diff --git a/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/Tag.java b/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/Tag.java
index ab1d30a..7df7394 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/Tag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/Tag.java
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ public class Tag implements Serializable {
 	private final String namespace;
 	private final String name;
 
+    private String comment;
 	private List<SdlValue> values = new ArrayList();
 	private List<SdlValue> valuesView = Collections.unmodifiableList(values);
 	private Map<String,String> attributeToNamespace = new HashMap<>();
@@ -852,7 +853,15 @@ public String getNamespace() {
 		return namespace;
 	}
 
-	/**
+    public String getComment() {
+        return comment;
+    }
+
+    public void setComment(final String comment) {
+        this.comment = comment;
+    }
+
+    /**
 	 * Add all the tags specified in the file at the given URL to this Tag.
 	 *
 	 * @param url A UTF8 encoded .sdl file
@@ -981,6 +990,13 @@ private String toString(@Nullable String linePrefix) {
 
 		final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(linePrefix);
 
+		if(comment != null && !comment.isEmpty()) {
+            final String[] lines = comment.split("\n");
+            for (final String line : lines) {
+                builder.append("// ").append(line).append(newLine).append(linePrefix);
+            }
+        }
+
 		boolean skipValueSpace=false;
 		if("content".equals(name) && "".equals(namespace)) {
 			skipValueSpace=true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/TagBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/TagBuilder.java
index 510069c..11d8d6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/TagBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/singingbush/sdl/TagBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class TagBuilder {
 
     private final String name;
     private String namespace;
+    private String comment;
     private List<SdlValue> values = new ArrayList<>();
     private List<Tag> children = new ArrayList<>();
     private Map<String, SdlValue> attributes = new HashMap<>();
@@ -41,6 +42,17 @@ public TagBuilder withNamespace(@NotNull final String name) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param comment a single line of text that will precede the tag when serialised
+     * @return this TagBuilder
+     * @since 2.0.2
+     */
+    public TagBuilder withComment(@NotNull final String comment) {
+        this.comment = comment;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * In SDL you can optionally have one or more values
      * @param value an SDL object, see {@link SdlValue}
@@ -147,6 +159,7 @@ public TagBuilder withAttributes(@NotNull final Map<String, SdlValue> attributes
     @NotNull
     public Tag build() {
         final Tag t = namespace != null? new Tag(namespace, name) : new Tag(name);
+        t.setComment(comment);
         values.forEach(t::addValue);
         children.forEach(t::addChild);
         t.setAttributes(attributes); // attributes.forEach(t::setAttribute);