diff --git a/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-sxml.scm b/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-sxml.scm
index 3c26180..597ede2 100644
--- a/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-sxml.scm
+++ b/scheme/httpd/surflets/surflet-sxml.scm
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@
     *preorder*
     . ,(lambda (tag . text) text)))
 
+(define comment-rule
+  `(*COMMENT* *preorder* 
+              . ,(lambda (tag . elems)
+                   `("<!-- "
+                     ,@elems
+                     "-->"))))
+
 (define default-rules
  `(,attribute-rule
    ,default-rule
    ,text-rule
+   ,comment-rule
    ,url-rule
    ,plain-html-rule))