diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
index fbb665f9c54c..5813e05e930b 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/VfsUtilCore.java
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ public class VfsUtilCore {
   @NotNull
   public static VirtualFile copyFile(Object requestor, @NotNull VirtualFile file, @NotNull VirtualFile toDir, @NotNull String newName) throws IOException {
     VirtualFile newChild = toDir.createChildData(requestor, newName);
+    newChild.setBOM(file.getBOM());
     newChild.setBinaryContent(file.contentsToByteArray(), -1, -1, requestor);
     return newChild;
   }