diff --git a/std/encoding.d b/std/encoding.d
index b2acf2f71..c4b475888 100644
--- a/std/encoding.d
+++ b/std/encoding.d
@@ -3361,3 +3361,175 @@ version(unittest)
         return "0123456789ABCDEF"[n & 0xF];
     }
 }
+
+import std.typecons;
+
+/** Definitions of common Byte Order Marks.
+The elements of the $(D enum) can used as indices into $(D bomTable) to get
+matching $(D BOMSeq).
+*/
+enum BOM
+{
+    none      = 0,  /// no BOM was found
+    utf32be   = 1,  /// [0x00, 0x00, 0xFE, 0xFF]
+    utf32le   = 2,  /// [0xFF, 0xFE, 0x00, 0x00]
+    utf7      = 3,  /*  [0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x38]
+                        [0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x39],
+                        [0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x2B],
+                        [0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x2F],
+                        [0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x38, 0x2D]
+                    */
+    utf1      = 8,  /// [0xF7, 0x64, 0x4C]
+    utfebcdic = 9,  /// [0xDD, 0x73, 0x66, 0x73]
+    scsu      = 10, /// [0x0E, 0xFE, 0xFF]
+    bocu1     = 11, /// [0xFB, 0xEE, 0x28]
+    gb18030   = 12, /// [0x84, 0x31, 0x95, 0x33]
+    utf8      = 13, /// [0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF]
+    utf16be   = 14, /// [0xFE, 0xFF]
+    utf16le   = 15  /// [0xFF, 0xFE]
+}
+
+/// The type stored inside $(D bomTable).
+alias BOMSeq = Tuple!(BOM, "schema", ubyte[], "sequence");
+
+/** Mapping of a byte sequence to $(B Byte Order Mark (BOM))
+*/
+immutable bomTable = [
+    BOMSeq(BOM.none, null),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf32be, cast(ubyte[])([0x00, 0x00, 0xFE, 0xFF])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf32le, cast(ubyte[])([0xFF, 0xFE, 0x00, 0x00])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf7, cast(ubyte[])([0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x39])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf7, cast(ubyte[])([0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x2B])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf7, cast(ubyte[])([0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x2F])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf7, cast(ubyte[])([0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x38, 0x2D])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf7, cast(ubyte[])([0x2B, 0x2F, 0x76, 0x38])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf1, cast(ubyte[])([0xF7, 0x64, 0x4C])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utfebcdic, cast(ubyte[])([0xDD, 0x73, 0x66, 0x73])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.scsu, cast(ubyte[])([0x0E, 0xFE, 0xFF])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.bocu1, cast(ubyte[])([0xFB, 0xEE, 0x28])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.gb18030, cast(ubyte[])([0x84, 0x31, 0x95, 0x33])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf8, cast(ubyte[])([0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf16be, cast(ubyte[])([0xFE, 0xFF])),
+    BOMSeq(BOM.utf16le, cast(ubyte[])([0xFF, 0xFE]))
+];
+
+/** Returns a $(D BOMSeq) for a given $(D input).
+If no $(D BOM) is present the $(D BOMSeq) for $(D BOM.none) is
+returned. The $(D BOM) sequence at the beginning of the range will
+not be comsumed from the passed range. If you pass a reference type
+range make sure that $(D save) creates a deep copy.
+
+Params:
+    input = The sequence to check for the $(D BOM)
+
+Returns:
+    the found $(D BOMSeq) corresponding to the passed $(D input).
+*/
+immutable(BOMSeq) getBOM(Range)(Range input)
+        if (isForwardRange!Range && is(Unqual!(ElementType!Range) == ubyte))
+{
+    import std.algorithm.searching : startsWith;
+    foreach (it; bomTable[1 .. $])
+    {
+        if (startsWith(input.save, it.sequence))
+        {
+            return it;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bomTable[0];
+}
+
+///
+unittest
+{
+    import std.format : format;
+
+    auto ts = dchar(0x0000FEFF) ~ "Hello World"d;
+
+    auto entry = getBOM(cast(ubyte[])ts);
+    version(BigEndian)
+    {
+        assert(entry.schema == BOM.utf32be, format("%s", entry.schema));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        assert(entry.schema == BOM.utf32le, format("%s", entry.schema));
+    }
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+    import std.format : format;
+
+    foreach (idx, it; bomTable)
+    {
+        auto s = it[1] ~ cast(ubyte[])"hello world";
+        auto i = getBOM(s);
+        assert(i[0] == bomTable[idx][0]);
+
+        if (idx < 4 || idx > 7) // get around the multiple utf7 bom's
+        {
+            assert(i[0] == BOM.init + idx);
+            assert(i[1] == it[1]);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+unittest
+{
+    struct BOMInputRange
+    {
+        ubyte[] arr;
+
+        @property ubyte front()
+        {
+            return this.arr.front;
+        }
+
+        @property bool empty()
+        {
+            return this.arr.empty;
+        }
+
+        void popFront()
+        {
+            this.arr = this.arr[1 .. $];
+        }
+
+        @property typeof(this) save()
+        {
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static assert( isInputRange!BOMInputRange);
+    static assert(!isArray!BOMInputRange);
+
+    ubyte[] dummyEnd = [0,0,0,0];
+
+    foreach (idx, it; bomTable[1 .. $])
+    {
+        {
+            auto ir = BOMInputRange(it.sequence.dup);
+
+            auto b = getBOM(ir);
+            assert(b.schema == it.schema);
+            assert(ir.arr == it.sequence);
+        }
+
+        {
+            auto noBom = it.sequence[0 .. 1].dup ~ dummyEnd;
+            size_t oldLen = noBom.length;
+            assert(oldLen - 4 < it.sequence.length);
+
+            auto ir = BOMInputRange(noBom.dup);
+            auto b = getBOM(ir);
+            assert(b.schema == BOM.none);
+            assert(noBom.length == oldLen);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** Constant defining a fully decoded BOM */
+enum dchar utfBOM = 0xfeff;