diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0729a14727..b62f7db432 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ 801.	[bug]		nsupdate should treat lines beginning with ';' as
+ 			comments. [RT #1139]
+
  800.	[bug]		dnssec-signzone produced incorrect statistics for
  			large zones.  [RT #1133]
 
diff --git a/bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c b/bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c
index ac1138b53d..581efa5e46 100644
--- a/bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c
+++ b/bin/nsupdate/nsupdate.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: nsupdate.c,v 1.87 2001/03/30 00:38:27 bwelling Exp $ */
+/* $Id: nsupdate.c,v 1.88 2001/03/30 22:48:35 bwelling Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -1257,6 +1257,8 @@ get_next_command(void) {
 		return (STATUS_QUIT);
 	if (*word == 0)
 		return (STATUS_SEND);
+	if (word[0] == ';')
+		return (STATUS_MORE);
 	if (strcasecmp(word, "quit") == 0)
 		return (STATUS_QUIT);
 	if (strcasecmp(word, "prereq") == 0)