diff --git a/runtime/indent/xml.vim b/runtime/indent/xml.vim
index 340981b..4ac35b6 100644
--- a/runtime/indent/xml.vim
+++ b/runtime/indent/xml.vim
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 " Language:	xml
 " Maintainer:	Johannes Zellner <johannes@zellner.org>
-" Last Change:	Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:54:59 CEST
+" Last Change:	2009-05-26 00:17:25
 " Notes:	1) does not indent pure non-xml code (e.g. embedded scripts)
 "		2) will be confused by unbalanced tags in comments
 "		or CDATA sections.
-" TODO:		implement pre-like tags, see xml_indent_open / xml_indent_close
+"		2009-05-26 patch by Nikolai Weibull
+" TODO: 	implement pre-like tags, see xml_indent_open / xml_indent_close
 
 " Only load this indent file when no other was loaded.
 if exists("b:did_indent")
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@
 	if '' != syn1 && syn1 !~ 'xml' && '' != syn2 && syn2 !~ 'xml'
 	    " don't indent pure non-xml code
 	    return 0
+	elseif syn1 =~ '^xmlComment' && syn2 =~ '^xmlComment'
+	    " indent comments specially
+	    return -1
 	endif
     endif
     return 1
@@ -74,8 +78,12 @@
     endif
 
     if a:use_syntax_check
-	if 0 == <SID>XmlIndentSynCheck(lnum) || 0 == <SID>XmlIndentSynCheck(a:lnum)
+	let check_lnum = <SID>XmlIndentSynCheck(lnum)
+	let check_alnum = <SID>XmlIndentSynCheck(a:lnum)
+	if 0 == check_lnum || 0 == check_alnum
 	    return indent(a:lnum)
+	elseif -1 == check_lnum || -1 == check_alnum
+	    return -1
 	endif
     endif