diff --git a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jedchecker.ini b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jedchecker.ini
index cf9a780..48313da 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jedchecker.ini
+++ b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_jedchecker.ini
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ COM_JEDCHECKER_OLD_RULE_X_PHP_FILE_REMOVED="Removed PHP file for '%s' rule."
 COM_JEDCHECKER_OLD_RULE_X_INI_FILE_REMOVED="Removed 'ini' file for '%s' rule."
 COM_JEDCHECKER_RULE_FRAMEWORK="Joomla Framework deprecated and unsafe"
 COM_JEDCHECKER_RULE_FRAMEWORK_DESC="Warns about <ul><li>superglobals</li><li>commonly used but deprecated functions</li><li>highly unsafe functions</li></ul>Find more info <a href='https://docs.joomla.org/Potential_backward_compatibility_issues_in_Joomla_3.0_and_Joomla_Platform_12.1' target='_blank'>on Joomla! backward compatibility for Joomla! 3</a> and <a href="https://docs.joomla.org/Potential_backward_compatibility_issues_in_Joomla_4">Joomla! 4</a>"
+COM_JEDCHECKER_ERROR_FRAMEWORK_BOM_FOUND="The byte order mark (BOM) is detected"
 COM_JEDCHECKER_ERROR_FRAMEWORK_SHORT_PHP_TAG="Short PHP tag found. As short tags can be disabled in PHP, it is recommended to only use the normal tags (&lt;?php) to maximise compatibility."
 COM_JEDCHECKER_ERROR_FRAMEWORK_SUPERGLOBALS="Use of superglobals is strongly discouraged"
 COM_JEDCHECKER_ERROR_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTDB="Use of direct database access is strongly discouraged"
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
index ccfa819..9aeb8fb 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_jedchecker/libraries/rules/framework.php
@@ -140,15 +140,23 @@ class JedcheckerRulesFramework extends JEDcheckerRule
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		$result = false;
+
 		$content = file_get_contents($file);
+
+		// Check BOM
+		if (strncmp($content, "\xEF\xBB\xBF", 3) === 0)
+		{
+			$this->report->addError($file, JText::_('COM_JEDCHECKER_ERROR_FRAMEWORK_BOM_FOUND'));
+			$result = true;
+		}
+
 		$content = JEDCheckerHelper::cleanPhpCode(
 			$content,
 			JEDCheckerHelper::CLEAN_HTML | JEDCheckerHelper::CLEAN_COMMENTS | JEDCheckerHelper::CLEAN_STRINGS
 		);
 		$cleanContent = JEDCheckerHelper::splitLines($content);
 
-		$result = false;
-
 		if (preg_match('/<\?\s/', $content, $match, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE))
 		{
 			$lineno = substr_count($content, "\n", 0, $match[0][1]);