diff --git a/pycparser/_c_ast.cfg b/pycparser/_c_ast.cfg
index fad5691..10c73e1 100644
--- a/pycparser/_c_ast.cfg
+++ b/pycparser/_c_ast.cfg
@@ -187,3 +187,5 @@
 Union: [name, decls**]
 
 While: [cond*, stmt*]
+
+Pragma: [string]
diff --git a/pycparser/c_ast.py b/pycparser/c_ast.py
index 4989f50..19119e1 100644
--- a/pycparser/c_ast.py
+++ b/pycparser/c_ast.py
@@ -795,3 +795,15 @@
 
     attr_names = ()
 
+class Pragma(Node):
+    __slots__ = ('string', 'coord', '__weakref__')
+    def __init__(self, string, coord=None):
+        self.string = string
+        self.coord = coord
+
+    def children(self):
+        nodelist = []
+        return tuple(nodelist)
+
+    attr_names = ('string', )
+
diff --git a/pycparser/c_generator.py b/pycparser/c_generator.py
index f4a5a12..4c53721 100644
--- a/pycparser/c_generator.py
+++ b/pycparser/c_generator.py
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 
     def visit_ID(self, n):
         return n.name
+    
+    def visit_Pragma(self, n):
+        ret = '#pragma'
+        if n.string:
+            ret += ' ' + n.string
+        return ret
 
     def visit_ArrayRef(self, n):
         arrref = self._parenthesize_unless_simple(n.name)
@@ -157,6 +163,8 @@
         for ext in n.ext:
             if isinstance(ext, c_ast.FuncDef):
                 s += self.visit(ext)
+            elif isinstance(ext, c_ast.Pragma):
+                s += self.visit(ext) + '\n'
             else:
                 s += self.visit(ext) + ';\n'
         return s
diff --git a/pycparser/c_lexer.py b/pycparser/c_lexer.py
index cbb9d26..95e3971 100644
--- a/pycparser/c_lexer.py
+++ b/pycparser/c_lexer.py
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
         'ELLIPSIS',
 
         # pre-processor
-        'PPHASH',      # '#'
+        'PPHASH',       # '#'
+        'PPPRAGMA',     # 'pragma'
+        'PPPRAGMASTR',
     )
 
     ##
@@ -274,7 +276,6 @@
 
     def t_ppline_NEWLINE(self, t):
         r'\n'
-
         if self.pp_line is None:
             self._error('line number missing in #line', t)
         else:
@@ -304,15 +305,14 @@
 
     def t_pppragma_PPPRAGMA(self, t):
         r'pragma'
-        pass
+        return t
 
-    t_pppragma_ignore = ' \t<>.-{}();=+-*/$%@&^~!?:,0123456789'
+    t_pppragma_ignore = ' \t'
 
-    @TOKEN(string_literal)
-    def t_pppragma_STR(self, t): pass
-
-    @TOKEN(identifier)
-    def t_pppragma_ID(self, t): pass
+    def t_pppragma_STR(self, t):
+        '.+'
+        t.type = 'PPPRAGMASTR'
+        return t
 
     def t_pppragma_error(self, t):
         self._error('invalid #pragma directive', t)
diff --git a/pycparser/c_parser.py b/pycparser/c_parser.py
index f4f7453..494f501 100644
--- a/pycparser/c_parser.py
+++ b/pycparser/c_parser.py
@@ -537,8 +537,9 @@
 
     def p_external_declaration_3(self, p):
         """ external_declaration    : pp_directive
+                                    | pppragma_directive
         """
-        p[0] = p[1]
+        p[0] = [p[1]]
 
     def p_external_declaration_4(self, p):
         """ external_declaration    : SEMI
@@ -549,7 +550,16 @@
         """ pp_directive  : PPHASH
         """
         self._parse_error('Directives not supported yet',
-            self._coord(p.lineno(1)))
+                          self._coord(p.lineno(1)))
+
+    def p_pppragma_directive(self, p):
+        """ pppragma_directive      : PPPRAGMA
+                                    | PPPRAGMA PPPRAGMASTR
+        """
+        if len(p) == 3:
+            p[0] = c_ast.Pragma(p[2])
+        else:
+            p[0] = c_ast.Pragma("")
 
