diff --git a/rc/filetype/markdown.kak b/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
index 5a65a5d7..78d93c98 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/markdown.kak
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ add-highlighter shared/markdown/url region -recurse \( ([a-z]+://|(mailto|magnet
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/angle_bracket_url region (?<=<)([a-z]+://|(mailto|magnet|xmpp):) (?!\\).(?=>)|\n fill link
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/listblock/url region -recurse \( ([a-z]+://|(mailto|magnet|xmpp):) (?!\\).(?=\))|\s fill link
 
+try %{
+    require-module html
+    add-highlighter shared/markdown/tag region (?i)</?[a-z][a-z0-9-]*\s*([a-z_:]|(?=>)) > ref html/tag
+}
+
 add-highlighter shared/markdown/inline/code region -match-capture (`+) (`+) fill mono
 
 # Setext-style header