diff --git a/pmd-lua/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/antlr4/Lua.g4 b/pmd-lua/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/antlr4/Lua.g4
index 2c2603c0a2..fc94fa1b50 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/antlr4/Lua.g4
+++ b/pmd-lua/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/lua/antlr4/Lua.g4
@@ -469,11 +469,11 @@ CLOSE_PARENS
     ;
 
 NL
-	: '\r\n' | '\r' | '\n'
-	| '\u0085' // <Next Line CHARACTER (U+0085)>'
-	| '\u2028' //'<Line Separator CHARACTER (U+2028)>'
-	| '\u2029' //'<Paragraph Separator CHARACTER (U+2029)>'
-	;
+    : '\r\n' | '\r' | '\n'
+    | '\u0085' // <Next Line CHARACTER (U+0085)>'
+    | '\u2028' //'<Line Separator CHARACTER (U+2028)>'
+    | '\u2029' //'<Paragraph Separator CHARACTER (U+2029)>'
+    ;
 
 COMMA
     : ','
@@ -525,6 +525,11 @@ HexDigit
     : [0-9a-fA-F]
     ;
 
+fragment
+StartingSingleCommentLineInputCharacter
+    : ~[[\r\n\u0085\u2028\u2029]
+    ;
+
 fragment
 SingleLineInputCharacter
     : ~[\r\n\u0085\u2028\u2029]
@@ -535,7 +540,7 @@ COMMENT
     ;
 
 LINE_COMMENT
-    : '--' SingleLineInputCharacter* -> channel(HIDDEN)
+    : '--' (NL | StartingSingleCommentLineInputCharacter SingleLineInputCharacter*) -> channel(HIDDEN)
     ;
 
 WS
diff --git a/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java
index 83b39442a1..fb77931286 100644
--- a/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-lua/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/LuaTokenizerTest.java
@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@ public class LuaTokenizerTest extends CpdTextComparisonTest {
     public void testRegression() {
         doTest("luauTypes");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComment() {
+        doTest("comment");
+    }
 }