diff --git a/json11.cpp b/json11.cpp
index 0aa125b..ebd7e93 100644
--- a/json11.cpp
+++ b/json11.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ struct JsonParser {
     size_t i;
     string &err;
     bool failed;
+    const JsonParse strategy;
 
     /* fail(msg, err_ret = Json())
      *
@@ -364,13 +365,74 @@ struct JsonParser {
             i++;
     }
 
+    /* consume_comment()
+     *
+     * Advance comments (c-style inline and multiline).
+     */
+    bool consume_comment() {
+      bool comment_found = false;
+      if (str[i] == '/') {
+        i++;
+        if (i == str.size())
+          return fail("unexpected end of input inside comment", 0);
+        if (str[i] == '/') { // inline comment
+          i++;
+          if (i == str.size())
+            return fail("unexpected end of input inside inline comment", 0);
+          // advance until next line
+          while (str[i] != '\n') {
+            i++;
+            if (i == str.size())
+              return fail("unexpected end of input inside inline comment", 0);
+          }
+          comment_found = true;
+        }
+        else if (str[i] == '*') { // multiline comment
+          i++;
+          if (i > str.size()-2)
+            return fail("unexpected end of input inside multi-line comment", 0);
+          // advance until closing tokens
+          while (!(str[i] == '*' && str[i+1] == '/')) {
+            i++;
+            if (i > str.size()-2)
+              return fail(
+                "unexpected end of input inside multi-line comment", 0);
+          }
+          i += 2;
+          if (i == str.size())
+            return fail(
+              "unexpected end of input inside multi-line comment", 0);
+          comment_found = true;
+        }
+        else
+          return fail("malformed comment", 0);
+      }
+      return comment_found;
+    }
+
+    /* consume_garbage()
+     *
+     * Advance until the current character is non-whitespace and non-comment.
+     */
+    void consume_garbage() {
+      consume_whitespace();
+      if(strategy == JsonParse::COMMENTS) {
+        bool comment_found = false;
+        do {
+          comment_found = consume_comment();
+          consume_whitespace();
+        }
+        while(comment_found);
+      }
+    }
+
     /* get_next_token()
      *
      * Return the next non-whitespace character. If the end of the input is reached,
      * flag an error and return 0.
      */
     char get_next_token() {
-        consume_whitespace();
+        consume_garbage();
         if (i == str.size())
             return fail("unexpected end of input", 0);
 
@@ -657,12 +719,12 @@ struct JsonParser {
     }
 };
 
-Json Json::parse(const string &in, string &err) {
-    JsonParser parser { in, 0, err, false };
+Json Json::parse(const string &in, string &err, JsonParse strategy) {
+    JsonParser parser { in, 0, err, false, strategy };
     Json result = parser.parse_json(0);
 
     // Check for any trailing garbage
-    parser.consume_whitespace();
+    parser.consume_garbage();
     if (parser.i != in.size())
         return parser.fail("unexpected trailing " + esc(in[parser.i]));
 
@@ -670,14 +732,16 @@ Json Json::parse(const string &in, string &err) {
 }
 
 // Documented in json11.hpp
-vector<Json> Json::parse_multi(const string &in, string &err) {
-    JsonParser parser { in, 0, err, false };
+vector<Json> Json::parse_multi(const string &in,
+                               string &err,
+                               JsonParse strategy) {
+    JsonParser parser { in, 0, err, false, strategy };
 
     vector<Json> json_vec;
     while (parser.i != in.size() && !parser.failed) {
         json_vec.push_back(parser.parse_json(0));
         // Check for another object
-        parser.consume_whitespace();
+        parser.consume_garbage();
     }
     return json_vec;
 }
diff --git a/json11.hpp b/json11.hpp
index fe9bba4..a99e241 100644
--- a/json11.hpp
+++ b/json11.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 
 namespace json11 {
 
+enum JsonParse {
+    STANDARD, COMMENTS
+};
+
 class JsonValue;
 
 class Json final {
@@ -145,17 +149,24 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Parse. If parse fails, return Json() and assign an error message to err.
-    static Json parse(const std::string & in, std::string & err);
-    static Json parse(const char * in, std::string & err) {
+    static Json parse(const std::string & in,
+                      std::string & err,
+                      JsonParse strategy = JsonParse::STANDARD);
+    static Json parse(const char * in,
+                      std::string & err,
+                      JsonParse strategy = JsonParse::STANDARD) {
         if (in) {
-            return parse(std::string(in), err);
+            return parse(std::string(in), err, strategy);
         } else {
             err = "null input";
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
     // Parse multiple objects, concatenated or separated by whitespace
-    static std::vector<Json> parse_multi(const std::string & in, std::string & err);
+    static std::vector<Json> parse_multi(
+        const std::string & in,
+        std::string & err,
+        JsonParse strategy = JsonParse::STANDARD);
 
     bool operator== (const Json &rhs) const;
     bool operator<  (const Json &rhs) const;
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 8b62aeb..bd60705 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,86 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         std::cout << "    - " << k.dump() << "\n";
     }
 
+    const string comment_test = R"({
+      // comment /* with nested comment */
+      "a": 1,
+      // comment
+      // continued
+      "b": "text",
+      /* multi
+         line
+         comment */
+      // and single-line comment
+      "c": [1, 2, 3]
+    })";
+
+    string err_comment;
+    auto json_comment = Json::parse(
+      comment_test, err_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
+    string failing_comment_test = R"({
+      /* bad comment
+      "a": 1,
+    })";
+
+    string err_failing_comment;
+    auto json_failing_comment = Json::parse(
+      failing_comment_test, err_failing_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_failing_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_failing_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_failing_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
+    failing_comment_test = R"({
+      / / bad comment })";
+
+    json_failing_comment = Json::parse(
+      failing_comment_test, err_failing_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_failing_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_failing_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_failing_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
+    failing_comment_test = R"({// bad comment })";
+
+    json_failing_comment = Json::parse(
+      failing_comment_test, err_failing_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_failing_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_failing_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_failing_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
+    failing_comment_test = R"({
+          "a": 1
+        }/)";
+
+    json_failing_comment = Json::parse(
+      failing_comment_test, err_failing_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_failing_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_failing_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_failing_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
+    failing_comment_test = R"({/* bad
+                                  comment *})";
+
+    json_failing_comment = Json::parse(
+      failing_comment_test, err_failing_comment, JsonParse::COMMENTS);
+    if (!err_failing_comment.empty()) {
+        printf("Failed: %s\n", err_failing_comment.c_str());
+    } else {
+        printf("Result: %s\n", json_failing_comment.dump().c_str());
+    }
+
     std::list<int> l1 { 1, 2, 3 };
     std::vector<int> l2 { 1, 2, 3 };
     std::set<int> l3 { 1, 2, 3 };