diff --git a/parser/fcode_block.go b/parser/fcode_block.go
index f5b83ee..9cef7c7 100644
--- a/parser/fcode_block.go
+++ b/parser/fcode_block.go
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ func (b *fencedCodeBlockParser) Open(parent ast.Node, reader text.Reader, pc Con
 		}
 	}
 	node := ast.NewFencedCodeBlock(info)
+	// add attributes
+	if info != nil {
+		infoText := info.Text(reader.Source())
+		pos := bytes.IndexByte(infoText, '{')
+		if pos > -1 {
+			attrs, ok := ParseAttributes(text.NewReader(infoText[pos:]))
+			if ok {
+				for _, attr := range attrs {
+					node.SetAttribute(attr.Name, attr.Value)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	pc.Set(fencedCodeBlockInfoKey, &fenceData{fenceChar, findent, oFenceLength, node})
 	return node, NoChildren
 
diff --git a/renderer/html/html.go b/renderer/html/html.go
index 8134b8b..b24713e 100644
--- a/renderer/html/html.go
+++ b/renderer/html/html.go
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ func (r *Renderer) renderCodeBlock(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, n ast.Node,
 func (r *Renderer) renderFencedCodeBlock(w util.BufWriter, source []byte, node ast.Node, entering bool) (ast.WalkStatus, error) {
 	n := node.(*ast.FencedCodeBlock)
 	if entering {
-		_, _ = w.WriteString("<pre><code")
+		_, _ = w.WriteString("<pre")
+		if n.Attributes() != nil {
+			RenderAttributes(w, n, GlobalAttributeFilter)
+		}
+		_, _ = w.WriteString("><code")
 		language := n.Language(source)
 		if language != nil {
 			_, _ = w.WriteString(" class=\"language-")