diff --git a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
index e176d5d27..4f61a32be 100644
--- a/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
+++ b/cache/src/main/scala/coursier/Cache.scala
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ object Cache {
     }
   }
 
+  private val utf8Bom = "\ufeff"
+
   def fetch(
     cache: File = default,
     cachePolicy: CachePolicy = CachePolicy.FetchMissing,
@@ -853,7 +855,9 @@ object Cache {
         val res = if (!f.isDirectory && f.exists()) {
           Try(new String(NioFiles.readAllBytes(f.toPath), "UTF-8")) match {
             case scala.util.Success(content) =>
-              Right(content)
+              // stripping any UTF-8 BOM if any, see
+              // https://github.com/alexarchambault/coursier/issues/316 and the corresponding test
+              Right(content.stripPrefix(utf8Bom))
             case scala.util.Failure(e) =>
               Left(s"Could not read (file:${f.getCanonicalPath}): ${e.getMessage}")
           }
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/resources/resolutions/dk.brics.automaton/automaton/1.11-8 b/tests/shared/src/test/resources/resolutions/dk.brics.automaton/automaton/1.11-8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..967d4c082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/resources/resolutions/dk.brics.automaton/automaton/1.11-8
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dk.brics.automaton:automaton:1.11-8:compile
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/CentralTests.scala b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/CentralTests.scala
index 1be4109c9..d9a5022f2 100644
--- a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/CentralTests.scala
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/CentralTests.scala
@@ -399,6 +399,13 @@ object CentralTests extends TestSuite {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    'ignoreUtf8Bom - {
+      resolutionCheck(
+        Module("dk.brics.automaton", "automaton"),
+        "1.11-8"
+      )
+    }
   }
 
 }