diff --git a/printer/printer_parsed_php5_test.go b/printer/printer_parsed_php5_test.go
index 09153b9..61b5a15 100644
--- a/printer/printer_parsed_php5_test.go
+++ b/printer/printer_parsed_php5_test.go
@@ -1037,7 +1037,9 @@ func TestParseAndPrintPhp5Goto(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseAndPrintPhp5HaltCompiler(t *testing.T) {
 	src := `<?php
-	__halt_compiler ( ) ;`
+	__halt_compiler ( ) ;
+	this text is ignored by parser
+	`
 
 	actual := printPhp5(parsePhp5(src))
 
diff --git a/printer/printer_parsed_php7_test.go b/printer/printer_parsed_php7_test.go
index 06bd502..9f07ef8 100644
--- a/printer/printer_parsed_php7_test.go
+++ b/printer/printer_parsed_php7_test.go
@@ -1146,7 +1146,9 @@ func TestParseAndPrintGroupUse(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseAndPrintHaltCompiler(t *testing.T) {
 	src := `<?php
-	__halt_compiler ( ) ;`
+	__halt_compiler ( ) ;
+	this text is ignored by parser
+	`
 
 	actual := print(parse(src))
 
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index c8cdf24..d95d76c 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -8948,7 +8948,7 @@ yyrule167: // .
 	}
 yyrule168: // .|[ \t\n\r]
 	{
-		// do nothing
+		l.addMeta(meta.TokenType, l.Token())
 		goto yystate0
 	}
 	panic("unreachable")
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.l b/scanner/scanner.l
index 4fbaae3..71ea627 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.l
+++ b/scanner/scanner.l
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ NEW_LINE        (\r|\n|\r\n)
 <STRING_VAR_NAME>{VAR_NAME}[\[\}]           l.popState();l.pushState(PHP);lval.Token(l.createToken(l.ungetChars(1))); return int(T_STRING_VARNAME)
 <STRING_VAR_NAME>.                          l.ungetChars(1);l.popState();l.pushState(PHP)
 
-<HALT_COMPILER>.|[ \t\n\r]                  // do nothing
+<HALT_COMPILER>.|[ \t\n\r]                  l.addMeta(meta.TokenType, l.Token())
 
 %%
     if _, ok := l.Abort(); ok {