diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
index 2dc289f18..0fdfa8b84 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ tableEnd = try $ guardColumnOne *> skipSpaces *> sym "|}"
 
 rowsep :: PandocMonad m => MWParser m ()
 rowsep = try $ guardColumnOne *> skipSpaces *> sym "|-" <*
-               many (char '-') <* optional parseAttrs <* blanklines
+               many (char '-') <* optional parseAttrs
+                               <* skipSpaces
+                               <* skipMany htmlComment
+                               <* blanklines
 
 cellsep :: PandocMonad m => MWParser m ()
 cellsep = try $ do
diff --git a/test/command/8110.md b/test/command/8110.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b19d9511c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/8110.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f mediawiki
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Header text 
+! Header text 
+! Header text
+
+|-
+| Example 
+| Example 
+| Example
+
+|- <!-- This is a comment --> 
+| Example 
+| Example 
+| Example
+|}
+^D
+<table>
+<thead>
+<tr class="header">
+<th><p>Header text</p></th>
+<th><p>Header text</p></th>
+<th><p>Header text</p></th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr class="odd">
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="even">
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+<td><p>Example</p></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+```