diff --git a/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb b/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb
index eb069c27..067a487f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/tags/highlight.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ module Jekyll
 
     def render_pygments(context, code)
       if context["content_type"] == "markdown"
-        return "\n" + Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options) + "\n"
+        return "\n" + add_code_tags(Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options), @lang) + "\n"
       elsif context["content_type"] == "textile"
-        return "<notextile>" + Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options) + "</notextile>"
+        return "<notextile>" + add_code_tags(Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options), @lang) + "</notextile>"
       else
-        return Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options)
+        return add_code_tags(Albino.new(code, @lang).to_s(@options), @lang)
       end
     end
 
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ module Jekyll
 </div>
       HTML
     end
+    
+    def add_code_tags(code, lang)
+      # Add nested <code> tags to code blocks
+      code = code.sub(/<pre>/,'<pre><code class="' + lang + '">')
+      code = code.sub(/<\/pre>/,"</code></pre>")
+    end
+    
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 0c3caa6d..64119572 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ CONTENT
     end
 
     should "render markdown with pygments line handling" do
-      assert_match %{<pre>test\n</pre>}, @result
+      assert_match %{<pre><code class='text'>test\n</code></pre>}, @result
     end
   end
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ CONTENT
     end
 
     should "render markdown with pygments line handling" do
-      assert_match %{<pre>Æ\n</pre>}, @result
+      assert_match %{<pre><code class='text'>Æ\n</code></pre>}, @result
     end
   end