     # In function definitions, the declarator can be followed by
     # a declaration list, for old "K&R style" function definitios.
@@ -589,6 +599,7 @@
                         | selection_statement
                         | iteration_statement
                         | jump_statement
+                        | pppragma_directive
         """
         p[0] = p[1]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_c_generator.py b/tests/test_c_generator.py
index dd6e5ed..edaced1 100644
--- a/tests/test_c_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_c_generator.py
@@ -245,5 +245,14 @@
             }
         ''')
 
+    def test_pragma(self):
+        self._assert_ctoc_correct(r'''
+            #pragma foo
+            void f() {
+                #pragma bar
+                i = (a, b, c);
+            }
+        ''')
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_c_lexer.py b/tests/test_c_lexer.py
index 033963e..6a15276 100644
--- a/tests/test_c_lexer.py
+++ b/tests/test_c_lexer.py
@@ -309,28 +309,52 @@
 
 
     def test_preprocessor_pragma(self):
-        str = r'''
+        str = '''
         42
+        #pragma
         #pragma helo me
         #pragma once
         # pragma omp parallel private(th_id)
-        #pragma {pack: 2, smack: 3}
+        #\tpragma {pack: 2, smack: 3}
         #pragma <includeme.h> "nowit.h"
         #pragma "string"
         #pragma somestring="some_other_string"
         #pragma id 124124 and numbers 0235495
         59
         '''
-
-        # Check that pragmas are ignored but the line number advances
+        # Check that pragmas are tokenized, including trailing string
         self.clex.input(str)
         self.clex.reset_lineno()
 
         t1 = self.clex.token()
         self.assertEqual(t1.type, 'INT_CONST_DEC')
+        
         t2 = self.clex.token()
-        self.assertEqual(t2.type, 'INT_CONST_DEC')
-        self.assertEqual(t2.lineno, 11)
+        self.assertEqual(t2.type, 'PPPRAGMA')
+        
+        t3 = self.clex.token()
+        self.assertEqual(t3.type, 'PPPRAGMA')
+        
+        t4 = self.clex.token()
+        self.assertEqual(t4.type, 'PPPRAGMASTR')
+        self.assertEqual(t4.value, 'helo me')
+        
+        for i in range(3):
+            t = self.clex.token()
+            
+        t5 = self.clex.token()
+        self.assertEqual(t5.type, 'PPPRAGMASTR')
+        self.assertEqual(t5.value, 'omp parallel private(th_id)')
+        
+        for i in range(5):
+            ta = self.clex.token()
+            self.assertEqual(ta.type, 'PPPRAGMA')
+            tb = self.clex.token()
+            self.assertEqual(tb.type, 'PPPRAGMASTR')
+        
+        t6 = self.clex.token()
+        self.assertEqual(t6.type, 'INT_CONST_DEC')
+        self.assertEqual(t6.lineno, 12)
 
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_c_parser.py b/tests/test_c_parser.py
index c1bf5be..ed957dc 100755
--- a/tests/test_c_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_c_parser.py
@@ -1284,6 +1284,21 @@
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(ps2.ext[0].body.block_items[1].type.dim, Assignment))
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(ps2.ext[0].body.block_items[2].type.dim, ID))
 
+    def test_pragma(self):
+        s1 = r'''
+            #pragma bar
+            void main() {
+                #pragma foo
+                for(;;) {}
+            }
+            '''
+        s1_ast = self.parse(s1)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(s1_ast.ext[0], Pragma))
+        self.assertEqual(s1_ast.ext[0].string, 'bar')
+
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(s1_ast.ext[1].body.block_items[0], Pragma))
+        self.assertEqual(s1_ast.ext[1].body.block_items[0].string, 'foo')
+
 
 class TestCParser_whole_code(TestCParser_base):
     """ Testing of parsing whole chunks of code.
@@ -1818,6 +1833,7 @@
             '''
         self.assertRaises(ParseError, self.parse, s2)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #~ suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromNames(
         #~ ['test_c_parser.TestCParser_fundamentals.test_typedef'])