diff --git a/custom/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb b/custom/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
index 3a3a84a..ed644f6 100644
--- a/custom/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
+++ b/custom/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
     def rcvar
         name = @resource[:name]
         File.open(@@rcconf).each do |line|
-            return line.strip.split("=", 2) if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
+            if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
+                line = line.sub(/#.*/, "")
+                return line.strip.split("=", 2)
+            end
         end
         nil
     end
@@ -28,7 +31,10 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
     def rcvar_local
         name = @resource[:name]
         File.open(@@rcconf_local).each do |line|
-            return line.strip.split("=", 2) if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
+            if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
+                line = line.sub(/#.*/, "")
+                return line.strip.split("=", 2)
+            end
         end
         nil
     end