diff --git a/src/libutil/args.cc b/src/libutil/args.cc
index a981ed9fb..834fc7314 100644
--- a/src/libutil/args.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/args.cc
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void RootArgs::parseCmdline(const Strings & _cmdline, bool allowShebang)
 
                 std::string line;
                 std::getline(stream,line);
-                static const std::string commentChars("#/\\%@*-");
+                static const std::string commentChars("#/\\%@*-(");
                 std::string shebangContent;
                 while (std::getline(stream,line) && !line.empty() && commentChars.find(line[0]) != std::string::npos){
                     line = chomp(line);
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
index 427290883..4f41cae0a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ foo
 EOF
 chmod +x $nonFlakeDir/shebang-comments.sh
 
+cat > $nonFlakeDir/shebang-different-comments.sh <<EOF
+#! $(type -P env) nix
+# some comments
+// some comments
+/* some comments
+* some comments
+\ some comments
+% some comments
+@ some comments
+-- some comments
+(* some comments
+#! nix --offline shell
+#! nix flake1#fooScript
+#! nix --no-write-lock-file --command cat
+foo
+EOF
+chmod +x $nonFlakeDir/shebang-different-comments.sh
+
 cat > $nonFlakeDir/shebang-reject.sh <<EOF
 #! $(type -P env) nix
 # some comments
@@ -607,6 +625,7 @@ expectStderr 1 nix flake metadata "$flake2Dir" --no-allow-dirty --reference-lock
 [[ $($nonFlakeDir/shebang.sh) = "foo" ]]
 [[ $($nonFlakeDir/shebang.sh "bar") = "foo"$'\n'"bar" ]]
 [[ $($nonFlakeDir/shebang-comments.sh ) = "foo" ]]
+[[ "$($nonFlakeDir/shebang-different-comments.sh)" = "$(cat $nonFlakeDir/shebang-different-comments.sh)" ]]
 [[ $($nonFlakeDir/shebang-inline-expr.sh baz) = "foo"$'\n'"baz" ]]
 [[ $($nonFlakeDir/shebang-file.sh baz) = "foo"$'\n'"baz" ]]
 expect 1 $nonFlakeDir/shebang-reject.sh 2>&1 | grepQuiet -F 'error: unsupported unquoted character in nix shebang: *. Use double backticks to escape?'