diff --git a/vlib/toml/scanner/scanner.v b/vlib/toml/scanner/scanner.v
index bbdf235982..494ce0e08f 100644
--- a/vlib/toml/scanner/scanner.v
+++ b/vlib/toml/scanner/scanner.v
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ pub:
 	config Config
 	text   string // the input TOML text
 mut:
-	col     int // current column number (x coordinate)
-	line_nr int = 1 // current line number (y coordinate)
-	pos     int // current flat/index position in the `text` field
+	col        int // current column number (x coordinate)
+	line_nr    int = 1 // current line number (y coordinate)
+	pos        int // current flat/index position in the `text` field
+	header_len int // Length, how many bytes of header was found
 }
 
 // State is a read-only copy of the scanner's internal state.
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ pub fn new_simple(toml_input string) ?Scanner {
 // scan returns the next token from the input.
 [direct_array_access]
 pub fn (mut s Scanner) scan() ?token.Token {
+	s.validate_and_skip_headers() ?
+
 	for {
 		c := s.next()
 		byte_c := byte(c)
@@ -290,19 +293,23 @@ pub fn (mut s Scanner) reset() {
 	s.pos = 0
 	s.col = 0
 	s.line_nr = 1
+	s.header_len = 0
 }
 
 // new_token returns a new `token.Token`.
 [inline]
 fn (mut s Scanner) new_token(kind token.Kind, lit string, len int) token.Token {
-	// line_offset := 1
 	// println('new_token($lit)')
+	mut col := s.col - len + 1
+	if s.line_nr == 1 {
+		col -= s.header_len
+	}
 	return token.Token{
 		kind: kind
 		lit: lit
-		col: mathutil.max(1, s.col - len + 1)
-		line_nr: s.line_nr + 1 //+ line_offset
-		pos: s.pos - len + 1
+		col: mathutil.max(1, col)
+		line_nr: s.line_nr + 1
+		pos: s.pos - s.header_len - len + 1
 		len: len
 	}
 }
@@ -605,3 +612,36 @@ pub fn (s Scanner) state() State {
 		pos: s.pos
 	}
 }
+
+fn (mut s Scanner) validate_and_skip_headers() ? {
+	// UTF-16 / UTF-32 headers (BE/LE)
+	s.check_utf16_or_32_bom() ?
+
+	// NICE-TO-HAVE-TODO Check other types of (UTF-?) headers and yield an error. TOML is UTF-8 only.
+
+	// Skip optional UTF-8 heaser, if any.
+	if s.at() == 0xEF && s.peek(1) == 0xBB && s.peek(2) == 0xBF {
+		util.printdbg(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN, 'skipping UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM)')
+		s.header_len = 3
+		s.skip_n(s.header_len)
+	}
+
+	// Check after we've skipped UTF-8 BOM
+	s.check_utf16_or_32_bom() ?
+}
+
+fn (mut s Scanner) check_utf16_or_32_bom() ? {
+	if (s.at() == 0xFF && s.peek(1) == 0xFE && s.peek(2) == 0x00 && s.peek(3) == 0x00)
+		|| (s.at() == 0x00 && s.peek(1) == 0x00 && s.peek(2) == 0xFE && s.peek(3) == 0xFF) {
+		s.header_len = 4
+		s.skip_n(s.header_len)
+		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
+			' UTF-32 is not a valid TOML encoding at $s.pos ($s.line_nr,$s.col) near ...${s.excerpt(s.pos, 5)}...')
+	}
+	if (s.at() == 0xFE && s.peek(1) == 0xFF) || (s.at() == 0xFF && s.peek(1) == 0xFE) {
+		s.header_len = 2
+		s.skip_n(s.header_len)
+		return error(@MOD + '.' + @STRUCT + '.' + @FN +
+			' UTF-16 is not a valid TOML encoding at $s.pos ($s.line_nr,$s.col) near ...${s.excerpt(s.pos, 5)}...')
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf16_bom.toml b/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf16_bom.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc0d8230f0
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diff --git a/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf32_bom.toml b/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf32_bom.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d21d754871
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diff --git a/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf8_bom.toml b/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf8_bom.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23b51361f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/toml/tests/testdata/toml_with_utf8_bom.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This is a TOML document with an UTF-8 BOM header.
+
+title = "TOML Example"
+
+[owner]
+name = "Tom Preston-Werner"
+dob = 1979-05-27T07:32:00-08:00 # First class dates
+
+[database]
+server = "192.168.1.1"
+ports = [ 8000, 8001, 8002 ]
+connection_max = 5000
+enabled = true
+
+[servers]
+
+  # Indentation (tabs and/or spaces) is allowed but not required
+  [servers.alpha]
+  ip = "10.0.0.1"
+  dc = "eqdc10"
+
+  [servers.beta]
+  ip = "10.0.0.2"
+  dc = "eqdc10"
+
+[clients]
+data = [ ["gamma", "delta"], [1, 2] ]
+
+# Line breaks are OK when inside arrays
+hosts = [
+  "alpha",
+  "omega"
+]
diff --git a/vlib/toml/tests/toml_bom_test.v b/vlib/toml/tests/toml_bom_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee81e0e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/toml/tests/toml_bom_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import os
+import toml
+import toml.ast
+
+const empty_toml_document = toml.Doc{
+	ast: &ast.Root(0)
+}
+
+const (
+	toml_text_with_utf8_bom  = os.read_file(os.real_path(os.join_path(os.dir(@FILE), 'testdata',
+		'toml_with_utf8_bom' + '.toml'))) or { panic(err) }
+	toml_text_with_utf16_bom = os.read_file(os.real_path(os.join_path(os.dir(@FILE), 'testdata',
+		'toml_with_utf16_bom' + '.toml'))) or { panic(err) }
+	toml_text_with_utf32_bom = os.read_file(os.real_path(os.join_path(os.dir(@FILE), 'testdata',
+		'toml_with_utf32_bom' + '.toml'))) or { panic(err) }
+)
+
+fn test_toml_with_bom() {
+	toml_doc := toml.parse(toml_text_with_utf8_bom) or { panic(err) }
+	toml_json := toml_doc.to_json()
+
+	title := toml_doc.value('title')
+	assert title == toml.Any('TOML Example')
+	assert title as string == 'TOML Example'
+
+	owner := toml_doc.value('owner') as map[string]toml.Any
+	any_name := owner.value('name') or { panic(err) }
+	assert any_name.string() == 'Tom Preston-Werner'
+
+	database := toml_doc.value('database') as map[string]toml.Any
+	db_serv := database['server'] or {
+		panic('could not access "server" index in "database" variable')
+	}
+	assert db_serv as string == '192.168.1.1'
+
+	// Re-cycle bad_toml_doc
+	mut bad_toml_doc := empty_toml_document
+	bad_toml_doc = toml.parse(toml_text_with_utf16_bom) or {
+		println('     $err.msg')
+		assert true
+		empty_toml_document
+	}
+
+	bad_toml_doc = toml.parse(toml_text_with_utf32_bom) or {
+		println('     $err.msg')
+		assert true
+		empty_toml_document
+	}
+}