diff --git a/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/main/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsParser.java b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/main/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsParser.java
index ff61b2d85b9..450d0e79359 100644
--- a/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/main/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsParser.java
+++ b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/main/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsParser.java
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@
 import com.powsybl.commons.PowsyblException;
 import com.powsybl.powerfactory.model.DataAttributeType;
 import com.powsybl.powerfactory.model.PowerFactoryException;
+import org.apache.commons.io.input.BOMInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.BlockRealMatrix;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.RealMatrix;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -243,7 +241,7 @@ private static void readObjectTableRow(String trimmedLine, DgsHandler handler, P
     public void read(Reader reader, DgsHandler handler) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(reader);
         Objects.requireNonNull(handler);
-        try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(reader)) {
+        try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(BOMInputStream.builder().setReader(reader).get()))) {
             String line;
             ParsingContext context = new ParsingContext();
             while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
diff --git a/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsDataTest.java b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsDataTest.java
index 6915deafbdf..f0a163d866a 100644
--- a/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsDataTest.java
+++ b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/java/com/powsybl/powerfactory/dgs/DgsDataTest.java
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ void missingElementInLineTest() {
         assertEquals("Not enough fields in the line: '1;Version'", exception.getMessage());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void bomTest() {
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> loadCase("/BOMTest.dgs"));
+    }
+
     private boolean test(String dgs, String json) throws IOException {
         StudyCase studyCase = loadCase(dgs);
         String expectedJson = loadReference(json);
diff --git a/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/resources/BOMTest.dgs b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/resources/BOMTest.dgs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a0d72fabb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powerfactory/powerfactory-dgs/src/test/resources/BOMTest.dgs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+$$General;ID(a:40);Descr(a:40);Val(a:40)
+ 1;Version;5.0