diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3567c2a9d09..19cb553278b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ winit_wgpu = ["winit", "wgpu"]
 # Enables XDG portal integrations
 xdg-portal = ["ashpd"]
 qr_code = ["iced/qr_code"]
+markdown = ["iced/markdown"]
 
 [dependencies]
 apply = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/src/theme/style/iced.rs b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
index 79b7dde24ee..8a49ec09a94 100644
--- a/src/theme/style/iced.rs
+++ b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use crate::theme::{CosmicComponent, Theme, TRANSPARENT_COMPONENT};
 use cosmic_theme::composite::over;
 use iced::{
+    border, color,
     overlay::menu,
     widget::{
         button as iced_button, checkbox as iced_checkbox, container as iced_container, pane_grid,
@@ -1473,3 +1474,15 @@ impl iced_widget::text_editor::Catalog for Theme {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "markdown")]
+impl iced_widget::markdown::Catalog for Theme {
+    fn code_block<'a>() -> <Self as iced_container::Catalog>::Class<'a> {
+        Container::custom(|_| iced_container::Style {
+            background: Some(color!(0x111111).into()),
+            text_color: Some(Color::WHITE),
+            border: border::rounded(2),
+            ..iced_container::Style::default()
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/widget/mod.rs b/src/widget/mod.rs
index ecce1a86c03..6c7fcd08dfb 100644
--- a/src/widget/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widget/mod.rs
@@ -361,3 +361,7 @@ pub mod tooltip {
 pub mod warning;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use warning::*;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "markdown")]
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use iced::widget::markdown;