diff --git a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
index 5b6b3847d8b..71053d288b7 100755
--- a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
@@ -779,7 +779,12 @@ class QmakeParser:
                 expr.setDebug()
 
         Grammar = StatementGroup('statements')
-        Grammar.ignore(pp.pythonStyleComment())
+
+        # Ignore comment lines, including the final line break,
+        # otherwise parsing fails when looking at multi line assignments
+        # with comments in between.
+        Comment = pp.Regex(r"#.*\n").setName("qmake style comment")
+        Grammar.ignore(Comment())
 
         return Grammar
 
diff --git a/util/cmake/tests/data/lc_with_comment.pro b/util/cmake/tests/data/lc_with_comment.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c087dadacc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/cmake/tests/data/lc_with_comment.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SUBDIRS = \
+#    dds \
+    tga \
+    wbmp
diff --git a/util/cmake/tests/test_parsing.py b/util/cmake/tests/test_parsing.py
index 79ad0a49454..4b6f48b931e 100755
--- a/util/cmake/tests/test_parsing.py
+++ b/util/cmake/tests/test_parsing.py
@@ -305,3 +305,7 @@ def test_realworld_lc():
     result = parse_file(_tests_path + '/data/lc.pro')
     assert len(result) == 3
 
+
+def test_realworld_lc_with_comment_in_between():
+    result = parse_file(_tests_path + '/data/lc_with_comment.pro')
+    assert len(result) == 1