diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/javacc/PigletParser.jj b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/javacc/PigletParser.jj
index bb8db50..103003c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/javacc/PigletParser.jj
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-examples/piglet-example/src/main/javacc/PigletParser.jj
@@ -388,3 +388,8 @@
 {
  < #Extender : ["\u00b7", "\u02d0", "\u02d1", "\u0387", "\u0640", "\u0e46", "\u0ec6", "\u3005", "\u3031" - "\u3035", "\u309d" - "\u309e", "\u30fc" - "\u30fe"] >
 }
+
+SKIP:
+{
+ <"--" (~["\n","\r"])* ("\n"|"\r"|"\r\n")?>
+}