1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packages/astro-parser/src/parse/state/fragment.ts b/packages/astro-parser/src/parse/state/fragment.ts
index 97398b227..d3b30f329 100644
--- a/packages/astro-parser/src/parse/state/fragment.ts
+++ b/packages/astro-parser/src/parse/state/fragment.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import tag from './tag.js';
 import setup from './setup.js';
 import mustache from './mustache.js';
 import text from './text.js';
+import codefence from './codefence.js';
+import codespan from './codespan.js';
 import { Parser } from '../index.js';
 
 export default function fragment(parser: Parser) {
@@ -9,6 +11,15 @@ export default function fragment(parser: Parser) {
     return setup;
   }
 
+  // Fenced code blocks are pretty complex in the GFM spec
+  // https://github.github.com/gfm/#fenced-code-blocks
+  if (parser.match_regex(/[`~]{3,}/)) {
+    return codefence;
+  }
+  if (parser.match_regex(/(?<!\\)`{1,2}/)) {
+    return codespan;
+  }
+
   if (parser.match('<')) {
     return tag;
   }