1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/parse_config.c b/libbb/parse_config.c
index da7482c6d..eaf69d97f 100644
--- a/libbb/parse_config.c
+++ b/libbb/parse_config.c
@@ -161,13 +161,18 @@ mintokens > 0 make config_read() print error message if less than mintokens
 #undef config_read
 int FAST_FUNC config_read(parser_t *parser, char **tokens, unsigned flags, const char *delims)
 {
-        char *line;
+        char *line, *p;
         int ntokens, mintokens;
         int t;
+        char alt_comment_ch;
 
         if (!parser)
                 return 0;
 
+        alt_comment_ch = '\0';
+        if (flags & PARSE_ALT_COMMENTS)
+                alt_comment_ch = *delims++;
+
         ntokens = (uint8_t)flags;
         mintokens = (uint8_t)(flags >> 8);
 
@@ -184,7 +189,10 @@ int FAST_FUNC config_read(parser_t *parser, char **tokens, unsigned flags, const
         if (flags & PARSE_TRIM)
                 line += strspn(line, delims + 1);
 
-        if (line[0] == '\0' || line[0] == delims[0])
+        p = line;
+        if (flags & PARSE_WS_COMMENTS)
+                p = skip_whitespace(p);
+        if (p[0] == '\0' || p[0] == delims[0] || p[0] == alt_comment_ch)
                 goto again;
 
         if (flags & PARSE_KEEP_COPY) {