diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
index 5491ccc91..17eeaa949 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class DeviceRoleSerializer(NestedGroupModelSerializer):
         fields = [
             'id', 'url', 'display_url', 'display', 'name', 'slug', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'parent',
             'description', 'tags', 'custom_fields', 'created', 'last_updated', 'device_count', 'virtualmachine_count',
-            '_depth',
+            'comments', '_depth',
         ]
         brief_fields = (
             'id', 'url', 'display', 'name', 'slug', 'description', 'device_count', 'virtualmachine_count', '_depth'
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
index 7ef4888e3..043a94dc7 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
@@ -644,12 +644,13 @@ class DeviceRoleBulkEditForm(NetBoxModelBulkEditForm):
         max_length=200,
         required=False
     )
+    comments = CommentField()
 
     model = DeviceRole
     fieldsets = (
         FieldSet('parent', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description'),
     )
-    nullable_fields = ('color', 'config_template', 'description')
+    nullable_fields = ('color', 'config_template', 'description', 'comments')
 
 
 class PlatformBulkEditForm(NetBoxModelBulkEditForm):
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
index ad1b6b529..081e9d41d 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ class DeviceRoleImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
-        fields = ('name', 'slug', 'parent', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags')
+        fields = (
+            'name', 'slug', 'parent', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'comments', 'tags'
+        )
 
 
 class PlatformImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
index b7c6827a1..2829ac754 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ class DeviceRoleForm(NetBoxModelForm):
         queryset=DeviceRole.objects.all(),
         required=False,
     )
+    comments = CommentField()
 
     fieldsets = (
         FieldSet(
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ class DeviceRoleForm(NetBoxModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
         fields = [
-            'name', 'slug', 'parent', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'tags',
+            'name', 'slug', 'parent', 'color', 'vm_role', 'config_template', 'description', 'comments', 'tags',
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html b/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
index 79d85f238..3644337e4 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/dcim/devicerole.html
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 	<div class="col col-md-6">
     {% include 'inc/panels/related_objects.html' %}
     {% include 'inc/panels/custom_fields.html' %}
+    {% include 'inc/panels/comments.html' %}
     {% plugin_right_page object %}
   </div>
 </div>