diff --git a/src/wren_compiler.c b/src/wren_compiler.c
index ccbea58c..58ab3033 100644
--- a/src/wren_compiler.c
+++ b/src/wren_compiler.c
@@ -796,6 +796,17 @@ static void nextToken(Parser* parser)
                  peekChar(parser) == '_' ? TOKEN_STATIC_FIELD : TOKEN_FIELD);
         return;
 
+      case '#':
+        // Ignore shebang on the first line.
+        if (peekChar(parser) == '!' && parser->currentLine == 1)
+        {
+          skipLineComment(parser);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        lexError(parser, "Invalid character '%c'.", c);
+        return;
+
       default:
         if (isName(c))
         {
diff --git a/test/shebang/shebang.wren b/test/shebang/shebang.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83f35c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shebang/shebang.wren
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/wren
+IO.print("ok") // expect: ok
diff --git a/test/shebang/shebang_at_eof.wren b/test/shebang/shebang_at_eof.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eabdbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shebang/shebang_at_eof.wren
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#!/bin/wren
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/shebang/shebang_at_other_line.wren b/test/shebang/shebang_at_other_line.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fa3ac95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shebang/shebang_at_other_line.wren
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// expect error line 3
+IO.print("nope")
+#!/bin/wren
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/shebang/shebang_invalid.wren b/test/shebang/shebang_invalid.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..828c4fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shebang/shebang_invalid.wren
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#/invalid/shebang
+// expect error line 1
+IO.print("nope")