diff --git a/Source/lineparse.cpp b/Source/lineparse.cpp
index 5bdd7956..ba760105 100644
--- a/Source/lineparse.cpp
+++ b/Source/lineparse.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 LineParser::LineParser(bool bCommentBlock)
 {
   m_bCommentBlock=bCommentBlock;
+  m_incomment=false;
   m_nt=m_eat=0;
   m_tokens=0;
 }
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ LineParser::~LineParser()
   freetokens();
 }
 
+bool LineParser::inComment()
+{
+  return m_incomment;
+}
+
 bool LineParser::InCommentBlock()
 {
   return m_bCommentBlock;
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ void LineParser::freetokens()
 int LineParser::doline(char *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
 {
   m_nt=0;
+  m_incomment = false;
   while (*line == ' ' || *line == '\t') line++;
   while (*line)
   {
@@ -159,7 +166,11 @@ int LineParser::doline(char *line, int ignore_escaping/*=0*/)
     }
     else {
       int lstate=0; // 1=", 2=`, 4='
-      if (*line == ';' || *line == '#') break;
+      if (*line == ';' || *line == '#')
+      {
+        m_incomment = true;
+        break;
+      }
       if (*line == '/' && *(line+1) == '*')
       {
         m_bCommentBlock = true;
diff --git a/Source/lineparse.h b/Source/lineparse.h
index 6fc3bbca..953e778c 100644
--- a/Source/lineparse.h
+++ b/Source/lineparse.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class LineParser {
     LineParser(bool bCommentBlock);
     virtual ~LineParser();
 
+    bool inComment();
     bool InCommentBlock();
     int parse(char *line, int ignore_escaping=0); // returns -1 on error
     int getnumtokens();
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class LineParser {
     int m_eat;
     int m_nt;
     bool m_bCommentBlock;
+    bool m_incomment;
     char **m_tokens;
 };
 #endif//_LINEPARSE_H_
diff --git a/Source/script.cpp b/Source/script.cpp
index 000a64cc..fe8997ed 100644
--- a/Source/script.cpp
+++ b/Source/script.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ int CEXEBuild::doParse(const char *str)
 
   // keep waiting for more lines, if this line ends with a backslash
   if (str[0] && CharPrev(str,str+strlen(str))[0] == '\\')
+  {
+    line.parse((char*)m_linebuild.get());
+    if (line.inComment())
+    {
+      warning_fl("comment contains line-continuation character, following line will be ignored");
+    }
     return PS_OK;
+  }
 
   // parse before checking if the line should be ignored, so block comments won't be missed
   res=line.parse((char*)m_linebuild.get(),!strnicmp((char*)m_linebuild.get(),"!define",7));