diff --git a/grammar/php5.y b/grammar/php5.y
index 5f03bf6..fcd1686 100644
--- a/grammar/php5.y
+++ b/grammar/php5.y
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ inner_statement:
 ;
 
 non_empty_statement:
-      '{' inner_statement_list '}'                          { $$ = $2; }
+      '{' inner_statement_list '}'                          { $$ = $2; prependLeadingComments($$); }
     | T_IF parentheses_expr statement elseif_list else_single
           { $$ = Stmt\If_[$2, ['stmts' => toArray($3), 'elseifs' => $4, 'else' => $5]]; }
     | T_IF parentheses_expr ':' inner_statement_list new_elseif_list new_else_single T_ENDIF ';'
diff --git a/grammar/php7.y b/grammar/php7.y
index 107a092..47fe2e7 100644
--- a/grammar/php7.y
+++ b/grammar/php7.y
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ inner_statement:
 ;
 
 non_empty_statement:
-      '{' inner_statement_list '}'                          { $$ = $2; }
+      '{' inner_statement_list '}'                          { $$ = $2; prependLeadingComments($$); }
     | T_IF '(' expr ')' statement elseif_list else_single
           { $$ = Stmt\If_[$3, ['stmts' => toArray($5), 'elseifs' => $6, 'else' => $7]]; }
     | T_IF '(' expr ')' ':' inner_statement_list new_elseif_list new_else_single T_ENDIF ';'
diff --git a/grammar/rebuildParsers.php b/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
index d7ecbe4..5b538ce 100644
--- a/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
+++ b/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
@@ -195,6 +195,15 @@ function resolveMacros($code) {
                      . $args[0] . '[\'docLabel\'] = $matches[1];';
             }
 
+            if ('prependLeadingComments' == $name) {
+                assertArgs(1, $args, $name);
+
+                return '$attrs = $this->startAttributeStack[#1]; $stmts = ' . $args[0] . '; '
+                . 'if (!empty($attrs[\'comments\']) && isset($stmts[0])) {'
+                . '$stmts[0]->setAttribute(\'comments\', '
+                . 'array_merge($attrs[\'comments\'], $stmts[0]->getAttribute(\'comments\', []))); }';
+            }
+
             return $matches[0];
         },
         $code
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
index d1d17e1..aea69ad 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ class Php5 extends \PhpParser\ParserAbstract
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule127() {
-         $this->semValue = $this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)];
+         $this->semValue = $this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]; $attrs = $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)]; $stmts = $this->semValue; if (!empty($attrs['comments']) && isset($stmts[0])) {$stmts[0]->setAttribute('comments', array_merge($attrs['comments'], $stmts[0]->getAttribute('comments', []))); };
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule128() {
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
index 8345a02..c9d40c4 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ class Php7 extends \PhpParser\ParserAbstract
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule127() {
-         $this->semValue = $this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)];
+         $this->semValue = $this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]; $attrs = $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)]; $stmts = $this->semValue; if (!empty($attrs['comments']) && isset($stmts[0])) {$stmts[0]->setAttribute('comments', array_merge($attrs['comments'], $stmts[0]->getAttribute('comments', []))); };
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule128() {
diff --git a/test/code/parser/blockComments.test b/test/code/parser/blockComments.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d12326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/code/parser/blockComments.test
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Comments on blocks
+-----
+<?php
+
+// foo
+{
+    // bar
+    {
+        // baz
+        $a;
+    }
+}
+-----
+array(
+    0: Expr_Variable(
+        name: a
+        comments: array(
+            0: // foo
+            1: // bar
+            2: // baz
+        )
+    )
+)
\ No newline at end of file