diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fca320..f0eabb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ i18next.use(i18nextHttpBackend).init(i18nextOptions);
   // path to post missing resources, or a function
   // function(lng, namespace) { return customPath; }
   // the returned path will interpolate lng, ns if provided like giving a static path
-  // 
+  //
   // note that this only works when initialized with { saveMissing: true }
   // (see https://www.i18next.com/overview/configuration-options)
   addPath: '/locales/add/{{lng}}/{{ns}}',
 
   // parse data after it has been fetched
-  // in example use https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5
+  // in example use https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5 or https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonc-parser
   // here it removes the letter a from the json (bad idea)
   parse: function(data) { return data.replace(/a/g, ''); },
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index ac5620c..e4ba89f 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ type FetchFunction = (input: string, init: RequestInit) => Promise<Response> | v
 export interface HttpBackendOptions {
   /**
    * Use an alternative fetch function that acts like an interecept, (usefull for low level mocks/simulations)
-   * 
+   *
    * This option is not called if:
-   * 
+   *
    * 1. There is an custom value set for the "request" property in this options object.
    * 2. The backend selected xmlHttpRequest over fetch
-   * 
+   *
    * If the function is called and it returns anything BUT a promise the fetch or xmlHttpRequest will be subsequentially called
-   * 
+   *
    */
   alternateFetch?: FetchFunction;
   /**
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export interface HttpBackendOptions {
   addPath?: AddPathOption;
   /**
    * parse data after it has been fetched
-   * in example use https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5
+   * in example use https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5 or https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonc-parser
    * here it removes the letter a from the json (bad idea)
    */
   parse?(
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c7d0e3..48920b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "i18next": "23.16.6",
     "json-server": "0.17.4",
     "json5": "2.2.3",
+    "jsonc-parser": "3.3.1",
     "mocha": "10.8.2",
     "tslint": "5.20.1",
     "tsd": "0.31.2",
diff --git a/test/deno/fixtures/server.js b/test/deno/fixtures/server.js
index 24eca39..5469e06 100644
--- a/test/deno/fixtures/server.js
+++ b/test/deno/fixtures/server.js
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ const server = async () => {
       key: "passing"  // keys can be without ""
     }`
   })
+  app.get('/locales/en/testc', (c) => {
+    return `{ // this is jsonc, comments is stripped
+      "key": "passing"
+    }`
+  })
   app.post('/locales/missing/en/test', (c) => {
     assertNotEquals(c.request.body, {})
     return {}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/server.js b/test/fixtures/server.js
index 3da0c6e..25752da 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/server.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/server.js
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ const server = (done) => {
       key: "passing"  // keys can be without ""
     }`)
   })
+  js.get('/locales/en/testc', (req, res) => {
+    res.send(`{ // this is jsonc, comments is stripped
+      "key": "passing"
+    }`)
+  })
   js.post('/locales/missing/en/test', (req, res) => {
     expect(req.body).not.to.eql({})
     res.jsonp()
diff --git a/test/http.spec.js b/test/http.spec.js
index b77be7a..1e68a5c 100644
--- a/test/http.spec.js
+++ b/test/http.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import expect from 'expect.js'
 import Http from '../index.js'
 import i18next from 'i18next'
 import JSON5 from 'json5'
+import { parse as parseJSONC } from 'jsonc-parser'
 import server from './fixtures/server.js'
 import { hasXMLHttpRequest } from '../lib/utils.js'
 
@@ -128,6 +129,24 @@ describe(`http backend using ${hasXMLHttpRequest() ? 'XMLHttpRequest' : 'fetch'}
         done()
       })
     })
+
+    it('should load jsonc data', (done) => {
+      backend = new Http(
+        {
+          interpolator: i18next.services.interpolator
+        },
+        {
+          loadPath: 'http://localhost:5001/locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}',
+          parse: parseJSONC
+        }
+      )
+      backend.read('en', 'testc', function (err, data) {
+        expect(err).not.to.be.ok()
+        expect(data).to.eql({ key: 'passing' })
+        done()
+      })
+    })
+
     it('should load custom parser data', (done) => {
       backend = new Http(
         {