diff --git a/lib/rufo/erb_formatter.rb b/lib/rufo/erb_formatter.rb
index 0bc56dbe..49cd390d 100644
--- a/lib/rufo/erb_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/rufo/erb_formatter.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def initialize(code, **options)
   def format
     out = []
     process_erb do |(type, content)|
-      if type == :code
+      if type == :code && !erb_comment?(content)
         formatted_code = process_code(content)
         indented_code = formatted_code.lines.join(" " * current_column)
         out << " #{indented_code} "
@@ -176,4 +176,8 @@ def enable_code_mode
   def disable_code_mode
     @code_mode = false
   end
+
+  def erb_comment?(code)
+    code.start_with?("#")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/rufo/erb_formatter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/rufo/erb_formatter_spec.rb
index e45e20e3..9ad8816c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/rufo/erb_formatter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/rufo/erb_formatter_spec.rb
@@ -89,5 +89,15 @@
       result = subject.format("<%=yield%>")
       expect(result).to eql("<%= yield %>")
     end
+
+    it "handles native erb comments" do
+      result = subject.format("<%# locals: (item:, variant:) %>")
+      expect(result).to eql("<%# locals: (item:, variant:) %>")
+    end
+
+    it "handles ruby comments" do
+      result = subject.format("<% # TODO: fix this later %>")
+      expect(result).to eql("<% # TODO: fix this later %>")
+    end
   end
 end