diff --git a/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.js b/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcd6e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Highlight, { defaultProps } from 'prism-react-renderer'
+
+export default function CodeBlock({ children, className }) {
+  const language = className.replace(/language-/, '')
+
+  return (
+    <Highlight {...defaultProps} code={children.trim()} language={language}>
+      {({ className, style, tokens, getLineProps, getTokenProps }) => (
+        <pre className={className} style={{ ...style, padding: '20px' }}>
+          {tokens.map((line, i) => (
+            <div key={i} {...getLineProps({ line, key: i })}>
+              {line.map((token, key) => (
+                <span key={key} {...getTokenProps({ token, key })} />
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </pre>
+      )}
+    </Highlight>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.stories.js b/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.stories.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e242500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock.stories.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import CodeBlock from './CodeBlock'
+
+export default { title: 'CodeBlock' }
+
+export const JS = () => (
+  <CodeBlock className='language-javascript'>
+{`const a = doSomething()
+const b = new Thing([
+  a, b, c
+])`}
+  </CodeBlock>
+)
+
+export const CSS = () => (
+  <CodeBlock className='language-css'>
+{`.foo {
+  color: red;
+  background: url('blah.jpg')
+}`}
+  </CodeBlock>
+)
diff --git a/app/components/cssReset.js b/app/components/cssReset.js
index 8fa7a1f..2d2b8fc 100644
--- a/app/components/cssReset.js
+++ b/app/components/cssReset.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 export default function cssReset (felaRenderer) {
   felaRenderer.renderStatic({
+    boxSizing: 'border-box',
     fontSize: '16px',
     fontFamily: 'sans-serif',
     lineHeight: 1.5,
     margin: 0
+  }, ':root')
+
+  felaRenderer.renderStatic({
+    boxSizing: 'inherit',
+  }, '*, *:before, *:after')
+
+  felaRenderer.renderStatic({
+    margin: 0
   }, 'body')
 }
diff --git a/app/pages/example-post.mdx b/app/pages/example-post.mdx
index b4abb7f..ea48b47 100644
--- a/app/pages/example-post.mdx
+++ b/app/pages/example-post.mdx
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ import ExamplePostList from '../components/ExamplePostList/ExamplePostList'
 
 ---
 
+```javascript
+function example () {
+  console.log('Code syntax highlighting works too!')
+}
+```
+
+---
+
 Remember, components are only prerendered by default.
 
 If you want to automatically [hydrate](https://reactjs.org/docs/react-dom.html#hydrate) a component on the client, you'll need to import a component wrapped with the `asIsland` higher order component.
diff --git a/app/prerender.js b/app/prerender.js
index b0c1f6d..90f904e 100644
--- a/app/prerender.js
+++ b/app/prerender.js
@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ import { createRenderer } from 'fela'
 import { RendererProvider } from 'react-fela'
 import { renderToMarkup } from 'fela-dom'
 import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet'
+import { MDXProvider } from '@mdx-js/react'
 import cssReset from './components/cssReset'
 import DefaultLayout from './layouts/DefaultLayout'
+import CodeBlock from './components/CodeBlock/CodeBlock'
 
-export default function prerender (manifest, mode) {
+export default function prerender(manifest, mode) {
   /*
   1. Require every JS and MDX file in the `pages` directory and create a useful collection of 'page' objects.
   (uses Webpack's context module API, see https://webpack.js.org/guides/dependency-management/)
   */
   const pages = []
   const req = require.context('./pages', true, /^(?!.*\/_).*(js|mdx)$/)
-  req.keys().forEach(sourceFilePath => {
+  req.keys().forEach((sourceFilePath) => {
     const pageModule = req(sourceFilePath)
     const sourceFile = path.parse(sourceFilePath)
 
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ export default function prerender (manifest, mode) {
   const pageProps = { posts }
   buildJSONFeedFile(pageProps)
 
-
   /*
   3. Build a HTML file for each page
   */
@@ -68,20 +69,13 @@ export default function prerender (manifest, mode) {
   })
 }
 
-function collectPosts (pages) {
+function collectPosts(pages) {
   return pages
     .filter((page) => page.meta && page.meta.collection === 'posts')
     .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.meta.date) - new Date(a.meta.date))
 }
 
-function buildPageFile ({
-  PageComponent,
-  meta,
-  urlPath,
-  manifest,
-  mode,
-  pageProps = {}
-}) {
+function buildPageFile({ PageComponent, meta, urlPath, manifest, mode, pageProps = {} }) {
   // 1. Create a Fela renderer to be provided for components in the page
   const felaRenderer = createRenderer({
     devMode: mode === 'development'
@@ -93,9 +87,16 @@ function buildPageFile ({
   const Layout = meta.Layout || DefaultLayout
   const bodyHTML = ReactDOMServer.renderToString(
     <RendererProvider renderer={felaRenderer}>
-      <Layout meta={meta}>
-        <PageComponent {...pageProps} />
-      </Layout>
+      <MDXProvider
+        components={{
+          pre: (props) => <div {...props} />,
+          code: CodeBlock
+        }}
+      >
+        <Layout meta={meta}>
+          <PageComponent {...pageProps} />
+        </Layout>
+      </MDXProvider>
     </RendererProvider>
   )
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ function buildPageFile ({
   if (!fs.existsSync(outputDir)) fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true })
   const outputFilePath = `${outputDir}/index.html`
 
