diff --git a/src/emitter.cpp b/src/emitter.cpp
index e57ee4684..b30f4d2c1 100644
--- a/src/emitter.cpp
+++ b/src/emitter.cpp
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ Emitter& Emitter::Write(const char* str, std::size_t size) {
     case StringFormat::Literal:
       Utils::WriteLiteralString(m_stream, str, size,
                                 m_pState->CurIndent() + m_pState->GetIndent());
+      m_pState->SetLastLiteralEnd(m_stream.pos());
       break;
   }
 
@@ -948,6 +949,9 @@ Emitter& Emitter::Write(const _Comment& comment) {
   if (!good())
     return *this;
 
+  if (m_stream.pos() > 0 && m_stream.pos() == m_pState->LastLiteralEnd())
+    m_stream << "\n";
+
   PrepareNode(EmitterNodeType::NoType);
 
   if (m_stream.col() == 0 &&
@@ -1007,6 +1011,7 @@ Emitter& Emitter::Write(const Binary& binary) {
       Utils::WriteLiteralBinary(m_stream, binary, 
                                 m_pState->CurIndent() + m_pState->GetIndent(), 
                                 m_pState->GetWrap());
+      m_pState->SetLastLiteralEnd(m_stream.pos());
       break;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/emitterstate.cpp b/src/emitterstate.cpp
index b04951e5e..abc0fbe62 100644
--- a/src/emitterstate.cpp
+++ b/src/emitterstate.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ EmitterState::EmitterState()
       m_hasAlias(false),
       m_hasTag(false),
       m_hasNonContent(false),
-      m_docCount(0) {}
+      m_docCount(0),
+      m_lastLiteralEnd(0) {}
 
 EmitterState::~EmitterState() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/emitterstate.h b/src/emitterstate.h
index 896134956..cc81c45ef 100644
--- a/src/emitterstate.h
+++ b/src/emitterstate.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class EmitterState {
     return m_hasAnchor || m_hasTag || m_hasNonContent;
   }
   bool HasBegunContent() const { return m_hasAnchor || m_hasTag; }
+  void SetLastLiteralEnd(std::size_t pos) { m_lastLiteralEnd = pos; }
+  std::size_t LastLiteralEnd() const { return m_lastLiteralEnd; }
 
   void ClearModifiedSettings();
   void RestoreGlobalModifiedSettings();
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ class EmitterState {
   bool m_hasTag;
   bool m_hasNonContent;
   std::size_t m_docCount;
+  std::size_t m_lastLiteralEnd;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
index ddf0a4068..35727cbdd 100644
--- a/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/emitter_test.cpp
@@ -454,6 +454,76 @@ TEST_F(EmitterTest, LiteralWithAndWithoutTrailingEmptyLines) {
       "- something");
 }
 
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteral) {
+  out << Literal << "Hello\nworld" << Comment("A comment");
+
+  ExpectEmit("|-\n  Hello\n  world\n# A comment");
+  EXPECT_EQ("Hello\nworld", Load(out.c_str()).as<std::string>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralPreservesTrailingNewlines) {
+  out << BeginSeq;
+  out << Literal << "A\nB\n" << Comment("clip");
+  out << Literal << "A\nB\n\n\n" << Comment("keep");
+  out << EndSeq;
+
+  ExpectEmit("- |\n  A\n  B\n# clip\n- |+\n  A\n  B\n\n\n# keep");
+  const Node parsed = Load(out.c_str());
+  EXPECT_EQ("A\nB\n", parsed[0].as<std::string>());
+  EXPECT_EQ("A\nB\n\n\n", parsed[1].as<std::string>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralWithExplicitNewline) {
+  out << Literal << "A\n\n" << Newline << Comment("A comment");
+
+  ExpectEmit("|+\n  A\n\n# A comment");
+  EXPECT_EQ("A\n\n", Load(out.c_str()).as<std::string>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralInNestedMap) {
+  out << BeginMap << Key << "outer" << Value << BeginMap;
+  out << Key << "literal" << Value << Literal << "Hello\nworld";
+  out << Comment("A comment");
+  out << Key << "plain" << Value << "text" << Comment("inline comment");
+  out << EndMap << EndMap;
+
+  ExpectEmit(
+      "outer:\n"
+      "  literal: |-\n"
+      "    Hello\n"
+      "    world\n"
+      "  # A comment\n"
+      "  plain: text  # inline comment");
+  const Node parsed = Load(out.c_str());
+  EXPECT_EQ("Hello\nworld", parsed["outer"]["literal"].as<std::string>());
+  EXPECT_EQ("text", parsed["outer"]["plain"].as<std::string>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralKey) {
+  out << BeginMap << Key << Literal << "Hello\nworld" << Comment("A comment");
+  out << Value << "value" << EndMap;
+
+  ExpectEmit("? |-\n  Hello\n  world\n# A comment\n: value");
+  EXPECT_EQ("value", Load(out.c_str())["Hello\nworld"].as<std::string>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralBinary) {
+  const unsigned char data[] = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};
+  out << Literal << Binary(data, sizeof(data)) << Comment("A comment");
+
+  ExpectEmit("!!binary |-\n  SGVsbG8=\n# A comment");
+  EXPECT_EQ(Binary(data, sizeof(data)), Load(out.c_str()).as<Binary>());
+}
+
+TEST_F(EmitterTest, CommentAfterLiteralInOutputStream) {
+  std::ostringstream stream;
+  Emitter emitter(stream);
+  emitter << Literal << "Hello\nworld" << Comment("A comment");
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(emitter.good());
+  EXPECT_EQ("|-\n  Hello\n  world\n# A comment", stream.str());
+  EXPECT_EQ("Hello\nworld", Load(stream.str()).as<std::string>());
+}
 
 TEST_F(EmitterTest, AutoLongKeyScalar) {
   out << BeginMap;