diff --git a/src/org/mozilla/javascript/TokenStream.java b/src/org/mozilla/javascript/TokenStream.java
index 15ad0ae5a0..22f3b51983 100644
--- a/src/org/mozilla/javascript/TokenStream.java
+++ b/src/org/mozilla/javascript/TokenStream.java
@@ -1115,6 +1115,10 @@ final int getToken() throws IOException {
                 String str = getStringFromBuffer();
                 this.string = (String) allStrings.intern(str);
                 return Token.STRING;
+            } else if (c == '#' && cursor == 1 && peekChar() == '!' && !this.parser.calledByCompileFunction) {
+                // #! hashbang: only on the first line of a Script, no leading whitespace
+                skipLine();
+                return Token.COMMENT;
             }
 
             switch (c) {
diff --git a/testsrc/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/Test262SuiteTest.java b/testsrc/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/Test262SuiteTest.java
index db31713b23..70ee634479 100644
--- a/testsrc/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/Test262SuiteTest.java
+++ b/testsrc/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/Test262SuiteTest.java
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ public class Test262SuiteTest {
                             "String.prototype.matchAll",
                             "Symbol.matchAll",
                             "tail-call-optimization",
-                            "hashbang",
                             "u180e"));
 
     static {
diff --git a/testsrc/test262.properties b/testsrc/test262.properties
index 23251c6462..30b5b4c2af 100644
--- a/testsrc/test262.properties
+++ b/testsrc/test262.properties
@@ -2712,8 +2712,9 @@ language/block-scope 68/145 (46.9%)
     syntax/redeclaration/var-redeclaration-attempt-after-function.js
     syntax/redeclaration/var-redeclaration-attempt-after-generator.js
 
-language/comments 36/52 (69.23%)
-    hashbang 29/29 (100.0%)
+language/comments 9/52 (17.31%)
+    hashbang/function-constructor.js
+    hashbang/module.js {unsupported: [module]}
     mongolian-vowel-separator-multi.js {unsupported: [u180e]}
     mongolian-vowel-separator-single.js {unsupported: [u180e]}
     mongolian-vowel-separator-single-eval.js {unsupported: [u180e]}