diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 253a587..fa8afa5 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ type MigrationBase struct {
 	nonTransactional bool  // set automatically or by ForceNonTransactional / inference
 	forcedTx         *bool // if not nil, explicitly chosen transactional mode (true=transactional, false=non-transactional)
 	notes            map[string]any
+	preserveComments bool
 }
 
 func (m MigrationBase) Copy() MigrationBase {
@@ -328,6 +329,17 @@ func ForceTransactional() MigrationOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// PreserveComments prevents stripping of SQL comments before execution.
+// This is primarily useful for testing scenarios where comment-only
+// statements are needed to exercise specific code paths.
+// PreserveComments can break DELIMITER handling so do not use in conjunction
+// with SQL that includes DELIMITERs.
+func PreserveComments() MigrationOption {
+	return func(m Migration) {
+		m.Base().preserveComments = true
+	}
+}
+
 // ApplyForceOverride overrides transactionality for any prior force call (ForceTransactional
 // or ForceNonTransactional)
 func (m *MigrationBase) ApplyForceOverride() {
@@ -416,6 +428,9 @@ func (m *MigrationBase) ForcedTransactional() bool { return m.forcedTx != nil &&
 // ForcedNonTransactional reports if ForceNonTransactional() was explicitly called.
 func (m *MigrationBase) ForcedNonTransactional() bool { return m.forcedTx != nil && !*m.forcedTx }
 
+// PreserveComments reports if PreserveComments() was set on this migration.
+func (m *MigrationBase) PreserveComments() bool { return m.preserveComments }
+
 func (n MigrationName) String() string {
 	return n.Library + ": " + n.Name
 }
diff --git a/internal/mhelp/run_sql.go b/internal/mhelp/run_sql.go
index 739c89e..c035af0 100644
--- a/internal/mhelp/run_sql.go
+++ b/internal/mhelp/run_sql.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/muir/libschema"
 	"github.com/muir/libschema/classifysql"
 	"github.com/muir/libschema/internal"
+	"github.com/muir/sqltoken"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +17,42 @@ type CanExecContext interface {
 }
 
 func RunSQL(ctx context.Context, log *internal.Log, tx CanExecContext, statements classifysql.Statements, rowsAffected *int64, m libschema.Migration, d *libschema.Database) error {
-	for _, commandSQL := range statements.TokensList().Strings() {
+	for _, tokens := range statements.TokensList() {
+		if !m.Base().PreserveComments() {
+			tokens = tokens.Strip()
+		}
+		// Strip leading DelimiterStatement (e.g., "DELIMITER //\n")
+		if len(tokens) > 0 && tokens[0].Type == sqltoken.DelimiterStatement {
+			log.Debug("Stripping leading DelimiterStatement from migration", map[string]any{
+				"name":    m.Base().Name.Name,
+				"library": m.Base().Name.Library,
+			})
+			tokens = tokens[1:]
+		}
+		// Strip trailing DelimiterStatement (e.g., "DELIMITER ;\n") and any whitespace before it
+		for len(tokens) > 0 && (tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.DelimiterStatement || tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.Whitespace) {
+			if tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.DelimiterStatement {
+				log.Debug("Stripping trailing DelimiterStatement from migration", map[string]any{
+					"name":    m.Base().Name.Name,
+					"library": m.Base().Name.Library,
+				})
+			}
+			tokens = tokens[:len(tokens)-1]
+		}
+		// Strip trailing Delimiter (e.g., "//") and any whitespace before it
+		for len(tokens) > 0 && (tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.Delimiter || tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.Whitespace) {
+			if tokens[len(tokens)-1].Type == sqltoken.Delimiter {
+				log.Debug("Stripping trailing Delimiter from migration", map[string]any{
+					"name":    m.Base().Name.Name,
+					"library": m.Base().Name.Library,
+				})
+			}
+			tokens = tokens[:len(tokens)-1]
+		}
+		if len(tokens) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		commandSQL := tokens.String()
 		result, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, commandSQL)
 		if d.Options.DebugLogging {
 			log.Debug("Executed SQL", map[string]any{
diff --git a/lsmysql/mysql.go b/lsmysql/mysql.go
index a9255fa..81e7203 100644
--- a/lsmysql/mysql.go
+++ b/lsmysql/mysql.go
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ func (p *MySQL) DoOneMigration(ctx context.Context, log *internal.Log, d *libsch
 				}
 				sqlText = genSQL
 			}
-			sqlText = strings.TrimSpace(sqlText)
-			m.Base().SetNote("sql", sqlText)
-			if sqlText == "" {
+			trimmedSQLText := strings.TrimSpace(sqlText)
+			m.Base().SetNote("sql", trimmedSQLText)
+			if trimmedSQLText == "" {
 				return nil
 			}
 			statements, err := classifysql.ClassifyTokens(p.dialect, 0, sqlText)
diff --git a/lsmysql/mysql_test.go b/lsmysql/mysql_test.go
index cce14bf..fd612cc 100644
--- a/lsmysql/mysql_test.go
+++ b/lsmysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -273,3 +273,53 @@ func testMysqlNotAllowed(t *testing.T, dsn string, createPostfix string, driverN
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMysqlMigrationWithDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	testMysqlOneMigration(t, `
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE PROCEDURE charge_account(IN id BIGINT, IN amount DECIMAL(18,4))
+BEGIN
+  DECLARE balance DECIMAL(18,4);
+  SELECT remaining_balance INTO balance
+  FROM account_balance
+  WHERE account_id = id;
+  IF balance > amount THEN
+    UPDATE account_balance
+    SET remaining_balance = balance - amount
+    WHERE account_id = id;
+  END IF;
+END //
+DELIMITER ;
+`)
+}
+
+func testMysqlOneMigration(t *testing.T, sqlText string) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	dsn := os.Getenv("LIBSCHEMA_MYSQL_TEST_DSN")
+	if dsn == "" {
+		t.Skip("Set $LIBSCHEMA_MYSQL_TEST_DSN to test libschema/lsmysql")
+	}
+	testOneMigration(t, dsn, sqlText, mysqlNew)
+}
+
+func testOneMigration(t *testing.T, dsn string, sqlText string, driverNew driverNew) {
+	options, cleanup := lstesting.FakeSchema(t, "")
+
+	t.Log("Doing migrations in database/schema", options.SchemaOverride)
+
+	options.DebugLogging = true
+	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", dsn)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "open database")
+	defer func() {
+		assert.NoError(t, db.Close())
+	}()
+	defer cleanup(db)
+
+	s := libschema.New(context.Background(), options)
+	dbase, _, err := driverNew(t, "test", s, db)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "libschema NewDatabase")
+
+	dbase.Migrations("L1", lsmysql.Script("M1", sqlText))
+	err = s.Migrate(context.Background())
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/lsmysql/singlestore_test.go b/lsmysql/singlestore_test.go
index bada3f9..5c79f94 100644
--- a/lsmysql/singlestore_test.go
+++ b/lsmysql/singlestore_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,27 @@ func TestSingleStoreNotAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	testMysqlNotAllowed(t, dsn, "", singleStoreNew)
 }
 
+func TestSingleStoreMigrationWithDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	testSingleStoreOneMigration(t, `
+DELIMITER //
+CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test_proc()
+AS
+BEGIN
+  ECHO SELECT 1;
+END //
+DELIMITER ;
+`)
+}
+
+func testSingleStoreOneMigration(t *testing.T, sqlText string) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	dsn := os.Getenv("LIBSCHEMA_SINGLESTORE_TEST_DSN")
+	if dsn == "" {
+		t.Skip("Set $LIBSCHEMA_SINGLESTORE_TEST_DSN to test SingleStore support in libschema/lsmysql")
+	}
+	testOneMigration(t, dsn, sqlText, singleStoreNew)
+}
+
 func TestSingleStoreFailedMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	dsn := os.Getenv("LIBSCHEMA_SINGLESTORE_TEST_DSN")
diff --git a/lspostgres/bad_test.go b/lspostgres/bad_test.go
index 29b5aec..b175c50 100644
--- a/lspostgres/bad_test.go
+++ b/lspostgres/bad_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestBadMigrationsPostgres(t *testing.T) {
 			define: func(dbase *libschema.Database) {
 				dbase.Migrations("L9",
 					lspostgres.Script("T4", `CREATE TABLE T1 (id text)`),
-					lspostgres.Script("T5", ` -- just a comment`, libschema.RepeatUntilNoOp()),
+					lspostgres.Script("T5", ` -- just a comment`, libschema.RepeatUntilNoOp(), libschema.PreserveComments()),
 				)
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/lspostgres/non_tx_test.go b/lspostgres/non_tx_test.go
index 451f069..f4997c2 100644
--- a/lspostgres/non_tx_test.go
+++ b/lspostgres/non_tx_test.go
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ func TestRowsAffectedErrorLogged(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	lib := fmt.Sprintf("RA_%d", time.Now().UnixNano())
 	comment := lspostgres.Script("NOTHING",
-		" -- just a comment")
+		" -- just a comment",
+		libschema.PreserveComments())
 	dbase.Migrations(lib, comment)
 	require.NoError(t, s.Migrate(ctx))
 	entries := capLog.Entries()
diff --git a/lspostgres/postgres.go b/lspostgres/postgres.go
index 359ce19..7837be7 100644
--- a/lspostgres/postgres.go
+++ b/lspostgres/postgres.go
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ func (p *Postgres) DoOneMigration(ctx context.Context, log *internal.Log, d *lib
 				}
 				scriptSQL = sqlText
 			}
-			scriptSQL = strings.TrimSpace(scriptSQL)
-			m.Base().SetNote("sql", scriptSQL)
-			if scriptSQL == "" {
+			trimmedScriptSQL := strings.TrimSpace(scriptSQL)
+			m.Base().SetNote("sql", trimmedScriptSQL)
+			if trimmedScriptSQL == "" {
 				return nil
 			}
 			// Classification & downgrade via classifysql