diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ed8acae..0bdee87 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 var aparse = require('acorn').parse;
-function parse (src) { return aparse(src, { ecmaVersion: 6 }) }
+function parse (src) {
+    return aparse(src, {
+        ecmaVersion: 6,
+        allowHashBang: true
+    });
+}
 
 module.exports = function (src, file) {
     if (typeof src !== 'string') src = String(src);
diff --git a/test/shebang.js b/test/shebang.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47c5653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shebang.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var test = require('tap').test;
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var check = require('../');
+
+var file = __dirname + '/sources/shebang.js';
+var src = fs.readFileSync(file);
+
+test('shebang', function (t) {
+    var err = check(src, file);
+    t.notOk(err);
+    t.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/sources/shebang.js b/test/sources/shebang.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e7a0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sources/shebang.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+console.log('foo');