diff --git a/src/boot/sysobj.reb b/src/boot/sysobj.reb
index abbbf5db19..e1d59a0712 100644
--- a/src/boot/sysobj.reb
+++ b/src/boot/sysobj.reb
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ modules: object [
 	httpd:            https://src.rebol.tech/modules/httpd.reb
 	prebol:           https://src.rebol.tech/modules/prebol.reb
 	spotify:          https://src.rebol.tech/modules/spotify.reb
+	unicode-utils:    https://src.rebol.tech/modules/unicode-utils.reb
 	daytime:          https://src.rebol.tech/mezz/prot-daytime.reb
 	mail:             https://src.rebol.tech/mezz/prot-mail.reb
 	mysql:            https://src.rebol.tech/mezz/prot-mysql.reb
diff --git a/src/modules/unicode-utils.reb b/src/modules/unicode-utils.reb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a47ede153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/unicode-utils.reb
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Rebol [
+	title: "Unicode utils"
+	name:   unicode-utils
+	type:   module
+	version: 0.1.0
+	exports: [decode-utf8]
+	author: @Oldes
+	file: %unicode-utils.reb
+	home: https://src.rebol.tech/modules/unicode-utils.reb
+	note: {
+		Based on Bjoern Hoehrmann's C code: 
+		Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
+		See http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/ for details.
+	}
+]
+
+decode-utf8: closure/with [
+	"Converts UTF8 encoded binary to Rebol string ignoring chars outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)."
+	bin [binary! file! url!] "Source data in the UTF-8 encoding"
+	/html "Converts chars over BMP to HTML entities instead of ignoring these"
+][
+	unless binary? bin [bin: read/binary bin]
+	state: UTF8_ACCEPT
+	codep: 0
+	str: make string! length? bin
+	foreach byte bin [
+		if byte < 128 [ append str to char! byte continue]
+		type: pickz utf8d byte
+		codep: either state = UTF8_ACCEPT [
+			(0#ff >> type) & byte
+		][
+			(byte & 0#3f) | (codep << 6)
+		]
+		state: pickz utf8d (256 + state + type)
+		if state = UTF8_ACCEPT [
+			case [
+				codep <= 0#FFFF [ append str to char! codep ]
+				html [ append str ajoin ["&#" codep #";"]   ]
+			]
+			codep: 0
+		]
+	]
+	str
+][
+	utf8d: #[u8! [
+		;; The first part of the table maps bytes to character classes that
+		;; to reduce the size of the transition table and create bitmasks.
+		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
+		 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 
+		 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 
+		 8 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2   2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
+		10 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3  11 6 6 6 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 
+
+		;; The second part is a transition table that maps a combination
+		;; of a state of the automaton and a character class to a state.
+		 0 12 24 36 60 96 84 12 12 12 48 72  12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 
+		12  0 12 12 12 12 12  0 12  0 12 12  12 24 12 12 12 12 12 24 12 24 12 12 
+		12 12 12 12 12 12 12 24 12 12 12 12  12 24 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 24 12 12 
+		12 12 12 12 12 12 12 36 12 36 12 12  12 36 12 12 12 12 12 36 12 36 12 12 
+		12 36 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12  
+	]]
+
+	UTF8_ACCEPT: 0
+	UTF8_REJECT: 12
+]
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