diff --git a/src/handlebars/handlebars.test.ts b/src/handlebars/handlebars.test.ts
index 4e5aa2bd..71738d77 100644
--- a/src/handlebars/handlebars.test.ts
+++ b/src/handlebars/handlebars.test.ts
@@ -281,5 +281,35 @@ testTokenization(['handlebars', 'css'], [
 			{ startIndex: 30, type: 'delimiter.handlebars' },
 			{ startIndex: 32, type: '' }
 		]
-	}]
+	}],
+
+	// Block comment
+	[{
+		line: '{{!-- block comment --}}',
+		tokens: [
+			{ startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.block.start.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 5, type: 'comment.content.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 20, type: 'comment.block.end.handlebars' }
+		]
+	}],
+
+	// Block comment with mustache
+	[{
+		line: '{{!-- block comment }} with mustache --}}',
+		tokens: [
+			{ startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.block.start.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 5, type: 'comment.content.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 37, type: 'comment.block.end.handlebars' }
+		]
+	}],
+
+	// Handlebars comment
+	[{
+		line: '{{! comment }}',
+		tokens: [
+			{ startIndex: 0, type: 'comment.start.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 3, type: 'comment.content.handlebars' },
+			{ startIndex: 12, type: 'comment.end.handlebars' }
+		]
+	}],
 ]);
diff --git a/src/handlebars/handlebars.ts b/src/handlebars/handlebars.ts
index dc1eee51..17db3fc3 100644
--- a/src/handlebars/handlebars.ts
+++ b/src/handlebars/handlebars.ts
@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ export const language = <ILanguage>{
 	// The main tokenizer for our languages
 	tokenizer: {
 		root: [
+			[/\{\{!--/, 'comment.block.start.handlebars', '@commentBlock'],
+			[/\{\{!/, 'comment.start.handlebars', '@comment'],
 			[/\{\{/, { token: '@rematch', switchTo: '@handlebarsInSimpleState.root' }],
 			[/<!DOCTYPE/, 'metatag.html', '@doctype'],
-			[/<!--/, 'comment.html', '@comment'],
+			[/<!--/, 'comment.html', '@commentHtml'],
 			[/(<)(\w+)(\/>)/, ['delimiter.html', 'tag.html', 'delimiter.html']],
 			[/(<)(script)/, ['delimiter.html', { token: 'tag.html', next: '@script' }]],
 			[/(<)(style)/, ['delimiter.html', { token: 'tag.html', next: '@style' }]],
@@ -83,6 +85,16 @@ export const language = <ILanguage>{
 		],
 
 		comment: [
+			[/\}\}/, 'comment.end.handlebars', '@pop'],
+			[/./, 'comment.content.handlebars']
+		],
+
+		commentBlock: [
+			[/--\}\}/, 'comment.block.end.handlebars', '@pop'],
+			[/./, 'comment.content.handlebars']
+		],
+
+		commentHtml: [
 			[/\{\{/, { token: '@rematch', switchTo: '@handlebarsInSimpleState.comment' }],
 			[/-->/, 'comment.html', '@pop'],
 			[/[^-]+/, 'comment.content.html'],