diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b6c35ac2..f103d21d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ gem "faker"
 gem "seed-fu"
 gem "linguist", "~> 1.0.0", :git => "https://github.com/github/linguist.git"
 gem "pygments.rb", "0.2.11"
+gem "redcarpet", "~> 2.1.1"
 gem "thin"
 gem "unicorn"
 gem "git"
 gem "acts_as_list"
-gem "rdiscount"
 gem "acts-as-taggable-on", "~> 2.1.0"
 gem "drapper"
 gem "resque", "~> 1.20.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c852a8bd..12d0ddd6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ GEM
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
     raindrops (0.8.0)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
-    rdiscount (1.6.8)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
+    redcarpet (2.1.1)
     redis (2.2.2)
     redis-namespace (1.0.3)
       redis (< 3.0.0)
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (= 3.2.1)
   rails-footnotes
   rake
-  rdiscount
+  redcarpet (~> 2.1.1)
   resque (~> 1.20.0)
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails (= 3.2.3)
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight.scss
index 0dbfc0ed..8f71c4f5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/highlight.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ td.linenos{
   vertical-align:top;
 }
 
-.highlight{
+.highlighttable .highlight{
   background:none;
   padding:10px 0px 0px 10px;
   margin-left:0px;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ td.linenos{
 }
 
 .linenodiv pre,
-.highlight pre{
+.highlighttable .highlight pre{
   margin:0;
   padding:0;
   background:none;
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 0edd3125..92f1680e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,18 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def markdown(text)
-    RDiscount.new(text, :autolink, :no_pseudo_protocols, :safelink, :smart, :filter_html).to_html.html_safe
+    @__renderer ||= Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::GitlabHTML.new(filter_html: true), {
+      no_intra_emphasis: true,
+      tables: true,
+      fenced_code_blocks: true,
+      autolink: true,
+      strikethrough: true,
+      lax_html_blocks: true,
+      space_after_headers: true,
+      superscript: true
+    })
+
+    @__renderer.render(text).html_safe
   end
 
   def search_autocomplete_source
diff --git a/app/helpers/wikis_helper.rb b/app/helpers/wikis_helper.rb
index 0c24f57a..bb168351 100644
--- a/app/helpers/wikis_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/wikis_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 module WikisHelper
-  def markdown_to_html(text)
-    RDiscount.new(text).to_html.html_safe
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/wikis/show.html.haml b/app/views/wikis/show.html.haml
index 8ac4994a..e7f879f9 100644
--- a/app/views/wikis/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/wikis/show.html.haml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 %hr
 .wiki_content
   = preserve do
-    = markdown_to_html @wiki.content
+    = markdown @wiki.content
 
 %p.time Last edited by #{@wiki.user.name}, in #{time_ago_in_words @wiki.created_at}
 - if can? current_user, :admin_wiki, @project
diff --git a/lib/redcarpet/render/gitlab_html.rb b/lib/redcarpet/render/gitlab_html.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29be4780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/redcarpet/render/gitlab_html.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class Redcarpet::Render::GitlabHTML < Redcarpet::Render::HTML
+  def block_code(code, language)
+    if Pygments::Lexer.find(language)
+      Pygments.highlight(code, :lexer => language)
+    else
+      Pygments.highlight(code)
+    end
+  end
+end
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