diff --git a/test/fixtures/file-to-read-with-bom.txt b/test/fixtures/file-to-read-with-bom.txt
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+++ b/test/fixtures/file-to-read-with-bom.txt
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+abc
+def
+ghi
diff --git a/test/fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt b/test/fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt
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+++ b/test/fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt
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+abc
+def
+ghi
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-preprocess.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-preprocess.js
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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const rl = require('readline');
+
+const BOM = '\uFEFF';
+
+// Get the data using a non-stream way to compare with the streamed data.
+const modelData = fs.readFileSync(
+  path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'file-to-read-without-bom.txt'), 'utf8'
+);
+const modelDataFirstCharacter = modelData[0];
+
+// Detect the number of forthcoming 'line' events for mustCall() 'expected' arg.
+const lineCount = modelData.match(/\n/g).length;
+
+// Ensure both without-bom and with-bom test files are textwise equal.
+assert.strictEqual(
+  fs.readFileSync(
+    path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'file-to-read-with-bom.txt'), 'utf8'
+  ),
+  `${BOM}${modelData}`
+);
+
+// An unjustified BOM stripping with a non-BOM character unshifted to a stream.
+const inputWithoutBOM = fs.createReadStream(
+  path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'file-to-read-without-bom.txt'), 'utf8'
+);
+
+inputWithoutBOM.once('readable', common.mustCall(() => {
+  const maybeBOM = inputWithoutBOM.read(1);
+  assert.strictEqual(maybeBOM, modelDataFirstCharacter);
+  assert.notStrictEqual(maybeBOM, BOM);
+
+  inputWithoutBOM.unshift(maybeBOM);
+
+  let streamedData = '';
+  rl.createInterface({
+    input: inputWithoutBOM,
+  }).on('line', common.mustCall((line) => {
+    streamedData += `${line}\n`;
+  }, lineCount)).on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(streamedData, modelData);
+  }));
+}));
+
+// A justified BOM stripping.
+const inputWithBOM = fs.createReadStream(
+  path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'file-to-read-with-bom.txt'), 'utf8'
+);
+
+inputWithBOM.once('readable', common.mustCall(() => {
+  const maybeBOM = inputWithBOM.read(1);
+  assert.strictEqual(maybeBOM, BOM);
+
+  let streamedData = '';
+  rl.createInterface({
+    input: inputWithBOM,
+  }).on('line', common.mustCall((line) => {
+    streamedData += `${line}\n`;
+  }, lineCount)).on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(streamedData, modelData);
+  }));
+}));