diff --git a/src/legacy/getusershell.c b/src/legacy/getusershell.c
index 5fecdec2..1c5d98ec 100644
--- a/src/legacy/getusershell.c
+++ b/src/legacy/getusershell.c
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ char *getusershell(void)
 	ssize_t l;
 	if (!f) setusershell();
 	if (!f) return 0;
-	l = getline(&line, &linesize, f);
-	if (l <= 0) return 0;
+	do {
+		l = getline(&line, &linesize, f);
+		if (l <= 0) return 0;
+	} while (line[0] == '#' || line[0] == '\n');
 	if (line[l-1]=='\n') line[l-1]=0;
 	return line;
 }