diff --git a/include/tidyenum.h b/include/tidyenum.h
index 3b2e7c2..4ed82b0 100644
--- a/include/tidyenum.h
+++ b/include/tidyenum.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ typedef enum
   TidyMergeSpans,       /**< Merge multiple SPANs */
   TidyAnchorAsName,    /**< Define anchors as name attributes */
   TidyPPrintTabs,       /**< Indent using tabs istead of spaces */
+  TidySkipQuotes,      /**< Skip quotes and comments in script CDATA */
   N_TIDY_OPTIONS       /**< Must be last */
 } TidyOptionId;
 
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 9ac6b9e..5ca18f8 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ static const TidyOptionImpl option_defs[] =
   { TidyMergeSpans,              MU, "merge-spans",                 IN, TidyAutoState,   ParseAutoBool,     autoBoolPicks   },
   { TidyAnchorAsName,            MU, "anchor-as-name",              BL, yes,             ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
   { TidyPPrintTabs,              PP, "indent-with-tabs",            BL, no,              ParseTabs,         boolPicks       }, /* 20150515 - Issue #108 */
+  { TidySkipQuotes,              MU, "skip-quotes",                 BL, no,              ParseBool,         boolPicks       }, /* 1642186 - Issue #65 */
   { N_TIDY_OPTIONS,              XX, NULL,                          XY, 0,               NULL,              NULL            }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lexer.c b/src/lexer.c
index b571d43..84031e5 100644
--- a/src/lexer.c
+++ b/src/lexer.c
@@ -1947,6 +1947,73 @@ static Bool ExpectsContent(Node *node)
     return yes;
 }
 
+/*\
+ * Issue #65 - also see http://tidy.sf.net/issue/1642186
+ * Parser too gready over <script> blocks
+ *
+ * The idea is to scan the current lexer data, and
+ * return a Bool
+ * yes = we are in a javascript comment text, either type,
+ *       or are within quotes, either single or double
+ * no  = Not in any of the above.
+ *
+ * This is to avoid tidy finding tags in quoted or comment text.
+ *
+ * Controlled by option --skip-quotes yes|no, enum as
+ * TidySkipQuotes, off by default.
+\*/
+static Bool IsInQuotesorComment( Lexer * lexer )
+{
+    unsigned int i;
+    Bool inq, toeol, toec;
+    unsigned char prev, quot, c;
+    prev = quot = 0;
+    inq = toeol = toec = no;
+    for ( i = lexer->txtstart; i < lexer->lexsize; i++ )
+    {
+        c = lexer->lexbuf[i];
+        if ( toeol )
+        {
+            /* continue until END OF LINE */
+            if ( c == '\n' )
+            {
+                toeol = no;
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( toec )
+        {
+            /* continue until END OF COMMENT */
+            if ( ( c == '/' ) && ( prev == '*' ) )
+                toec = no;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (( prev != '\\' ) && (( c == '"' ) || ( c == '\'')) )
+            {
+                if ( inq && ( c == quot ))
+                {
+                    inq = no;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    inq = yes;
+                    quot = c;   /* keep type of start quote - single or double */
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( !inq && ( c == '/' ) && (prev == '/') )
+            {
+                toeol = yes;   /* set in comment, until END OF LINE */
+            }
+            else if ( !inq && ( c == '*' ) && (prev == '/'))
+            {
+                toec = yes; /* set until END OF COMMENT */
+            }
+        }
+    prev = c;
+    }
+    return (inq | toeol | toec);
+}
+
 /*
   create a text node for the contents of
   a CDATA element like style or script
@@ -1971,6 +2038,7 @@ static Node *GetCDATA( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *container )
     Bool matches = no;
     uint c;
     Bool hasSrc = TY_(AttrGetById)(container, TidyAttr_SRC) != NULL;
+    Bool skipquotes = cfgBool(doc, TidySkipQuotes); /* #65 - get CONFIG option */
 
     SetLexerLocus( doc, lexer );
     lexer->waswhite = no;
@@ -1991,6 +2059,13 @@ static Node *GetCDATA( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *container )
                 continue;
             }
 
+            /*\
+             *  Issue #65 - sf 1642186 - try to skip "...", '...', // ...\n, and
+             *  other C/C++ like comment blocks, if the option enabled 
+            \*/
+            if ( skipquotes && IsInQuotesorComment(lexer) )
+               continue;
+
             c = TY_(ReadChar)(doc->docIn);
 
             if (TY_(IsLetter)(c))
diff --git a/src/localize.c b/src/localize.c
index 9c7372b..447ef71 100755
--- a/src/localize.c
+++ b/src/localize.c
@@ -925,6 +925,10 @@ static const TidyOptionDoc option_docs[] =
    "Note TidyTabSize controls converting input tabs to spaces. Set to zero "
    "to retain input tabs. "
   },
+  {TidySkipQuotes,
+   "This option specifies that Tidy should skip quotes, and comments "
+   "when parsing script data. "
+  },
   {N_TIDY_OPTIONS,
    NULL
   }
diff --git a/test/input/cfg_1642186-1.txt b/test/input/cfg_1642186-1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbda861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/input/cfg_1642186-1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+skip-quotes: yes
+indent: auto
+tidy-mark: no
+clean: yes
+logical-emphasis: yes
+indent-attributes: yes
+show-info: no
diff --git a/test/input/in_1642186-1.html b/test/input/in_1642186-1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a0713d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/input/in_1642186-1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>Issue #65 - Parser too greedy over script blocks</title>
+<script>
+/* the <script */
+var m1 = "\"<script \"";
+var m2 = '<script '; // <script 
+</script>
+</head>
+<body>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 31b6355..5a4e3fd 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-5.1.9
-2015.09.10
+5.1.10
+2015.09.16