diff --git a/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/expected.txt b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a728a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ IDENTIFIER<comment_on_this_line> EOL
+ IDENTIFIER<none_on_this_one> EOL
+ EOL
+ EOL
+ EOF
diff --git a/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/info.txt b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/info.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0691248
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+++ b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/info.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test to make sure that comments are stripped out.
diff --git a/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/input b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/input
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index 0000000..6736c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/input
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+comment_on_this_line # this is a "comment" (with / a bunch) # \\ of stuff \
+none_on_this_one
+# beginning of line
+                         # preceded by whitespace
diff --git a/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/run b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/run
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index 0000000..35c4a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amend/tests/004-lex-comment/run
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+amend --debug-lex input