diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40091280..443890c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 
 - Refactor auto scaling component ([#276](https://github.com/marp-team/marp-core/pull/276))
+- Preserve HTML comments within html block ([#282](https://github.com/marp-team/marp-core/pull/282))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/html/html.ts b/src/html/html.ts
index 22420417..b61ae472 100644
--- a/src/html/html.ts
+++ b/src/html/html.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ export function markdown(md): void {
     (original: (...args: any[]) => string) =>
     (...args) => {
       const ret = original(...args)
+
+      // Pick comments
+      const splitted: string[] = []
+      let pos = 0
+
+      while (pos < ret.length) {
+        const startIdx = ret.indexOf('<!--', pos)
+        let endIdx = startIdx !== -1 ? ret.indexOf('-->', startIdx + 4) : -1
+
+        if (endIdx === -1) {
+          splitted.push(ret.slice(pos))
+          break
+        }
+
+        endIdx += 3
+        splitted.push(ret.slice(pos, startIdx), ret.slice(startIdx, endIdx))
+        pos = endIdx
+      }
+
+      // Apply filter to each contents by XSS
       const allowList = {}
       const html: MarpOptions['html'] = md.options.html
 
@@ -58,8 +78,17 @@ export function markdown(md): void {
         },
       })
 
-      const sanitized = filter.process(ret)
-      return md.options.xhtmlOut ? xhtmlOutFilter.process(sanitized) : sanitized
+      return splitted
+        .map((part, idx) => {
+          if (idx % 2 === 1) return part
+
+          const sanitized = filter.process(part)
+
+          return md.options.xhtmlOut
+            ? xhtmlOutFilter.process(sanitized)
+            : sanitized
+        })
+        .join('')
     }
 
   md.renderer.rules.html_inline = sanitizedRenderer(html_inline)
diff --git a/test/marp.ts b/test/marp.ts
index 77e8d8ef..006a1553 100644
--- a/test/marp.ts
+++ b/test/marp.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,56 @@ describe('Marp', () => {
         expect($('header > strong')).toHaveLength(1)
         expect($('footer > em')).toHaveLength(1)
       })
+
+      it('keeps raw HTML comments within valid HTML block', () => {
+        const { html: $script, comments: comments$script } = marp().render(
+          "<script><!--\nconst script = '<b>test</b>'\n--></script>"
+        )
+        expect($script).toContain("const script = '<b>test</b>'")
+        expect(comments$script[0]).toHaveLength(0)
+
+        // Complex comment
+        const complexComment = `
+<!--
+function matchwo(a,b)
+{
+
+  if (a < b && a < 0) then {
+    return 1;
+
+  } else {
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
+// ex
+-->
+`.trim()
+        const { html: $complex } = marp().render(
+          `<script>${complexComment}</script>`
+        )
+        expect($complex).toContain(complexComment)
+
+        // NOTE: Marpit framework will collect the comment block if the whole of HTML block was comment
+        const { html: $comment, comments: comments$comment } = marp().render(
+          "<!--\nconst script = '<b>test</b>'\n-->"
+        )
+        expect($comment).not.toContain("const script = '<b>test</b>'")
+        expect(comments$comment[0]).toHaveLength(1)
+      })
+
+      it('sanitizes CDATA section', () => {
+        // HTML Living Standard denys using CDATA in HTML context so must be sanitized
+        const cdata = `
+<![CDATA[
+  <p>XSS</p>
+  <script>alert('XSS')</script>
+]]>
+`.trim()
+        const { html } = marp().render(cdata)
+        expect(html).not.toContain(cdata)
+      })
     })
 
     describe('with true', () => {