diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 689d769..afadb48 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/\/\/(?:.+\/\*|\*(?:$|[^\/])).*$/, '')  # remove line comments that comment out the start of blocks
     source.gsub!(/\/\*.*?\*\//m, '')                     # remove block comments 
     source.gsub!(/\/\/.*$/, '')                          # remove line comments (all that remain)
+
+    # remove assembler pragma sections
+    source.gsub!(/^\s*#\s*pragma\s+asm\s+.*?#\s*pragma\s+endasm/m, '')
     
     # remove preprocessor statements
     source.gsub!(/^\s*#.*/, '')
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index 347dd02..1613594 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ class CMockHeaderParserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     
     assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source))
   end
+
+
+  should "remove assembler pragma sections" do
+    source =
+      " #pragma\tasm\n" +
+      "  .foo\n" +
+      "  lda %m\n" +
+      "  nop\n" +
+      "# pragma  endasm \n" +
+      "foo"
+      
+    expected = ["foo"]
+        
+    assert_equal(expected, @parser.import_source(source))
+  end
   
   
   should "smush lines together that contain continuation characters" do
@@ -527,4 +542,4 @@ class CMockHeaderParserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal(expected, @parser.parse(source)[:functions])
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end