diff --git a/utils/tesseract/Makefile b/utils/tesseract/Makefile
index bd99117c6..b17443314 100644
--- a/utils/tesseract/Makefile
+++ b/utils/tesseract/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
 
+define Build/Prepare
+	$(call Build/Prepare/Default)
+	$(SED) '1s/^\xEF\xBB\xBF//' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ccutil/strngs.h 
+endef
+
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/tesseract $(1)/usr/include/