diff --git a/spec/license_bom_spec.rb b/spec/license_bom_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..883d68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/license_bom_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "byte order marks" do
+  Dir["#{licenses_path}/*.txt"].each do |file|
+    context "the #{File.basename(file, ".txt")} license" do
+      it "does not begin with a byte order mark" do
+        bom = !!(File.open(file).read =~ /\A\xEF\xBB\xBF/)
+        msg = "License file begins with a Byte Order Mark. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/1068700."
+        expect(bom).to eql(false), msg
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/license_spec.rb b/spec/license_spec.rb
index 4cfb741..07d944c 100644
--- a/spec/license_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/license_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe "licenses" do
 
+  it "matches the number of files in the _licenses folder" do
+    expect(licenses.count).to eql(Dir["#{licenses_path}/*.txt"].count)
+  end
+
   licenses.each do |license|
 
     context "The #{license["title"]} license" do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 6341223..64f8cb0 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ def source
   File.expand_path("../", File.dirname(__FILE__))
 end
 
+def licenses_path
+  File.expand_path "_licenses", source
+end
+
 def config
   config = Jekyll::Configuration.new.read_config_file config_file
   config = Jekyll::Utils.deep_merge_hashes(config, {:source => source})