diff --git a/include/alex.cpp b/include/alex.cpp
index 3eceda40f..d159483b9 100755
--- a/include/alex.cpp
+++ b/include/alex.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <prefix.h>
 #include <reprint.h>
 #include <statbar.h>
+#include <utility.h>
 
 TVariant& TVariant_stack::peek(int depth)
 {
diff --git a/include/utility.cpp b/include/utility.cpp
index b1eef5ce1..deb495e89 100755
--- a/include/utility.cpp
+++ b/include/utility.cpp
@@ -494,3 +494,21 @@ const char * decode(
   return tmp; 
 }
 
+//salta gli spazi bianchi ad inizio file
+istream & eatwhite(istream & i)
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+  i.eatwhite();
+#else
+	char c;
+	while (i.get(c))
+	{
+		if (!isspace(c))
+		{
+			i.putback(c);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+  return i;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/utility.h b/include/utility.h
index 8d2ead650..814f84352 100755
--- a/include/utility.h
+++ b/include/utility.h
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include <stdtypes.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __INCSTR_H
+#include <../xvaga/incstr.h>
+#endif
+
 class TString_array;
 class TFilename;
 
@@ -33,6 +37,8 @@ inline bool is_not_slash(char s)  // @parm Carattere da confrontare
 const char* esc(const char* str);   // Trasforma le sequenze "\n" nel carattere '\n'
 const char* unesc(const char* str); // Trasforma i caratteri '\n' nella sequenza "\n"
 
+istream& eatwhite (istream& i);
+
 #define ODD(x)   (x & 1)
 #define EVEN(x) !(x & 1)