diff --git a/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_comments.yml b/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_comments.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cd1332e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_comments.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Project information
+site_name: MkDocs RSS Plugin - TEST
+site_description: Basic setup to test against MkDocs RSS plugin
+site_author: Julien Moura (Guts)
+site_url: https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin
+copyright: 'Guts - In Geo Veritas'
+
+# Repository
+repo_name: 'guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin'
+repo_url: 'https://github.com/guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin'
+
+use_directory_urls: true
+
+plugins:
+  - rss:
+      comments_path: "#__comments"
+
+theme:
+  name: readthedocs
+
+# Extensions to enhance markdown
+markdown_extensions:
+  - meta
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_no_comments.yml b/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_no_comments.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddb2a908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_no_comments.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Project information
+site_name: MkDocs RSS Plugin - TEST
+site_description: Basic setup to test against MkDocs RSS plugin
+site_author: Julien Moura (Guts)
+site_url: https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin
+copyright: 'Guts - In Geo Veritas'
+
+# Repository
+repo_name: 'guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin'
+repo_url: 'https://github.com/guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin'
+
+use_directory_urls: true
+
+plugins:
+  - rss
+
+theme:
+  name: readthedocs
+
+# Extensions to enhance markdown
+markdown_extensions:
+  - meta
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index b128bf92..06113560 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -116,6 +116,50 @@ def test_simple_build_feed_length(self):
 
             self.assertEqual(len(feed_parsed.entries), 3)
 
+    def test_simple_build_item_comments_enabled(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
+            cli_result = self.build_docs_setup(
+                testproject_path="docs",
+                mkdocs_yml_filepath=Path("tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_comments.yml"),
+                output_path=tmpdirname,
+                strict=True,
+            )
+            if cli_result.exception is not None:
+                e = cli_result.exception
+                logger.debug(format_exception(type(e), e, e.__traceback__))
+
+            self.assertEqual(cli_result.exit_code, 0)
+            self.assertIsNone(cli_result.exception)
+
+            # created items
+            feed_parsed = feedparser.parse(Path(tmpdirname) / "feed_rss_created.xml")
+            self.assertEqual(feed_parsed.bozo, 0)
+
+            for feed_item in feed_parsed.entries:
+                self.assertTrue("comments" in feed_item)
+
+    def test_simple_build_item_comments_disabled(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
+            cli_result = self.build_docs_setup(
+                testproject_path="docs",
+                mkdocs_yml_filepath=Path("tests/fixtures/mkdocs_item_no_comments.yml"),
+                output_path=tmpdirname,
+                strict=True,
+            )
+            if cli_result.exception is not None:
+                e = cli_result.exception
+                logger.debug(format_exception(type(e), e, e.__traceback__))
+
+            self.assertEqual(cli_result.exit_code, 0)
+            self.assertIsNone(cli_result.exception)
+
+            # created items
+            feed_parsed = feedparser.parse(Path(tmpdirname) / "feed_rss_created.xml")
+            self.assertEqual(feed_parsed.bozo, 0)
+
+            for feed_item in feed_parsed.entries:
+                self.assertTrue("comments" not in feed_item)
+
     def test_simple_build_item_length_unlimited(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
             cli_result = self.build_docs_setup(
@@ -137,10 +181,9 @@ def test_simple_build_item_length_unlimited(self):
             feed_parsed = feedparser.parse(Path(tmpdirname) / "feed_rss_created.xml")
             self.assertEqual(feed_parsed.bozo, 0)
 
-            for item in feed_parsed.entries:
-                print(item.title, len(item.description))
-                if item.title not in ("Page without meta with short text",):
-                    self.assertGreaterEqual(len(item.description), 150)
+            for feed_item in feed_parsed.entries:
+                if feed_item.title not in ("Page without meta with short text",):
+                    self.assertGreaterEqual(len(feed_item.description), 150)
 
     def test_rss_feed_validation(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname: