diff --git a/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.cs b/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.cs
index b297b2ccc..1da472bf5 100644
--- a/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.cs
+++ b/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.cs
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ public override IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string file
             var indentationLevel = 0;
             var onNewLine = true;
             var pipelineAsts = ast.FindAll(testAst => testAst is PipelineAst && (testAst as PipelineAst).PipelineElements.Count > 1, true);
-            for (int k = 0; k < tokens.Length; k++)
+            for (int tokenIndex = 0; tokenIndex < tokens.Length; tokenIndex++)
             {
-                var token = tokens[k];
+                var token = tokens[tokenIndex];
 
                 if (token.Kind == TokenKind.EndOfInput)
                 {
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ public override IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string file
                         break;
 
                     case TokenKind.Pipe:
-                        bool pipelineIsFollowedByNewlineOrLineContinuation = k < tokens.Length - 1 && k > 0 &&
-                              (tokens[k + 1].Kind == TokenKind.NewLine || tokens[k + 1].Kind == TokenKind.LineContinuation);
+                        bool pipelineIsFollowedByNewlineOrLineContinuation = tokenIndex < tokens.Length - 1 && tokenIndex > 0 &&
+                              (tokens[tokenIndex + 1].Kind == TokenKind.NewLine || tokens[tokenIndex + 1].Kind == TokenKind.LineContinuation);
                         if (!pipelineIsFollowedByNewlineOrLineContinuation)
                         {
                             break;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public override IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string file
                         }
                         if (pipelineIndentationStyle == PipelineIndentationStyle.IncreaseIndentationForFirstPipeline)
                         {
-                            bool isFirstPipeInPipeline = pipelineAsts.Any(pipelineAst => PositionIsEqual(((PipelineAst)pipelineAst).PipelineElements[0].Extent.EndScriptPosition, tokens[k - 1].Extent.EndScriptPosition));
+                            bool isFirstPipeInPipeline = pipelineAsts.Any(pipelineAst => PositionIsEqual(((PipelineAst)pipelineAst).PipelineElements[0].Extent.EndScriptPosition, tokens[tokenIndex - 1].Extent.EndScriptPosition));
                             if (isFirstPipeInPipeline)
                             {
                                 AddViolation(token, indentationLevel++, diagnosticRecords, ref onNewLine);
@@ -191,19 +191,24 @@ public override IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> AnalyzeScript(Ast ast, string file
                             var tempIndentationLevel = indentationLevel;
 
                             // Check if the preceding character is an escape character
-                            if (k > 0 && tokens[k - 1].Kind == TokenKind.LineContinuation)
+                            if (tokenIndex > 0 && tokens[tokenIndex - 1].Kind == TokenKind.LineContinuation)
                             {
                                 ++tempIndentationLevel;
                             }
-                            else
+
+                            // check for comments in between multi-line commands with line continuation
+                            if (tokenIndex > 2 && tokens[tokenIndex - 1].Kind == TokenKind.NewLine
+                                && tokens[tokenIndex - 2].Kind == TokenKind.Comment)
                             {
-                                // Ignore comments
-                                // Since the previous token is a newline token we start
-                                // looking for comments at the token before the newline token.
-                                int j = k - 2;
-                                while (j > 0 && tokens[j].Kind == TokenKind.Comment)
+                                int searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex = tokenIndex - 2;
+                                while (searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex  > 0 && tokens[searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex].Kind == TokenKind.Comment)
+                                {
+                                    searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex--;
+                                }
+
+                                if (searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex >= 0 && tokens[searchForPrecedingLineContinuationIndex].Kind == TokenKind.LineContinuation)
                                 {
-                                    --j;
+                                    tempIndentationLevel++;
                                 }
                             }
 
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.tests.ps1
index 1503b8bd8..2cce7dd7c 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/UseConsistentIndentation.tests.ps1
@@ -3,7 +3,25 @@ $testRootDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $directory
 
 Import-Module (Join-Path $testRootDirectory "PSScriptAnalyzerTestHelper.psm1")
 
+
 Describe "UseConsistentIndentation" {
+    BeforeAll {
+        function Invoke-FormatterAssertion {
+            param(
+                [string] $ScriptDefinition,
+                [string] $ExcpectedScriptDefinition,
+                [int] $NumberOfExpectedWarnings,
+                [hashtable] $Settings
+            )
+
+            # Unit test just using this rule only
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $scriptDefinition -Settings $settings
+            $violations.Count | Should -Be $NumberOfExpectedWarnings -Because $ScriptDefinition
+            Invoke-Formatter -ScriptDefinition $scriptDefinition -Settings $settings | Should -Be $expected -Because $ScriptDefinition
+            # Integration test with all default formatting rules
+            Invoke-Formatter -ScriptDefinition $scriptDefinition | Should -Be $expected -Because $ScriptDefinition
+        }
+    }
     BeforeEach {
         $indentationUnit = ' '
         $indentationSize = 4
@@ -107,6 +125,39 @@ function foo {
     }
 
     Context "When a multi-line command is given" {
+
+        It "When a comment is in the middle of a multi-line statement with preceding and succeeding line continuations" {
+            $scriptDefinition = @'
+foo `
+# comment
+-bar `
+-baz
+'@
+            $expected = @'
+foo `
+    # comment
+    -bar `
+    -baz
+'@
+            Invoke-FormatterAssertion $scriptDefinition $expected 3 $settings
+        }
+
+        It "When a comment is in the middle of a multi-line statement with preceding pipeline and succeeding line continuation " {
+            $scriptDefinition = @'
+foo |
+# comment
+bar `
+-baz
+'@
+            $expected = @'
+foo |
+    # comment
+    bar `
+        -baz
+'@
+            Invoke-FormatterAssertion $scriptDefinition $expected 3 $settings
+        }
+
         It "Should find a violation if a pipleline element is not indented correctly" {
             $def = @'
 get-process |