diff --git a/lumps/fraggle/freedm.bex b/lumps/fraggle/freedm.bex
index 6f206f03..7890a4be 100644
--- a/lumps/fraggle/freedm.bex
+++ b/lumps/fraggle/freedm.bex
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Patch File for DeHackEd v3.0
+
+# This is a magic comment recognized by Chocolate Doom, so that the
+# BEX [STRINGS] section below will be parsed:
+#
+#   *allow-extended-strings*
+
 [PARS]
 # Par times don't matter so much for FreeDM, just set all to zero.
 par  1 0
diff --git a/lumps/fraggle/freedoom.bex b/lumps/fraggle/freedoom.bex
index 94464546..24b46cbd 100644
--- a/lumps/fraggle/freedoom.bex
+++ b/lumps/fraggle/freedoom.bex
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Patch File for DeHackEd v3.0
+
+# This is a magic comment recognized by Chocolate Doom, so that the
+# BEX [STRINGS] section below will be parsed:
+#
+#   *allow-extended-strings*
+
 [PARS]
 # Par times. The BEX format requires these to be specified in number
 # of seconds, but for convenience we include the min:sec value in a