diff --git a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
index 2cbfd0123..98d4506a1 100644
--- a/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/androidmk/cmd/androidmk/androidmk_test.go
@@ -1062,6 +1062,17 @@ include test/vts/tools/build/Android.host_config.mk
 vts_config {
 	name: "vtsconf",
 }
+`,
+	},
+	{
+		desc: "comment with ESC",
+		in: `
+# Comment line 1 \
+# Comment line 2
+`,
+		expected: `
+// Comment line 1 \
+// Comment line 2
 `,
 	},
 }
diff --git a/androidmk/parser/parser.go b/androidmk/parser/parser.go
index 89c1af904..86dabf975 100644
--- a/androidmk/parser/parser.go
+++ b/androidmk/parser/parser.go
@@ -485,10 +485,12 @@ loop:
 		case '\\':
 			p.parseEscape()
 			if p.tok == '\n' {
-				comment += "\n"
-			} else {
-				comment += "\\" + p.scanner.TokenText()
+				// Special case: '\' does not "escape" newline in comment (b/127521510)
+				comment += "\\"
+				p.accept(p.tok)
+				break loop
 			}
+			comment += "\\" + p.scanner.TokenText()
 			p.accept(p.tok)
 		case '\n':
 			p.accept('\n')