diff --git a/src/DiagnosticMessages.ts b/src/DiagnosticMessages.ts
index c547a4d71..8c496560e 100644
--- a/src/DiagnosticMessages.ts
+++ b/src/DiagnosticMessages.ts
@@ -635,6 +635,11 @@ export let DiagnosticMessages = {
         message: `Cannot find type with name '${typeName}'`,
         code: 1123,
         severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error
+    }),
+    illegalContinueStatement: () => ({
+        message: `Continue statement must be contained within a loop statement`,
+        code: 1124,
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error
     })
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lexer/Lexer.spec.ts b/src/lexer/Lexer.spec.ts
index 8572a9518..0b7955c06 100644
--- a/src/lexer/Lexer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lexer/Lexer.spec.ts
@@ -1294,4 +1294,13 @@ describe('lexer', () => {
             );
         });
     });
+
+    it('detects "continue" as a keyword', () => {
+        expect(
+            Lexer.scan('continue').tokens.map(x => x.kind)
+        ).to.eql([
+            TokenKind.Continue,
+            TokenKind.Eof
+        ]);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/lexer/TokenKind.ts b/src/lexer/TokenKind.ts
index 6c58c416c..16213998b 100644
--- a/src/lexer/TokenKind.ts
+++ b/src/lexer/TokenKind.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export enum TokenKind {
     Override = 'Override',
     Import = 'Import',
     EndInterface = 'EndInterface',
+    Continue = 'Continue',
 
     //brighterscript source literals
     LineNumLiteral = 'LineNumLiteral',
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ export const ReservedWords = new Set([
 export const Keywords: Record<string, TokenKind> = {
     as: TokenKind.As,
     and: TokenKind.And,
+    continue: TokenKind.Continue,
     dim: TokenKind.Dim,
     end: TokenKind.End,
     then: TokenKind.Then,
@@ -429,7 +431,8 @@ export const AllowedProperties = [
     TokenKind.Catch,
     TokenKind.EndTry,
     TokenKind.Throw,
-    TokenKind.EndInterface
+    TokenKind.EndInterface,
+    TokenKind.Continue
 ];
 
 /** List of TokenKind that are allowed as local var identifiers. */
@@ -461,7 +464,8 @@ export const AllowedLocalIdentifiers = [
     TokenKind.Import,
     TokenKind.Try,
     TokenKind.Catch,
-    TokenKind.EndTry
+    TokenKind.EndTry,
+    TokenKind.Continue
 ];
 
 export const BrighterScriptSourceLiterals = [
diff --git a/src/parser/BrsTranspileState.ts b/src/parser/BrsTranspileState.ts
index d83e015a2..d19a27295 100644
--- a/src/parser/BrsTranspileState.ts
+++ b/src/parser/BrsTranspileState.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,31 @@ export class BrsTranspileState extends TranspileState {
      * Used by ClassMethodStatements to determine information about their enclosing class
      */
     public classStatement?: ClassStatement;
+
+    private loopLabels = [] as { label: string; wasAccessed: boolean }[];
+
+    /**
+     * Start a new loop label tracker. If any continue statements need this, they will
+     */
+    public pushLoopLabel() {
+        this.loopLabels.push({
+            label: `BRIGHTERSCRIPT_LABEL_${this.loopLabelSequence++}`,
+            wasAccessed: false
+        });
+    }
+
+    public popLoopLabel() {
+        return this.loopLabels.pop();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the label at the end of the loop. By calling this, we tell
+     * the loop transpiler that it needs to insert the end-of-loop label
+     */
+    public getLoopLabel() {
+        const loopLabel = this.loopLabels[this.loopLabels.length - 1];
+        loopLabel.wasAccessed = true;
+        return loopLabel.label;
+    }
+    private loopLabelSequence = 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/Parser.ts b/src/parser/Parser.ts
index 7af59b49d..503af9c03 100644
--- a/src/parser/Parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Parser.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../Logger';
 import { isAnnotationExpression, isCallExpression, isCallfuncExpression, isClassMethodStatement, isCommentStatement, isDottedGetExpression, isIfStatement, isIndexedGetExpression, isVariableExpression } from '../astUtils/reflection';
 import { createVisitor, WalkMode } from '../astUtils/visitors';
 import { createStringLiteral, createToken } from '../astUtils/creators';
-import { RegexLiteralExpression } from '.';
+import { ContinueStatement, RegexLiteralExpression } from '.';
 
