diff --git a/superset/sql/parse.py b/superset/sql/parse.py
index 314ddb40dd7..20fe7f2b0c8 100644
--- a/superset/sql/parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql/parse.py
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ def sanitize_clause(clause: str, engine: str) -> str:
         return Dialect.get_or_raise(dialect).generate(
             statement._parsed,  # pylint: disable=protected-access
             copy=True,
-            comments=False,
+            comments=True,
             pretty=False,
         )
     except SupersetParseError as ex:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
index 274acc01b5a..78b00f4487d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/sql/parse_tests.py
@@ -2693,9 +2693,19 @@ def test_is_valid_cvas(sql: str, engine: str, expected: bool) -> None:
         ),  # Compact format
         (
             "col = 'abc' -- comment",
-            "col = 'abc'",
+            "col = 'abc' /* comment */",
             "base",
-        ),  # Comments removed for compact format
+        ),  # Line comments converted to block comments
+        (
+            "TRUE /* precise_count_distinct=true */",
+            "TRUE /* precise_count_distinct=true */",
+            "base",
+        ),  # Block comments preserved
+        (
+            "col > 1 /* hint=value */",
+            "col > 1 /* hint=value */",
+            "base",
+        ),  # Block comments preserved
         ("col = 'col1 = 1) AND (col2 = 2'", "col = 'col1 = 1) AND (col2 = 2'", "base"),
         ("col = 'select 1; select 2'", "col = 'select 1; select 2'", "base"),
         ("col = 'abc -- comment'", "col = 'abc -- comment'", "base"),