2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index d15034f..da74729 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 
+import getopt
 import os
 import os.path
-import sys
-import getopt
 import re
 import socket
-import time
+import subprocess
+import sys
 import threading
+import time
+import tokenize
 import traceback
 import types
-import subprocess
 
 import linecache
 from code import InteractiveInterpreter
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ class ModifiedInterpreter(InteractiveInterpreter):
     def execfile(self, filename, source=None):
         "Execute an existing file"
         if source is None:
-            with open(filename, "r") as fp:
+            with tokenize.open(filename) as fp:
                 source = fp.read()
         try:
             code = compile(source, filename, "exec")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b17c58f..c74cb55 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12636: IDLE reads the coding cookie when executing a Python script.
+
 - Issue #10946: The distutils commands bdist_dumb, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi
   now respect a --skip-build option given to bdist.