diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
index 1c8344f6..8a7525df 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
@@ -1,40 +1,39 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
 (function() {
-  var Lexer, RESERVED, compile, fs, lexer, parser, path, stripBOM, vm, _ref,
+  var Lexer, compile, ext, extensions, fs, lexer, loadFile, parser, path, vm, _i, _len,
+    __indexOf = [].indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; },
     __hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty;
 
   fs = require('fs');
 
   path = require('path');
 
-  _ref = require('./lexer'), Lexer = _ref.Lexer, RESERVED = _ref.RESERVED;
+  Lexer = require('./lexer').Lexer;
 
   parser = require('./parser').parser;
 
   vm = require('vm');
 
-  stripBOM = function(content) {
-    if (content.charCodeAt(0) === 0xFEFF) {
-      return content.substring(1);
-    } else {
-      return content;
-    }
+  extensions = ['.coffee', '.litcoffee'];
+
+  loadFile = function(module, filename) {
+    var raw, stripped;
+    raw = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
+    stripped = raw.charCodeAt(0) === 0xFEFF ? raw.substring(1) : raw;
+    return module._compile(compile(stripped, {
+      filename: filename
+    }), filename);
   };
 
   if (require.extensions) {
-    require.extensions['.coffee'] = function(module, filename) {
-      var content;
-      content = compile(stripBOM(fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8')), {
-        filename: filename
-      });
-      return module._compile(content, filename);
-    };
+    for (_i = 0, _len = extensions.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+      ext = extensions[_i];
+      require.extensions[ext] = loadFile;
+    }
   }
 
   exports.VERSION = '1.3.3';
 
-  exports.RESERVED = RESERVED;
-
   exports.helpers = require('./helpers');
 
   exports.compile = compile = function(code, options) {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@
   };
 
   exports.run = function(code, options) {
-    var mainModule;
+    var mainModule, _ref;
     if (options == null) {
       options = {};
     }
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@
     mainModule.filename = process.argv[1] = options.filename ? fs.realpathSync(options.filename) : '.';
     mainModule.moduleCache && (mainModule.moduleCache = {});
     mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(path.dirname(fs.realpathSync(options.filename)));
-    if (path.extname(mainModule.filename) !== '.coffee' || require.extensions) {
+    if ((_ref = path.extname(mainModule.filename), __indexOf.call(extensions, _ref) < 0) || require.extensions) {
       return mainModule._compile(compile(code, options), mainModule.filename);
     } else {
       return mainModule._compile(code, mainModule.filename);
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@
   };
 
   exports["eval"] = function(code, options) {
-    var Module, Script, js, k, o, r, sandbox, v, _i, _len, _module, _ref1, _ref2, _require;
+    var Module, Script, js, k, o, r, sandbox, v, _j, _len1, _module, _ref, _ref1, _require;
     if (options == null) {
       options = {};
     }
@@ -101,10 +100,10 @@
           sandbox = options.sandbox;
         } else {
           sandbox = Script.createContext();
-          _ref1 = options.sandbox;
-          for (k in _ref1) {
-            if (!__hasProp.call(_ref1, k)) continue;
-            v = _ref1[k];
+          _ref = options.sandbox;
+          for (k in _ref) {
+            if (!__hasProp.call(_ref, k)) continue;
+            v = _ref[k];
             sandbox[k] = v;
           }
         }
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@
           return Module._load(path, _module, true);
         };
         _module.filename = sandbox.__filename;
-        _ref2 = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(require);
-        for (_i = 0, _len = _ref2.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
-          r = _ref2[_i];
+        _ref1 = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(require);
+        for (_j = 0, _len1 = _ref1.length; _j < _len1; _j++) {
+          r = _ref1[_j];
           if (r !== 'paths') {
             _require[r] = require[r];
           }
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@
 
   parser.lexer = {
     lex: function() {
-      var tag, _ref1;
-      _ref1 = this.tokens[this.pos++] || [''], tag = _ref1[0], this.yytext = _ref1[1], this.yylineno = _ref1[2];
+      var tag, _ref;
+      _ref = this.tokens[this.pos++] || [''], tag = _ref[0], this.yytext = _ref[1], this.yylineno = _ref[2];
       return tag;
     },
     setInput: function(tokens) {
diff --git a/src/coffee-script.coffee b/src/coffee-script.coffee
index 2c989079..02563e7a 100644
--- a/src/coffee-script.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-script.coffee
@@ -6,26 +6,28 @@
 # If included on a webpage, it will automatically sniff out, compile, and
 # execute all scripts present in `text/coffeescript` tags.
 
-fs               = require 'fs'
-path             = require 'path'
-{Lexer,RESERVED} = require './lexer'
-{parser}         = require './parser'
-vm               = require 'vm'
+fs        = require 'fs'
+path      = require 'path'
+{Lexer}   = require './lexer'
+{parser}  = require './parser'
+vm        = require 'vm'
 
-stripBOM = (content) ->
-  if content.charCodeAt(0) is 0xFEFF then content.substring 1 else content
+# The file extensions that are considered to be CoffeeScript.
+extensions = ['.coffee', '.litcoffee']
+  
+# Load and run a CoffeeScript file for Node, stripping any `BOM`s.
+loadFile = (module, filename) ->
+  raw = fs.readFileSync filename, 'utf8'
+  stripped = if raw.charCodeAt(0) is 0xFEFF then raw.substring 1 else raw
+  module._compile compile(stripped, {filename}), filename
 
 if require.extensions
-  require.extensions['.coffee'] = (module, filename) ->
-    content = compile stripBOM(fs.readFileSync filename, 'utf8'), {filename}
-    module._compile content, filename
+  for ext in extensions
+    require.extensions[ext] = loadFile
 
 # The current CoffeeScript version number.
 exports.VERSION = '1.3.3'
 
-# Words that cannot be used as identifiers in CoffeeScript code
-exports.RESERVED = RESERVED
-
 # Expose helpers for testing.
 exports.helpers = require './helpers'
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ exports.run = (code, options = {}) ->
   mainModule.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths path.dirname fs.realpathSync options.filename
 
   # Compile.
-  if path.extname(mainModule.filename) isnt '.coffee' or require.extensions
+  if (path.extname(mainModule.filename) not in extensions) or require.extensions
     mainModule._compile compile(code, options), mainModule.filename
   else
     mainModule._compile code, mainModule.filename