diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbadd97..cb6a627 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ Markdown renderer.
 
 ## Features
 
+- Code
 - Links
 - Lists
 - Headers
 - Paragraphs
 - Quotes
+- Tables
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -26,9 +28,12 @@ html := markdown.Render("# Header")
 
 ```
 PASS: TestEmpty
-PASS: TestParagraphs
+PASS: TestParagraph
 PASS: TestHeader
 PASS: TestLink
+PASS: TestList
+PASS: TestTables
+PASS: TestCode
 PASS: TestQuote
 PASS: TestCombined
 PASS: TestSecurity
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ coverage: 100.0% of statements
 ## Benchmarks
 
 ```
-BenchmarkSmall-12        2411152               489.1 ns/op           248 B/op          5 allocs/op
+BenchmarkSmall-12        2421213               494.2 ns/op           248 B/op          5 allocs/op
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index a9c7a49..df118b7 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ type renderer struct {
 	quoteLevel         int
 	listLevel          int
 	tableLevel         int
+	codeLines          int
 	tableHeaderWritten bool
+	inCodeBlock        bool
 }
 
 // Render creates HTML from the supplied markdown text.
@@ -52,6 +54,23 @@ func Render(markdown string) string {
 }
 
 func (r *renderer) processLine(line string) {
+	if r.inCodeBlock {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "```") {
+			r.out.WriteString("</code></pre>")
+			r.inCodeBlock = false
+			r.codeLines = 0
+		} else {
+			if r.codeLines != 0 {
+				r.out.WriteByte('\n')
+			}
+
+			r.out.WriteString(html.EscapeString(line))
+			r.codeLines++
+		}
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	newQuoteLevel := 0
 
 	for strings.HasPrefix(line, ">") {
@@ -107,6 +126,25 @@ func (r *renderer) processLine(line string) {
 		r.out.WriteString("</li>")
 		return
 
+	case '`':
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "```") {
+			language := line[3:]
+
+			if !r.inCodeBlock {
+				if language != "" {
+					r.out.WriteString("<pre><code class=\"language-")
+					r.out.WriteString(html.EscapeString(language))
+					r.out.WriteString("\">")
+				} else {
+					r.out.WriteString("<pre><code>")
+				}
+
+				r.inCodeBlock = true
+			}
+
+			return
+		}
+
 	case '|':
 		r.closeParagraphs()
 		line = line[1:]
diff --git a/Render_test.go b/Render_test.go
index c9718ee..30a2cac 100644
--- a/Render_test.go
+++ b/Render_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ func TestTables(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("| 1 | 2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | 2 |"), "<table><thead><tr><th>1</th><th>2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>")
 }
 
+func TestCode(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```\nText\n```"), "<pre><code>Text</code></pre>")
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```go\ntype A struct {\n\t\n}\n```"), "<pre><code class=\"language-go\">type A struct {\n\t\n}</code></pre>")
+}
+
 func TestQuote(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("> Line"), "<blockquote><p>Line</p></blockquote>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("> Line 1\n> Line 2"), "<blockquote><p>Line 1 Line 2</p></blockquote>")