diff --git a/lapi.c b/lapi.c
index 7e88dc03..680ce9e1 100644
--- a/lapi.c
+++ b/lapi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lapi.c,v 1.193 2002/05/27 20:35:40 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lapi.c,v 1.194 2002/06/03 17:46:34 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -564,13 +564,15 @@ LUA_API int lua_pcall (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults, int errf) {
 
 
 LUA_API int lua_load (lua_State *L, lua_Getblock getblock, void *ud,
-                      int binary, const char *chunkname) {
+                      const char *chunkname) {
   ZIO z;
   int status;
+  int c;
   lua_lock(L);
   if (!chunkname) chunkname = "?";
   luaZ_init(&z, getblock, ud, chunkname);
-  status = luaD_protectedparser(L, &z, binary);
+  c = luaZ_lookahead(&z);
+  status = luaD_protectedparser(L, &z, (c == LUA_SIGNATURE[0]));
   lua_unlock(L);
   return status;
 }
diff --git a/lua.h b/lua.h
index 6277b98c..c2456039 100644
--- a/lua.h
+++ b/lua.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lua.h,v 1.134 2002/05/23 20:29:05 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lua.h,v 1.135 2002/06/03 17:46:34 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua - An Extensible Extension Language
 ** Tecgraf: Grupo de Tecnologia em Computacao Grafica, PUC-Rio, Brazil
 ** e-mail: info@lua.org
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ LUA_API void  lua_setmetatable (lua_State *L, int objindex);
 LUA_API void  lua_rawcall (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults);
 LUA_API int   lua_pcall (lua_State *L, int nargs, int nresults, int errf);
 LUA_API int   lua_load (lua_State *L, lua_Getblock getblock, void *ud,
-                        int binary, const char *chunkname);
+                        const char *chunkname);
 
 
 /*
@@ -291,9 +291,6 @@ LUA_API int lua_pushupvalues (lua_State *L);
 ** =======================================================================
 */
 
-/* binary files start with <esc>Lua */
-#define	LUA_SIGNATURE	"\033Lua"
-
 /* formats for Lua numbers */
 #ifndef LUA_NUMBER_SCAN
 #define LUA_NUMBER_SCAN		"%lf"
diff --git a/lundump.h b/lundump.h
index 6c647acf..473da103 100644
--- a/lundump.h
+++ b/lundump.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lundump.h,v 1.23 2001/07/12 19:34:03 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lundump.h,v 1.24 2002/06/03 17:46:34 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** load pre-compiled Lua chunks
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ int luaU_endianness (void);
 /* multiplying by 1E8 gives non-trivial integer values */
 #define	TEST_NUMBER	3.14159265358979323846E8
 
+/* binary files start with <esc>Lua */
+#define	LUA_SIGNATURE	"\033Lua"
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lzio.c b/lzio.c
index 3e3610c9..fe0e18cd 100644
--- a/lzio.c
+++ b/lzio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lzio.c,v 1.16 2002/04/29 12:37:41 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lzio.c,v 1.17 2002/06/03 17:46:34 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** a generic input stream interface
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ int luaZ_fill (ZIO *z) {
 }
 
 
+int luaZ_lookahead (ZIO *z) {
+  if (z->n == 0) {
+    int c = luaZ_fill(z);
+    if (c == EOZ) return c;
+    z->n++;
+    z->p--;
+  }
+  return *z->p;
+}
+
+
 void luaZ_init (ZIO *z, lua_Getblock getblock, void *ud, const char *name) {
   z->getblock = getblock;
   z->ud = ud;
diff --git a/lzio.h b/lzio.h
index 9ffbbf8a..e24c4f0e 100644
--- a/lzio.h
+++ b/lzio.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lzio.h,v 1.9 2002/04/29 12:37:41 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lzio.h,v 1.10 2002/06/03 17:46:34 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Buffered streams
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef struct zio ZIO;
 
 void luaZ_init (ZIO *z, lua_Getblock getblock, void *ud, const char *name);
 size_t luaZ_zread (ZIO* z, void* b, size_t n);	/* read next n bytes */
+int luaZ_lookahead (ZIO *z);
 
 
 /* --------- Private Part ------------------ */