diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index c3573b7f5..f60037809 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -5139,50 +5139,50 @@ sub process_tc_rule( ) {
     my ( $originalmark, $source, $dest, $protos, $ports, $sports, $user, $testval, $length, $tos , $connbytes, $helper, $headers, $probability , $dscp , $state );
     if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 	( $originalmark, $source, $dest, $protos, $ports, $sports, $user, $testval, $length, $tos , $connbytes, $helper, $probability, $dscp, $state ) =
-	    split_line2( 'tcrules file',
-			 { mark => 0,
-			   action => 0,
-			   source => 1,
-			   dest => 2,
-			   proto => 3,
-			   dport => 4,
-			   sport => 5,
-			   user => 6,
-			   test => 7,
-			   length => 8,
-			   tos => 9,
-			   connbytes => 10,
-			   helper => 11,
-			   probability => 12 , 
-			   scp => 13,
-			   state => 14 },
-			 {},
-			 15,
-	                 1 );
+	    split_rawline2( 'tcrules file',
+			    { mark => 0,
+			      action => 0,
+			      source => 1,
+			      dest => 2,
+			      proto => 3,
+			      dport => 4,
+			      sport => 5,
+			      user => 6,
+			      test => 7,
+			      length => 8,
+			      tos => 9,
+			      connbytes => 10,
+			      helper => 11,
+			      probability => 12 , 
+			      scp => 13,
+			      state => 14 },
+			    {},
+			    15,
+			    1 );
 	$headers = '-';
     } else {
 	( $originalmark, $source, $dest, $protos, $ports, $sports, $user, $testval, $length, $tos , $connbytes, $helper, $headers, $probability, $dscp, $state ) =
-	    split_line2( 'tcrules file',
-			 { mark => 0,
-			   action => 0,
-			   source => 1,
-			   dest => 2,
-			   proto => 3,
-			   dport => 4,
-			   sport => 5,
-			   user => 6,
-			   test => 7,
-			   length => 8,
-			   tos => 9,
-			   connbytes => 10,
-			   helper => 11,
-			   headers => 12,
-			   probability => 13,
-			   dscp => 14,
-			   state => 15 },
-			 {},
-			 16,
-	                 1 );
+	    split_rawline2( 'tcrules file',
+			    { mark => 0,
+			      action => 0,
+			      source => 1,
+			      dest => 2,
+			      proto => 3,
+			      dport => 4,
+			      sport => 5,
+			      user => 6,
+			      test => 7,
+			      length => 8,
+			      tos => 9,
+			      connbytes => 10,
+			      helper => 11,
+			      headers => 12,
+			      probability => 13,
+			      dscp => 14,
+			      state => 15 },
+			    {},
+			    16,
+			    1 );
     }
 
     for my $proto (split_list( $protos, 'Protocol' ) ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index a4fae1bd3..69e7edab5 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -2337,7 +2337,24 @@ sub setup_tc( $ ) {
 		#
 		( $mangle, $fn1 ) = open_mangle_for_output( $fn );
 
-		directive_callback( sub () { print $mangle "$_[1]\n" unless $_[0] eq 'FORMAT'; 0; } );
+		directive_callback(
+		    sub ()
+		    {
+			if ( $_[0] eq 'OMITTED' ) {
+			    #
+			    # Convert the raw rule
+			    #
+			    if ( $rawcurrentline =~ /^\s*(?:#.*)?$/ ) {
+				print $mangle "$_[1]\n";
+			    } else {
+				process_tc_rule;
+				$have_tcrules++;
+			    }
+			} else {
+			    print $mangle "$_[1]\n" unless $_[0] eq 'FORMAT';
+			}
+		    }
+		    );
 
 		first_entry(
 			    sub {