diff --git a/datafusion-cli/src/exec.rs b/datafusion-cli/src/exec.rs
index 178bce6f2fe6..db4242d97175 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/src/exec.rs
+++ b/datafusion-cli/src/exec.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ pub async fn exec_from_lines(
 
     for line in reader.lines() {
         match line {
+            Ok(line) if line.starts_with("#!") => {
+                continue;
+            }
             Ok(line) if line.starts_with("--") => {
                 continue;
             }