diff --git a/.dprint.json b/.dprint.json
index 91c827fc1a..a0f502b943 100644
--- a/.dprint.json
+++ b/.dprint.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "cli/tests/testdata/inline_js_source_map*",
     "cli/tests/testdata/badly_formatted.md",
     "cli/tests/testdata/badly_formatted.json",
+    "cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.ts",
     "cli/tsc/*typescript.js",
     "test_util/std",
     "test_util/wpt",
diff --git a/cli/ast/mod.rs b/cli/ast/mod.rs
index 15414ba8ec..232db13055 100644
--- a/cli/ast/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/ast/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::config_file;
 use crate::media_type::MediaType;
+use crate::text_encoding::strip_bom;
 
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::resolve_url_or_path;
@@ -392,10 +393,15 @@ pub fn parse(
   source: &str,
   media_type: &MediaType,
 ) -> Result<ParsedModule, AnyError> {
+  let source = strip_bom(source);
   let info = SourceFileInfo::new(specifier, source);
   let input =
     StringInput::new(source, BytePos(0), BytePos(source.len() as u32));
-  let (comments, module) = parse_string_input(&info, input, media_type)?;
+  let (comments, module) =
+    parse_string_input(input, media_type).map_err(|err| Diagnostic {
+      location: info.get_location(err.span().lo),
+      message: err.into_kind().msg().to_string(),
+    })?;
 
   Ok(ParsedModule {
     info: Arc::new(info),
@@ -468,13 +474,17 @@ pub fn transpile_module(
   globals: &Globals,
   cm: Rc<SourceMap>,
 ) -> Result<(Rc<SourceFile>, Module), AnyError> {
-  let info = SourceFileInfo::new(specifier, source);
+  let source = strip_bom(source);
   let source_file = cm.new_source_file(
     FileName::Custom(specifier.to_string()),
     source.to_string(),
   );
   let input = StringInput::from(&*source_file);
-  let (comments, module) = parse_string_input(&info, input, media_type)?;
+  let (comments, module) =
+    parse_string_input(input, media_type).map_err(|err| Diagnostic {
+      location: cm.lookup_char_pos(err.span().lo).into(),
+      message: err.into_kind().msg().to_string(),
+    })?;
 
   let jsx_pass = react::react(
     cm,
@@ -511,19 +521,17 @@ pub fn transpile_module(
 }
 
 fn parse_string_input(
-  info: &SourceFileInfo,
   input: StringInput,
   media_type: &MediaType,
-) -> Result<(SingleThreadedComments, Module), AnyError> {
+) -> Result<
+  (SingleThreadedComments, Module),
+  swc_ecmascript::parser::error::Error,
+> {
   let syntax = get_syntax(media_type);
   let comments = SingleThreadedComments::default();
   let lexer = Lexer::new(syntax, TARGET, input, Some(&comments));
   let mut parser = swc_ecmascript::parser::Parser::new_from(lexer);
-
-  let module = parser.parse_module().map_err(|err| Diagnostic {
-    location: info.get_location(err.span().lo),
-    message: err.into_kind().msg().to_string(),
-  })?;
+  let module = parser.parse_module()?;
 
   Ok((comments, module))
 }
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
index f5ac82e9cf..c7e0325ecc 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
@@ -1788,3 +1788,8 @@ itest!(tls_connecttls {
   args: "run --quiet --reload --allow-net --allow-read --cert tls/RootCA.pem tls_connecttls.js",
   output: "tls.out",
 });
+
+itest!(byte_order_mark {
+  args: "run --no-check byte_order_mark.ts",
+  output: "byte_order_mark.out",
+});
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.out b/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..557db03de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40eb23c1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/byte_order_mark.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import "./001_hello.js";
+// Note this file starts with special byte order mark <U+FEFF>
+// it's important that this file is a .ts typescript file which is passed to
+// deno through `--no-check` mode.
diff --git a/cli/text_encoding.rs b/cli/text_encoding.rs
index 8d316909c8..f61b877dc0 100644
--- a/cli/text_encoding.rs
+++ b/cli/text_encoding.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::{
   io::{Error, ErrorKind},
 };
 
+pub const BOM_CHAR: char = '\u{FEFF}';
+
 /// Attempts to detect the character encoding of the provided bytes.
 ///
 /// Supports UTF-8, UTF-16 Little Endian and UTF-16 Big Endian.
@@ -43,6 +45,15 @@ pub fn convert_to_utf8<'a>(
   }
 }
 
+/// Strips the byte order mark from the provided text if it exists.
+pub fn strip_bom(text: &str) -> &str {
+  if text.starts_with(BOM_CHAR) {
+    &text[BOM_CHAR.len_utf8()..]
+  } else {
+    text
+  }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
   use super::*;
diff --git a/cli/tools/fmt.rs b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
index a02b86b179..33c3599d7b 100644
--- a/cli/tools/fmt.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-const BOM_CHAR: char = '\u{FEFF}';
-
 /// Format JavaScript/TypeScript files.
 pub async fn format(
   args: Vec<PathBuf>,
@@ -350,12 +348,11 @@ fn read_file_contents(file_path: &Path) -> Result<FileContents, AnyError> {
   let file_bytes = fs::read(&file_path)?;
   let charset = text_encoding::detect_charset(&file_bytes);
   let file_text = text_encoding::convert_to_utf8(&file_bytes, charset)?;
-  let had_bom = file_text.starts_with(BOM_CHAR);
+  let had_bom = file_text.starts_with(text_encoding::BOM_CHAR);
   let text = if had_bom {
-    // remove the BOM
-    String::from(&file_text[BOM_CHAR.len_utf8()..])
+    text_encoding::strip_bom(&file_text).to_string()
   } else {
-    String::from(file_text)
+    file_text.to_string()
   };
 
   Ok(FileContents { text, had_bom })
@@ -367,7 +364,7 @@ fn write_file_contents(
 ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
   let file_text = if file_contents.had_bom {
     // add back the BOM
-    format!("{}{}", BOM_CHAR, file_contents.text)
+    format!("{}{}", text_encoding::BOM_CHAR, file_contents.text)
   } else {
     file_contents.text
   };