diff --git a/__tests__/stripComments.js b/__tests__/stripComments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea92dc807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/stripComments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { stripComments } from '../index';
+
+describe('Strip Comments', () => {
+  it('removes HTML comments from the text', () => {
+    const input = `
+# hello world
+This is some text.
+<!-- This is a comment that should be removed -->
+More text here.
+<!-- Another comment -->`;
+
+    const expectedOutput = `
+This is some text.
+More text here.`;
+
+    expect(stripComments(input)).toBe(expectedOutput);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a3e90c8c0..bce49ab6a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const toPlainText = require('./processor/plugin/plain-text');
 const sectionAnchorId = require('./processor/plugin/section-anchor-id');
 const tableFlattening = require('./processor/plugin/table-flattening');
 const { remarkTransformers, rehypeTransformers } = require('./processor/transform');
+const stripCommentsTransformer = require('./processor/transform/strip-comments');
 const createSchema = require('./sanitize.schema');
 
 const {
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ export function processor(userOpts = {}) {
   const [, parsedOpts] = setup('', userOpts);
   const { sanitize } = parsedOpts;
   const [reusableContent, opts] = parseReusableContent(parsedOpts);
-
   return unified()
     .use(remarkParse, opts.markdownOptions)
     .use(remarkFrontmatter, ['yaml', 'toml'])
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ export function md(treeOrString, opts = {}) {
   return processor(opts).use(remarkStringify, opts.markdownOptions).use(customCompilers).stringify(tree);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Strip HTML comments from markdown text
+ */
+export function stripComments(text, opts = {}) {
+  if (!text) return null;
+  [text, opts] = setup(text, opts);
+
+  return processor(opts).use(stripCommentsTransformer).use(remarkStringify).processSync(text).toString();
+}
+
 const ReadMeMarkdown = (text, opts = {}) => react(text, opts);
 
 export { default as Owlmoji } from './lib/owlmoji';
diff --git a/processor/transform/strip-comments.js b/processor/transform/strip-comments.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..848d8aed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/transform/strip-comments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { SKIP, visit } from 'unist-util-visit';
+
+const HTML_COMMENT_REGEX = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g;
+
+const stripCommentsTransformer = () => tree => {
+  console.log('STRIP COMMENTS TRANSFORMER', tree);
+
+  visit(tree, (node, index, parent) => {
+    // Remove HTML comments
+    if (node.type === 'html' && HTML_COMMENT_REGEX.test(node.value)) {
+      const newValue = node.value.replace(HTML_COMMENT_REGEX, '').trim();
+      if (newValue) {
+        node.value = newValue;
+      } else {
+        parent.children.splice(index, 1);
+        return [SKIP, index];
+      }
+    }
+    return node;
+  });
+
+  return tree;
+};
+
+export default stripCommentsTransformer;