diff --git a/packages/babel/scripts/build-dist.sh b/packages/babel/scripts/build-dist.sh
index a2c7845393..3993f3235f 100755
--- a/packages/babel/scripts/build-dist.sh
+++ b/packages/babel/scripts/build-dist.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ node scripts/cache-templates
 node $BROWSERIFY_CMD -e lib/polyfill.js >dist/polyfill.js
 node $UGLIFY_CMD dist/polyfill.js >dist/polyfill.min.js
 
-node $BROWSERIFY_CMD lib/api/browser.js -s babel $BROWSERIFY_IGNORE >dist/browser.js
-node $UGLIFY_CMD dist/browser.js >dist/browser.min.js
+# Add a Unicode BOM so browsers will interpret the file as UTF-8
+printf '\xEF\xBB\xBF' > dist/browser.js
+node $BROWSERIFY_CMD lib/api/browser.js -s babel $BROWSERIFY_IGNORE >>dist/browser.js
+printf '\xEF\xBB\xBF' > dist/browser.min.js
+node $UGLIFY_CMD dist/browser.js >>dist/browser.min.js
 
 node $BROWSERIFY_CMD lib/api/node.js --node $BROWSERIFY_IGNORE >dist/node.js