diff --git a/pipenv/cli.py b/pipenv/cli.py
index 7c500e39..6eaf92ae 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def ensure_project(dev=False):
 
 def clean_requirement(requirement):
     """Cleans given requirement from additional data like, comments."""
-    return requirement[:requirement.index('#') - 1].strip() if ' #' in requirement else requirement.strip()
+    return requirement[:requirement.index(' #') - 1].strip() if ' #' in requirement else requirement.strip()
 
 def from_requirements_file(r):
     """Returns a list of packages from an open requirements file."""
diff --git a/test_pipenv.py b/test_pipenv.py
index cf187833..4d7ca0f5 100644
--- a/test_pipenv.py
+++ b/test_pipenv.py
@@ -75,3 +75,8 @@ def test_install_from_requirements_file():
     r = open('tests/requirements_requests_socks.txt')
     dep = from_requirements_file(r)
     assert dep == ['requests[socks]']
+
+    # -e svn+svn://svn.myproject.org/svn/MyProject#egg=MyProject  # comment
+    r = open('tests/requirements_egg.txt')
+    dep = from_requirements_file(r)
+    assert dep == ['-e svn+svn://svn.myproject.org/svn/MyProject#egg=MyProject']
diff --git a/tests/requirements_egg.txt b/tests/requirements_egg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeeb5d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/requirements_egg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-e svn+svn://svn.myproject.org/svn/MyProject#egg=MyProject  # comment
\ No newline at end of file