diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e760d8671e..c3bd45e970 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
   [Marcelo Fabri](https://github.com/marcelofabri)
   [#1714](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint/issues/1714)
 
+* Make `file_header` rule ignore doc comments.  
+  [Marcelo Fabri](https://github.com/marcelofabri)
+  [#1719](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint/issues/1719)
+
 ##### Bug Fixes
 
 * Fix false positive on `redundant_discardable_let` rule when using
diff --git a/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/FileHeaderRule.swift b/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/FileHeaderRule.swift
index 183b1d4867..0d032c11d0 100644
--- a/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/FileHeaderRule.swift
+++ b/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/FileHeaderRule.swift
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public struct FileHeaderRule: ConfigurationProviderRule, OptInRule {
         var lastToken: SyntaxToken?
 
         for token in file.syntaxTokensByLines.joined() {
-            guard let kind = SyntaxKind(rawValue: token.type), kind.isCommentLike else {
+            guard let kind = SyntaxKind(rawValue: token.type), kind.isFileHeaderKind else {
                 // found a token that is not a comment, which means it's not the top of the file
                 // so we can just skip the remaining tokens
                 break
@@ -111,3 +111,9 @@ public struct FileHeaderRule: ConfigurationProviderRule, OptInRule {
         }
     }
 }
+
+private extension SyntaxKind {
+    var isFileHeaderKind: Bool {
+        return self == .comment || self == .commentURL
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/LinuxMain.swift b/Tests/LinuxMain.swift
index 6233406b95..9842f93996 100644
--- a/Tests/LinuxMain.swift
+++ b/Tests/LinuxMain.swift
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ extension FileHeaderRuleTests {
         ("testFileHeaderWithDefaultConfiguration", testFileHeaderWithDefaultConfiguration),
         ("testFileHeaderWithRequiredString", testFileHeaderWithRequiredString),
         ("testFileHeaderWithRequiredPattern", testFileHeaderWithRequiredPattern),
+        ("testFileHeaderWithRequiredStringAndURLComment", testFileHeaderWithRequiredStringAndURLComment),
         ("testFileHeaderWithForbiddenString", testFileHeaderWithForbiddenString),
-        ("testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPattern", testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPattern)
+        ("testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPattern", testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPattern),
+        ("testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPatternAndDocComment", testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPatternAndDocComment)
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/FileHeaderRuleTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/FileHeaderRuleTests.swift
index c6598c0a87..e1e1683cbb 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/FileHeaderRuleTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/FileHeaderRuleTests.swift
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class FileHeaderRuleTests: XCTestCase {
     func testFileHeaderWithRequiredString() {
         let nonTriggeringExamples = [
             "// **Header",
-            "//\n // **Header"
+            "//\n// **Header"
         ]
         let triggeringExamples = [
             "↓// Copyright\n",
             "let foo = \"**Header\"",
             "let foo = 2 // **Header",
-            "let foo = 2\n // **Header",
+            "let foo = 2\n// **Header",
             "let foo = 2 // **Header"
         ]
         let description = FileHeaderRule.description
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FileHeaderRuleTests: XCTestCase {
     func testFileHeaderWithRequiredPattern() {
         let nonTriggeringExamples = [
             "// Copyright © 2016 Realm",
-            "//\n // Copyright © 2016 Realm"
+            "//\n// Copyright © 2016 Realm"
         ]
         let triggeringExamples = [
             "↓// Copyright\n",
@@ -54,17 +54,33 @@ class FileHeaderRuleTests: XCTestCase {
                    stringDoesntViolate: false, skipCommentTests: true, testMultiByteOffsets: false)
     }
 
+    func testFileHeaderWithRequiredStringAndURLComment() {
+        let nonTriggeringExamples = [
+            "/* Check this url: https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint */"
+        ]
+        let triggeringExamples = [
+            "/* Check this url: https://github.com/apple/swift */"
+        ]
+        let description = FileHeaderRule.description
+            .with(nonTriggeringExamples: nonTriggeringExamples)
+            .with(triggeringExamples: triggeringExamples)
+
+        let config = ["required_string": "/* Check this url: https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint */"]
+        verifyRule(description, ruleConfiguration: config,
+                   stringDoesntViolate: false, skipCommentTests: true, testMultiByteOffsets: false)
+    }
+
     func testFileHeaderWithForbiddenString() {
         let nonTriggeringExamples = [
             "// Copyright\n",
             "let foo = \"**All rights reserved.\"",
             "let foo = 2 // **All rights reserved.",
-            "let foo = 2\n // **All rights reserved.",
+            "let foo = 2\n// **All rights reserved.",
             "let foo = 2 // **All rights reserved."
         ]
         let triggeringExamples = [
             "// ↓**All rights reserved.",
-            "//\n // ↓**All rights reserved."
+            "//\n// ↓**All rights reserved."
         ]
         let description = FileHeaderRule.description
             .with(nonTriggeringExamples: nonTriggeringExamples)
@@ -84,7 +100,7 @@ class FileHeaderRuleTests: XCTestCase {
         ]
         let triggeringExamples = [
             "//↓ FileHeaderRuleTests.swift",
-            "//\n //↓ FileHeaderRuleTests.swift"
+            "//\n//↓ FileHeaderRuleTests.swift"
         ]
         let description = FileHeaderRule.description
             .with(nonTriggeringExamples: nonTriggeringExamples)
@@ -93,4 +109,21 @@ class FileHeaderRuleTests: XCTestCase {
         verifyRule(description, ruleConfiguration: ["forbidden_pattern": "\\s\\w+\\.swift"],
                    skipCommentTests: true)
     }
+
+    func testFileHeaderWithForbiddenPatternAndDocComment() {
+        let nonTriggeringExamples = [
+            "/// This is great tool.\nclass GreatTool {}",
+            "class GreatTool {}"
+        ]
+        let triggeringExamples = [
+            "↓// FileHeaderRuleTests.swift",
+            "↓//\n// FileHeaderRuleTests.swift"
+        ]
+        let description = FileHeaderRule.description
+            .with(nonTriggeringExamples: nonTriggeringExamples)
+            .with(triggeringExamples: triggeringExamples)
+
+        verifyRule(description, ruleConfiguration: ["forbidden_pattern": ".?"],
+                   skipCommentTests: true, skipDisableCommandTests: true, testMultiByteOffsets: false)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/TestHelpers.swift b/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/TestHelpers.swift
index f132e0fb59..922a567d9a 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/TestHelpers.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftLintFrameworkTests/TestHelpers.swift
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ extension XCTestCase {
                     stringDoesntViolate: Bool = true,
                     skipCommentTests: Bool = false,
                     skipStringTests: Bool = false,
+                    skipDisableCommandTests: Bool = false,
                     testMultiByteOffsets: Bool = true,
                     testShebang: Bool = true) {
         guard let config = makeConfig(ruleConfiguration, ruleDescription.identifier) else {
@@ -184,7 +185,12 @@ extension XCTestCase {
             )
         }
 
-        let disableCommands = ruleDescription.allIdentifiers.map { "// swiftlint:disable \($0)\n" }
+        let disableCommands: [String]
+        if skipDisableCommandTests {
+            disableCommands = []
+        } else {
+            disableCommands = ruleDescription.allIdentifiers.map { "// swiftlint:disable \($0)\n" }
+        }
 
         // "disable" commands doesn't violate
         for command in disableCommands {