-  fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, renderedDocument, err => {
+  fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, renderedDocument, (err) => {
     if (err) throw err
     console.log(chalk.green(`🏝  Page built: ${outputFilePath}`))
   })
@@ -122,15 +123,11 @@ function buildPageFile ({
 
 // Get clean URLs by naming all HTML files `index.html` in a folder with the same name as the source file.
 // (except source files called `index` - they can be output in place)
-function cleanURLPathForPage (sourceFile) {
-  return path.join(
-    '/',
-    sourceFile.dir,
-    sourceFile.name === 'index' ? '' : sourceFile.name
-  )
+function cleanURLPathForPage(sourceFile) {
+  return path.join('/', sourceFile.dir, sourceFile.name === 'index' ? '' : sourceFile.name)
 }
 
-function buildJSONFeedFile (pageProps) {
+function buildJSONFeedFile(pageProps) {
   const { siteURL, feedTitle } = packageJSON.tropical
   const { posts } = pageProps
 
@@ -157,18 +154,13 @@ function buildJSONFeedFile (pageProps) {
 
   const outputFilePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../output/feed.json')
 
-  fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, JSON.stringify(feed), err => {
+  fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, JSON.stringify(feed), (err) => {
     if (err) throw err
     console.log(chalk.green(`🏝  JSON Feed built: ${outputFilePath}`))
   })
 }
 
-function documentTemplate ({
-  stylesHTML,
-  bodyHTML,
-  helmet,
-  clientBundlePath
-}) {
+function documentTemplate({ stylesHTML, bodyHTML, helmet, clientBundlePath }) {
   return `<!doctype html>
 <html ${helmet.htmlAttributes.toString()}>
   <head>
@@ -184,3 +176,10 @@ function documentTemplate ({
 </html>
   `
 }
+
+// By default prism-react-renderer only includes a subset of the languages Prism supports
+// https://github.com/FormidableLabs/prism-react-renderer#faq
+// Uncomment this to enable syntax highlighting for additional languages;
+// import Prism from 'prism-react-renderer/prism'
+// ;(typeof global !== 'undefined' ? global : window).Prism = Prism
+// require('prismjs/components/prism-ruby')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b7611d..9baa2c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.8.4",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.8.3",
     "@mdx-js/loader": "^1.5.5",
+    "@mdx-js/react": "^1.6.16",
     "@storybook/react": "^5.3.13",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.6",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
     "fela": "^11.1.2",
     "fela-dom": "^11.1.2",
     "file-loader": "^6.0.0",
+    "prism-react-renderer": "^1.1.1",
     "react": "^16.12.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
     "react-fela": "^11.1.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d8577ae..42614f7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1328,6 +1328,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdx-js/react/-/react-1.6.14.tgz#20c64d6691a894227cd04006b620e5fff85f79b1"
   integrity sha512-WN4OWXiSTN5x1Ee0ZeYQ9bjjSSgH3Mfx/ezcSV3T691C/PcHTNWwJa5qhcuq8V/NrVAeMc26aXuSdOAq6sRb1g==
 
+"@mdx-js/react@^1.6.16":
+  version "1.6.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdx-js/react/-/react-1.6.16.tgz#538eb14473194d0b3c54020cb230e426174315cd"
+  integrity sha512-+FhuSVOPo7+4fZaRwWuCSRUcZkJOkZu0rfAbBKvoCg1LWb1Td8Vzi0DTLORdSvgWNbU6+EL40HIgwTOs00x2Jw==
+
 "@mdx-js/util@1.6.14":
   version "1.6.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdx-js/util/-/util-1.6.14.tgz#e3c14aef1c721b79ca7afa4d54ed7b5817a973c7"
@@ -7233,6 +7238,11 @@ pretty-hrtime@^1.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pretty-hrtime/-/pretty-hrtime-1.0.3.tgz#b7e3ea42435a4c9b2759d99e0f201eb195802ee1"
   integrity sha1-t+PqQkNaTJsnWdmeDyAesZWALuE=
 
+prism-react-renderer@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prism-react-renderer/-/prism-react-renderer-1.1.1.tgz#1c1be61b1eb9446a146ca7a50b7bcf36f2a70a44"
+  integrity sha512-MgMhSdHuHymNRqD6KM3eGS0PNqgK9q4QF5P0yoQQvpB6jNjeSAi3jcSAz0Sua/t9fa4xDOMar9HJbLa08gl9ug==
+
 prismjs@^1.8.4:
   version "1.20.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prismjs/-/prismjs-1.20.0.tgz#9b685fc480a3514ee7198eac6a3bf5024319ff03"