diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index dd65a2c..3f91d18 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -2867,7 +2867,8 @@ eventuelly be set to nil, however)."
   :commands (markdown-mode)
   :init (progn
           (setq markdown-use-pandoc-style-yaml-metadata t
-                markdown-command "pandoc --standalone")
+                markdown-command "pandoc --standalone"
+                markdown-fontify-code-blocks-natively t)
           (fset 'markdown-output-standalone-p #'(lambda () t))
           (add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'turn-off-auto-fill)
           (add-hook 'markdown-mode-hook #'turn-on-visual-line-mode)))