diff --git a/tools/importobj.c b/tools/importobj.c
index c629f7f..61d7436 100644
--- a/tools/importobj.c
+++ b/tools/importobj.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ while(NULL!=(cptr=fgets(line, LINE_SZ, fpin))) {
 		// fprintf(stderr, "no token ?\n");
 		continue;
 		}
+	if ('#' == cptr[0]) {				// found a comment
+		fprintf(stderr, "  %s\n", cptr);
+		continue;
+		}
 	token = cptr;
 	tokenid = type_of_the_line(cptr);
 	if (verbosity > 1)