diff --git a/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx b/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
index 0c320b0..3a6fb20 100644
--- a/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/renderer-spec.tsx
@@ -175,3 +175,19 @@ test('should render blockquote with mixed text', () => {
     ) as string).trim()
   ).toBe('> This is _hello_ **world**');
 });
+
+test('should render code tag with text', () => {
+  expect(
+    (render(
+      <code lang="js">const a = 1;</code>
+    ) as string).trim()
+  ).toBe('```js\nconst a = 1;\n```');
+});
+
+test('should render code tag without text', () => {
+  expect(
+    (render(
+      <code lang="js"/>
+    ) as string).trim()
+  ).toBe('```js\n\n```');
+});
diff --git a/src/tagHandler.ts b/src/tagHandler.ts
index 3c721e9..2f9ffd5 100644
--- a/src/tagHandler.ts
+++ b/src/tagHandler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   blockquote,
+  code,
   emphasis,
   heading,
   image,
@@ -9,7 +10,11 @@ import {
   paragraph,
   strong,
 } from 'mdast-builder';
-import { AnchorHTMLAttributes, ImgHTMLAttributes } from 'react';
+import {
+  HTMLAttributes,
+  AnchorHTMLAttributes,
+  ImgHTMLAttributes,
+} from 'react';
 // tslint:disable-next-line: no-implicit-dependencies
 import { Node as MDASTNode, Parent as MDASTParent } from 'unist';
 
@@ -105,6 +110,28 @@ export default function handleTag(
     }
     // END - Handle blockquote
 
+    // START - Handle code
+    case 'code': {
+      const props = node.props as HTMLAttributes<any>;
+
+      let lang = '';
+      if (props.lang !== undefined) {
+        lang = props.lang;
+      }
+
+      let value = '';
+      if (props.children !== undefined) {
+        const onlyChild = props.children;
+        if (typeof onlyChild === 'string' || typeof onlyChild === 'number') {
+          value = onlyChild.toString();
+        }
+      }
+
+      childASTNode = code(lang, value);
+      break;
+    }
+    // END - Handle code
+
     default:
       newParentASTNode = parentASTNode;
       break;