diff --git a/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp b/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
index 5bb4d299e..149520cbf 100644
--- a/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
+++ b/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ QString UAVObjectParser::parseXML(QString& xml, QString& filename)
 
                 descriptionFound = true;
             }
-            else {
+            else if (!childNode.isComment()) {
                 return QString("Unknown object element");
             }