diff --git a/src/cfgparse.l b/src/cfgparse.l
index 7880ef7c..3ca8dcbd 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.l
+++ b/src/cfgparse.l
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %%
 <BIND_A2WS_COND>[^\n]+          { BEGIN(INITIAL); yylval.string = strdup(yytext); return STR; }
-^#[^\n]*                        { return TOKCOMMENT; }
+^[ \t]*#[^\n]*                  { return TOKCOMMENT; }
 <COLOR_COND>[0-9a-fA-F]+        { yylval.string = strdup(yytext); return HEX; }
 [0-9]+                          { yylval.number = atoi(yytext); return NUMBER; }
 bind                            { BEGIN(BIND_COND); return TOKBIND; }