 export class Parser {
     /**
@@ -1004,6 +1004,10 @@ export class Parser {
             return this.gotoStatement();
         }
 
+        if (this.check(TokenKind.Continue)) {
+            return this.continueStatement();
+        }
+
         //does this line look like a label? (i.e.  `someIdentifier:` )
         if (this.check(TokenKind.Identifier) && this.checkNext(TokenKind.Colon) && this.checkPrevious(TokenKind.Newline)) {
             try {
@@ -1972,6 +1976,15 @@ export class Parser {
         return new LabelStatement(tokens);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses a `continue` statement
+     */
+    private continueStatement() {
+        return new ContinueStatement({
+            continue: this.advance()
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parses a `goto` statement
      * @returns an AST representation of an `goto` statement.
diff --git a/src/parser/Statement.ts b/src/parser/Statement.ts
index 3c121bca4..ce90d48a5 100644
--- a/src/parser/Statement.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Statement.ts
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ export class ForStatement extends Statement {
     public readonly range: Range;
 
     transpile(state: BrsTranspileState) {
+        state.pushLoopLabel();
         let result = [];
         //for
         result.push(
@@ -836,15 +837,22 @@ export class ForStatement extends Statement {
         state.lineage.unshift(this);
         result.push(...this.body.transpile(state));
         state.lineage.shift();
+
+        //if we need to include an end-of-loop label
+        const loopLabel = state.popLoopLabel();
+        if (loopLabel.wasAccessed) {
+            result.push('\n', state.indent(), loopLabel.label, ':');
+        }
+
         if (this.body.statements.length > 0) {
             result.push('\n');
         }
+
         //end for
         result.push(
             state.indent(),
             state.transpileToken(this.endForToken)
         );
-
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -2173,3 +2181,26 @@ export class ThrowStatement extends Statement {
         }
     }
 }
+
+export class ContinueStatement extends Statement {
+    constructor(
+        public tokens: {
+            continue: Token;
+        }
+    ) {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public get range() {
+        return this.tokens.continue.range;
+    }
+
+    transpile(state: BrsTranspileState) {
+        return [
+            state.sourceNode(this.tokens.continue, `goto ${state.getLoopLabel()}`)
+        ];
+    }
+    walk(visitor: WalkVisitor, options: WalkOptions) {
+        //nothing to walk
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts b/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..785bb67d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/tests/statement/Continue.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import type { ForStatement, FunctionStatement } from '../..';
+import { ContinueStatement } from '../..';
+import { DiagnosticMessages } from '../../../DiagnosticMessages';
+import { expectZeroDiagnostics } from '../../../testHelpers.spec';
+import { Parser } from '../../Parser';
+
+describe.only('parser continue statements', () => {
+    it('parses standalone statement properly', () => {
+        let parser = Parser.parse(`
+            sub main()
+                for i = 0 to 10
+                    continue
+                end for
+            end sub
+        `);
+        expectZeroDiagnostics(parser);
+        const stmt = ((parser.ast.statements[0] as FunctionStatement).func.body.statements[0] as ForStatement).body.statements[0] as ContinueStatement;
+        expect(stmt).to.be.instanceof(ContinueStatement);
+    });
+
+    it('detects `continue` used outside of a loop', () => {
+        let parser = Parser.parse(`
+            sub main()
+                continue
+            end sub
+        `);
+        expect(parser.diagnostics[0]?.message).to.eql(
+            DiagnosticMessages.illegalContinueStatement().message
+        );
+    });
+});