diff --git a/tools/cmake2meson.py b/tools/cmake2meson.py
index 4494f4dbb..157a7c9a2 100755
--- a/tools/cmake2meson.py
+++ b/tools/cmake2meson.py
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ class Parser:
             args.append(self.arguments())
             self.expect('rparen')
         arg = self.current
-        if self.accept('string') \
+        if self.accept('comment'):
+            rest = self.arguments()
+            args += rest
+        elif self.accept('string') \
                 or self.accept('varexp') \
                 or self.accept('id'):
             args.append(arg)