diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
index 0acbcd0..b9165a4 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ Reader::readValue()
 
    if ( collectComments_  &&  !commentsBefore_.empty() )
    {
+      // Remove newline characters at the end of the comments
+      size_t lastNonNewline = commentsBefore_.find_last_not_of("\r\n");
+      if (lastNonNewline != std::string::npos)
+      {
+         commentsBefore_.erase(lastNonNewline+1);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         commentsBefore_.clear();
+      }
+
       currentValue().setComment( commentsBefore_, commentBefore );
       commentsBefore_ = "";
    }
diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
index dfbaa52..242bc57 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,20 @@ StyledWriter::writeCommentBeforeValue( const Value &root )
 {
    if ( !root.hasComment( commentBefore ) )
       return;
-   document_ += normalizeEOL( root.getComment( commentBefore ) );
+
+   document_ += "\n";
+   writeIndent();
+   std::string normalizedComment = normalizeEOL( root.getComment( commentBefore ) );
+   std::string::const_iterator iter = normalizedComment.begin();
+   while ( iter != normalizedComment.end() )
+   {
+      document_ += *iter;
+      if ( *iter == '\n' && *(iter+1) == '/' )
+         writeIndent();
+      ++iter;
+   }
+
+   // Comments are stripped of newlines, so add one here
    document_ += "\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/test/data/test_comment_02.expected b/test/data/test_comment_02.expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09c745d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/test_comment_02.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.={}
+.c-test={}
+.c-test.a=1
+.c-test.b=2
+.cpp-test={}
+.cpp-test.c=3
+.cpp-test.d=4
diff --git a/test/data/test_comment_02.json b/test/data/test_comment_02.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccf631f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/test_comment_02.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+   /* C-style comment
+
+    C-style-2 comment */
+   "c-test" : {
+      "a" : 1,
+      /* Internal comment c-style */
+      "b" : 2
+   },
+   // C++-style comment
+   "cpp-test" : {
+      // Internal comment cpp-style
+      "c" : 3,
+      "d" : 4
+   }
+}