diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1cde57abd..f0e7e1b2d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Bugs fixed
   that contains regular-expression like string
 * #1565: Show warning if Pygments throws an ErrorToken
 * #2211: Fix paragraphs in table cell doesn't work in Latex output
+* #2253: ``:pyobject:`` option of ``literalinclude`` directive can't detect indented
+  body block when the block starts with blank or comment lines.
 
 Release 1.3.4 (released Jan 12, 2016)
 =====================================
diff --git a/sphinx/pycode/__init__.py b/sphinx/pycode/__init__.py
index 8e8ecf706..3da887d6c 100644
--- a/sphinx/pycode/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/pycode/__init__.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class ModuleAnalyzer(object):
                     yield tokentup
         tokeniter = tokeniter()
         for type, tok, spos, epos, line in tokeniter:
-            if expect_indent:
+            if expect_indent and type != token.NL:
                 if type != token.INDENT:
                     # no suite -- one-line definition
                     assert stack
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-directive-code/python.rst b/tests/roots/test-directive-code/python.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..794c190f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-directive-code/python.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+===========================
+Literal Includes for python
+===========================
+
+block start with blank or comment
+=================================
+
+.. literalinclude:: target.py
+   :pyobject: block_start_with_comment
+
+.. literalinclude:: target.py
+   :pyobject: block_start_with_blank
+
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-directive-code/target.py b/tests/roots/test-directive-code/target.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61ad717ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-directive-code/target.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Literally included file using Python highlighting
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+foo = "Including Unicode characters: üöä"
+
+class Foo:
+    pass
+
+class Bar:
+    def baz():
+        pass
+
+# comment after Bar class definition
+def bar(): pass
+
+def block_start_with_comment():
+    # Comment
+    return 1
+
+def block_start_with_blank():
+
+    return 1
diff --git a/tests/test_directive_code.py b/tests/test_directive_code.py
index 1a488b0c7..8f3fb3161 100644
--- a/tests/test_directive_code.py
+++ b/tests/test_directive_code.py
@@ -98,6 +98,30 @@ def test_literal_include_dedent(app, status, warning):
     assert blocks[5].text == '\n\n'   # dedent: 1000
 
 
+@with_app('xml', testroot='directive-code')
+def test_literal_include_block_start_with_comment_or_brank(app, status, warning):
+    app.builder.build(['python'])
+    et = ElementTree.parse(app.outdir / 'python.xml')
+    secs = et.findall('./section/section')
+    literal_include = secs[0].findall('literal_block')
+    assert len(literal_include) > 0
+    actual = literal_include[0].text
+    expect = (
+        'def block_start_with_comment():\n'
+        '    # Comment\n'
+        '    return 1\n'
+    )
+    assert actual == expect
+
+    actual = literal_include[1].text
+    expect = (
+        'def block_start_with_blank():\n'
+        '\n'
+        '    return 1\n'
+    )
+    assert actual == expect
+
+
 @with_app('html', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literal_include_linenos(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build(['linenos'])