diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/BreakableToken.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/BreakableToken.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Format/BreakableToken.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/BreakableToken.cpp
@@ -779,11 +779,14 @@
         const char FirstCommentChar = Lines[i][IndentPrefix.size()];
         const unsigned FirstCharByteSize =
             encoding::getCodePointNumBytes(FirstCommentChar, Encoding);
-        return encoding::columnWidth(
-                   Lines[i].substr(IndentPrefix.size(), FirstCharByteSize),
-                   Encoding) == 1 &&
-               (FirstCommentChar == '\\' || isPunctuation(FirstCommentChar) ||
-                isHorizontalWhitespace(FirstCommentChar));
+        if (encoding::columnWidth(
+                Lines[i].substr(IndentPrefix.size(), FirstCharByteSize),
+                Encoding) != 1)
+          return false;
+        if (FirstCommentChar == '#')
+          return false;
+        return FirstCommentChar == '\\' || isPunctuation(FirstCommentChar) ||
+               isHorizontalWhitespace(FirstCommentChar);
       };
 
       // On the first line of the comment section we calculate how many spaces
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTestComments.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTestComments.cpp
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTestComments.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/FormatTestComments.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
                "// line 2\n"
                "void f() {}\n");
 
+  EXPECT_EQ("// comment\n", format("//comment\n"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("// #comment\n", format("//#comment\n"));
+
   EXPECT_EQ("// comment\n"
             "// clang-format on\n",
             format("//comment\n"