1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/docx/office-xml-reader.js b/lib/docx/office-xml-reader.js
index 39b700e..861b11e 100644
--- a/lib/docx/office-xml-reader.js
+++ b/lib/docx/office-xml-reader.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ function read(xmlString) {
 function readXmlFromZipFile(docxFile, path) {
     if (docxFile.exists(path)) {
         return docxFile.read(path, "utf-8")
+            .then(function (xmlString) {
+                return xmlString.replace(/^\uFEFF/g, '');
+            })
             .then(read);
     } else {
         return promises.resolve(null);