diff --git a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
index f4e91b041..741d12c23 100644
--- a/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
+++ b/src/cursor-doc/token-cursor.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
     let hasReader = false;
     while (true) {
       cursor.backwardWhitespace();
-      if (cursor.getPrevToken().type === 'reader') {
+      if (['reader', 'ignore'].includes(cursor.getPrevToken().type)) {
         cursor.previous();
         this.set(cursor);
         hasReader = true;
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
     let hasReader = false;
     while (true) {
       cursor.forwardWhitespace();
-      if (cursor.getToken().type === 'reader') {
+      if (['reader', 'ignore'].includes(cursor.getToken().type)) {
         cursor.next();
         this.set(cursor);
         hasReader = true;
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ export class LispTokenCursor extends TokenCursor {
         cursor.getToken().type !== 'reader' &&
         !cursor.tokenBeginsMetadata() &&
         cursor.getPrevToken().type !== 'reader' &&
+        cursor.getPrevToken().type !== 'ignore' &&
         !cursor.prevTokenBeginsMetadata()
       ) {
         if (cursor.backwardSexp() && !cursor.tokenBeginsMetadata()) {
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/paredit-test.ts b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/paredit-test.ts
index ccfbfeb04..5d1126dd3 100644
--- a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/paredit-test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/paredit-test.ts
@@ -1464,6 +1464,62 @@ describe('paredit', () => {
         await paredit.dragSexprBackward(a, ['b']);
         expect(textAndSelection(a)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b));
       });
+
+      describe('Ignore markers', () => {
+        it('Drags past symbol', async () => {
+          const a = docFromTextNotation('#_a (:b c)|');
+          const b = docFromTextNotation('#_(:b c)| a');
+          await paredit.dragSexprBackward(a);
+          expect(textAndSelection(a)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b));
+        });
+        it('Drags past map', async () => {
+          const a = docFromTextNotation('#_{:a b} (:c d)|');
+          const b = docFromTextNotation('#_(:c d)| {:a b}');
+          await paredit.dragSexprBackward(a);
+          expect(textAndSelection(a)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b));
+        });
+        it('Drags past ignore after newline', async () => {
+          const a = docFromTextNotation('(:a b)•#_{:c d}|');
+          const b = docFromTextNotation('(:a b)•{:c d}|#_');
+          await paredit.dragSexprBackward(a);
+          expect(textAndSelection(a)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b));
+        });
+        it('Drags past ignore after space', async () => {
+          const a = docFromTextNotation('(:a b) #_{:c d}|');
+          const b = docFromTextNotation('(:a b) {:c d}|#_');
+          await paredit.dragSexprBackward(a);
+          expect(textAndSelection(a)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b));
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('currentSexpsRange', () => {
+      const docSelectionCursorPosition = (positionNotation: string, rangeNotation: string) => {
+        const positionDoc = docFromTextNotation(positionNotation);
+        const rangeDoc = docFromTextNotation(rangeNotation);
+        const [_text1, positionSelection] = textAndSelection(positionDoc);
+        const position = positionSelection[0];
+        const [_text2, selection] = textAndSelection(rangeDoc);
+        const cursor = positionDoc.getTokenCursor(position);
+        return { doc: positionDoc, selection: selection, cursor, position };
+      };
+
+      it('Finds range with cursor between ignore marker and form, separated by whitespace before', () => {
+        const { doc, selection, cursor, position } = docSelectionCursorPosition(
+          '#_ |(:a b)',
+          '#_ |(:a b)|'
+        );
+        const range = paredit.currentSexpsRange(doc, cursor, position, false);
+        expect(range).toStrictEqual(selection);
+      });
+      it('Finds range with cursor between ignore marker and form, no whitespace', () => {
+        const { doc, selection, cursor, position } = docSelectionCursorPosition(
+          '#_|(:a b)',
+          '#_|(:a b)|'
+        );
+        const range = paredit.currentSexpsRange(doc, cursor, position, false);
+        expect(range).toStrictEqual(selection);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('backwardUp - one line', () => {
diff --git a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
index 9c2692180..6c210edb4 100644
--- a/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-test/unit/cursor-doc/token-cursor-test.ts
@@ -747,6 +747,18 @@ describe('Token Cursor', () => {
       const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selections[0].anchor);
       expect(cursor.rangeForCurrentForm(a.selections[0].anchor)).toBeUndefined();
     });
+    it('Selects atomic form to the right, when squeezed by an ignore marker', () => {
+      const a = docFromTextNotation('#_|a');
+      const b = docFromTextNotation('#_|a|');
+      const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selections[0].anchor);
+      expect(cursor.rangeForCurrentForm(a.selections[0].anchor)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b)[1]);
+    });
+    it('Selects list form to the right, when squeezed by an ignore marker', () => {
+      const a = docFromTextNotation('#_|(a)');
+      const b = docFromTextNotation('#_|(a)|');
+      const cursor: LispTokenCursor = a.getTokenCursor(a.selections[0].anchor);
+      expect(cursor.rangeForCurrentForm(a.selections[0].anchor)).toEqual(textAndSelection(b)[1]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Top Level Form', () => {