diff --git a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
index 02c3662f..b7196e28 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/ltmpl.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class LoraxTemplate(object):
         lines = map(lambda line: line.strip(), lines)
         lines = filter(lambda line: line, lines)
 
+        # remove comments
+        lines = filter(lambda line: not line.startswith("#"), lines)
+
         # mako template now returns unicode strings
         lines = map(lambda line: line.encode("ascii"), lines)