diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b4462976..1e3356a39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie)
+- commented out pragma statements in contracts is now ignored upon compile ([#1552](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/pull/1552))
 
 ## [1.19.0](https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie/tree/v1.19.0) - 2022-05-29
 ### Added
diff --git a/brownie/project/sources.py b/brownie/project/sources.py
index 3377c72dd..ea53fd888 100644
--- a/brownie/project/sources.py
+++ b/brownie/project/sources.py
@@ -213,11 +213,13 @@ def get_pragma_spec(source: str, path: Optional[str] = None) -> NpmSpec:
     Returns: NpmSpec object
     """
 
-    pragma_match = next(re.finditer(r"pragma +solidity([^;]*);", source), None)
-    if pragma_match is not None:
-        pragma_string = pragma_match.groups()[0]
-        pragma_string = " ".join(pragma_string.split())
-        return NpmSpec(pragma_string)
+    matches = re.findall(r"(.*)pragma +solidity([^;]*);", source)
+    if len(matches) != 0 or matches is not None:
+        for match in matches:
+            if match[0].strip() != "":
+                continue
+            pragma_match = " ".join(match[1].split())
+            return NpmSpec(pragma_match)
     if path:
         raise PragmaError(f"No version pragma in '{path}'")
     raise PragmaError("String does not contain a version pragma")
diff --git a/tests/project/test_sources.py b/tests/project/test_sources.py
index 42f4b9366..d0cee74bc 100644
--- a/tests/project/test_sources.py
+++ b/tests/project/test_sources.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from semantic_version import NpmSpec
 
 from brownie import compile_source
-from brownie.exceptions import NamespaceCollision
+from brownie.exceptions import NamespaceCollision, PragmaError
 from brownie.project import sources
 
 MESSY_SOURCE = """
@@ -15,6 +15,37 @@
 Foo{ enum E {a, b}  struct S {bool b;
 }}  library Bar2{}"""
 
+GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__OneVersion = """
+// pragma solidity ^0.6.0;
+//         pragma solidity ^1.6.0;
+pragma solidity ^4.2.0;
+contract Foo{} interface Bar
+    {} enum Struct { Contract }
+abstract contract Baz is Foo {} struct  Interface  { uint256 Abstract;
+}    library   Potato{} pragma     solidity    ^0.6.0;  contract Foo2 is
+Foo{ enum E {a, b}  struct S {bool b;
+}}  library Bar2{}"""
+
+GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__BetweenVersions = """
+// pragma solidity ^0.6.0;
+//         pragma solidity ^1.6.0;
+pragma solidity >=0.4.22       <0.7.0;
+contract Foo{} interface Bar
+    {} enum Struct { Contract }
+abstract contract Baz is Foo {} struct  Interface  { uint256 Abstract;
+}    library   Potato{} pragma     solidity    ^0.6.0;  contract Foo2 is
+Foo{ enum E {a, b}  struct S {bool b;
+}}  library Bar2{}"""
+
+GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__NoVersion = """
+// No Pragma version
+contract Foo{} interface Bar
+    {} enum Struct { Contract }
+abstract contract Baz is Foo {} struct  Interface  { uint256 Abstract;
+}    library   Potato{} pragma     solidity    ^0.6.0;  contract Foo2 is
+Foo{ enum E {a, b}  struct S {bool b;
+}}  library Bar2{}"""
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def sourceobj(solc5source):
@@ -77,8 +108,19 @@ def test_load_messy_project():
     assert list(project.keys()) == ["Bar2", "Foo", "Foo2", "Potato"]
 
 
-def test_get_pragma_spec():
-    assert sources.get_pragma_spec(MESSY_SOURCE) == NpmSpec(">=0.4.22 <0.7.0")
+def test_get_pragma_spec__one_version():
+    assert sources.get_pragma_spec(GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__OneVersion) == NpmSpec("^4.2.0")
+
+
+def test_get_pragma_spec__between_versions():
+    assert sources.get_pragma_spec(GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__BetweenVersions) == NpmSpec(
+        ">=0.4.22 <0.7.0"
+    )
+
+
+def test_get_pragma_spec__no_version():
+    with pytest.raises(PragmaError):
+        sources.get_pragma_spec(GET_PRAGMA_SPEC_SOURCE__NoVersion)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(