diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70c52d0d..ec6acecd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "glob": "^4.0.0",
     "ignore": "^2.2.15",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
-    "resolve": "^0.6.3"
+    "resolve": "^0.6.3",
+    "strip-json-comments": "^1.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "vows": ">=0.6.0",
diff --git a/src/commandline.coffee b/src/commandline.coffee
index c163d227..0dce5e78 100644
--- a/src/commandline.coffee
+++ b/src/commandline.coffee
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ os   = require("os")
 glob = require("glob")
 optimist = require("optimist")
 ignore = require('ignore')
+stripComments = require('strip-json-comments')
 thisdir = path.dirname(fs.realpathSync(__filename))
 coffeelint = require(path.join(thisdir, "coffeelint"))
 configfinder = require(path.join(thisdir, "configfinder"))
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ lintSource = (source, config, literate = false) ->
     errorReport.lint("stdin", source, config, literate)
     return errorReport
 
+# Load a config file given a path/filename
+loadConfig = (path) ->
+    JSON.parse(stripComments(read(path)))
+
 # Get fallback configuration. With the -F flag found configs in standard places
 # will be used for each file being linted. Standard places are package.json or
 # coffeelint.json in a project's root folder or the user's home folder.
@@ -188,7 +193,7 @@ else
     config = null
     unless options.argv.noconfig
         if options.argv.f
-            config = JSON.parse read options.argv.f
+            config = loadConfig(options.argv.f)
 
             # If -f was specifying a package.json, extract the config
             if config.coffeelintConfig
@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ else
 
         else if (process.env.COFFEELINT_CONFIG and
         fs.existsSync(process.env.COFFEELINT_CONFIG))
-            config = JSON.parse(read(process.env.COFFEELINT_CONFIG))
+            config = loadConfig(process.env.COFFEELINT_CONFIG)
 
     ruleLoader.loadRule(coffeelint, options.argv.rules) if options.argv.rules
 
diff --git a/src/configfinder.coffee b/src/configfinder.coffee
index 5ab353fa..1cb8228f 100644
--- a/src/configfinder.coffee
+++ b/src/configfinder.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ JSHint does.
 
 fs = require 'fs'
 path = require 'path'
+stripComments = require 'strip-json-comments'
 
 # Cache for findFile
 findFileResults = {}
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ loadNpmConfig = (dir) ->
 # Parse a JSON file gracefully.
 loadJSON = (filename) ->
     try
-        JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filename).toString())
+        JSON.parse(stripComments(fs.readFileSync(filename).toString()))
     catch e
         process.stderr.write "Could not load JSON file '#{filename}': #{e}"
         null