diff --git a/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in b/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
index 6d4c614c..66612fcc 100755
--- a/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
+++ b/sh/tmpfiles.sh.in
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ for FILE in $tmpfiles_d ; do
 		# whine about invalid entries
 		case $cmd in
 			f|F|w|d|D|p|L|c|b|x|X|r|R|z|Z) ;;
-			\#) continue ;;
+			\#*) continue ;;
 			*) warninvalid ; continue ;;
 		esac