == 187 and string.byte(inputString, 3) == 191 then
+        startLine = 4
+    end
+    local headerField, i = parseString(inputString, inputLength, delimiter, startLine)
     i = i + 1 -- start at the next char
 
     -- make sure a header isn't empty
diff --git a/spec/csvs/bom-os9.csv b/spec/csvs/bom-os9.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ea2148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/csvs/bom-os9.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a,b,c
1,2,3
4,5,ʤ
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/csvs/os9.csv b/spec/csvs/os9.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f06168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/csvs/os9.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a,b,c
1,2,3
4,5,ʤ
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/json/bom-os9.json b/spec/json/bom-os9.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ced204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/json/bom-os9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "a": "1",
+    "b": "2",
+    "c": "3"
+  },
+  {
+    "a": "4",
+    "b": "5",
+    "c": "ʤ"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/json/os9.json b/spec/json/os9.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ced204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/json/os9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "a": "1",
+    "b": "2",
+    "c": "3"
+  },
+  {
+    "a": "4",
+    "b": "5",
+    "c": "ʤ"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/parse_encode_spec.lua b/spec/parse_encode_spec.lua
index f18c690..b7e1366 100644
--- a/spec/parse_encode_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/parse_encode_spec.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ local function loadFile(textFile)
 end
 
 local files = {
+	"bom-os9",
 	"comma_in_quotes",
 	"correctness",
 	"empty",
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ local files = {
 	"json_no_newline",
 	"newlines",
 	"newlines_crlf",
+	"os9",
 	"quotes_and_newlines",
 	"quotes_non_escaped",
 	"simple",