diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 12d8c767f..0146b7eac 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.7.0beta13 - April 30, 2013
+Libpng 1.7.0beta13 - May 7, 2013
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ Version 1.7.0beta12 [April 30, 2013]
   Avoid dereferencing NULL pointer possibly returned from
      png_create_write_struct() (Andrew Church).
 
-Version 1.7.0beta13 [April 30, 2013]
+Version 1.7.0beta13 [May 7, 2013]
+  Check for EOF in contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c (Paul Stewart).
+  Ignore "#" delimited comments in input file to pnm2png.c.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 816deb354..36ae1db1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4563,7 +4563,9 @@ Version 1.7.0beta12 [April 30, 2013]
   Avoid dereferencing NULL pointer possibly returned from
      png_create_write_struct() (Andrew Church).
 
-Version 1.7.0beta13 [April 30, 2013]
+Version 1.7.0beta13 [May 7, 2013]
+  Check for EOF in contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c (Paul Stewart).
+  Ignore "#" delimited comments in input file to pnm2png.c.
 
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diff --git a/contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c b/contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c
index d098e33cb..953011223 100644
--- a/contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c
+++ b/contrib/pngminus/pnm2png.c
@@ -460,19 +460,32 @@ BOOL pnm2png (FILE *pnm_file, FILE *png_file, FILE *alpha_file, BOOL interlace,
 void get_token(FILE *pnm_file, char *token)
 {
   int i = 0;
+  int ret;
 
-  /* remove white-space */
+  /* remove white-space and comment lines */
   do
   {
-    token[i] = (unsigned char) fgetc (pnm_file);
+    ret = fgetc(pnm_file);
+    if (ret == '#') {
+      /* the rest of this line is a comment */
+      do
+      {
+        ret = fgetc(pnm_file);
+      }
+      while ((ret != '\n') && (ret != '\r') && (ret != EOF));
+    }
+    if (ret == EOF) break;
+    token[i] = (unsigned char) ret;
   }
   while ((token[i] == '\n') || (token[i] == '\r') || (token[i] == ' '));
 
   /* read string */
   do
   {
+    ret = fgetc(pnm_file);
+    if (ret == EOF) break;
     i++;
-    token[i] = (unsigned char) fgetc (pnm_file);
+    token[i] = (unsigned char) ret;
   }
   while ((token[i] != '\n') && (token[i] != '\r') && (token[i] != ' '));