diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5f42be..cbadd97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ coverage: 100.0% of statements
 ## Benchmarks
 
 ```
-BenchmarkSmall-12        2585194               462.4 ns/op           248 B/op          5 allocs/op
+BenchmarkSmall-12        2411152               489.1 ns/op           248 B/op          5 allocs/op
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index d13efe2..a9c7a49 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ var (
 )
 
 type renderer struct {
-	out            strings.Builder
-	paragraphLevel int
-	quoteLevel     int
-	listLevel      int
+	out                strings.Builder
+	paragraphLevel     int
+	quoteLevel         int
+	listLevel          int
+	tableLevel         int
+	tableHeaderWritten bool
 }
 
 // Render creates HTML from the supplied markdown text.
@@ -104,6 +106,51 @@ func (r *renderer) processLine(line string) {
 		r.writeText(line)
 		r.out.WriteString("</li>")
 		return
+
+	case '|':
+		r.closeParagraphs()
+		line = line[1:]
+
+		if r.tableLevel == 0 {
+			r.out.WriteString("<table><thead>")
+			r.tableLevel++
+		}
+
+		column := 0
+
+		for {
+			pipe := strings.IndexByte(line, '|')
+
+			if pipe == -1 {
+				r.out.WriteString("</tr>")
+				return
+			}
+
+			content := strings.TrimSpace(line[:pipe])
+
+			if strings.HasPrefix(content, "---") {
+				r.out.WriteString("</thead><tbody>")
+				r.tableHeaderWritten = true
+				return
+			}
+
+			if column == 0 {
+				r.out.WriteString("<tr>")
+			}
+
+			if r.tableHeaderWritten {
+				r.out.WriteString("<td>")
+				r.writeText(content)
+				r.out.WriteString("</td>")
+			} else {
+				r.out.WriteString("<th>")
+				r.writeText(content)
+				r.out.WriteString("</th>")
+			}
+
+			line = line[pipe+1:]
+			column++
+		}
 	}
 
 	if r.paragraphLevel == 0 {
@@ -121,6 +168,7 @@ func (r *renderer) processLine(line string) {
 func (r *renderer) closeAll() {
 	r.closeLists()
 	r.closeParagraphs()
+	r.closeTables()
 }
 
 // closeParagraphs closes open paragraphs.
@@ -141,6 +189,16 @@ func (r *renderer) closeLists() {
 	r.listLevel = 0
 }
 
+// closeTables closes open tables.
+func (r *renderer) closeTables() {
+	for range r.tableLevel {
+		r.out.WriteString("</tbody></table>")
+	}
+
+	r.tableLevel = 0
+	r.tableHeaderWritten = false
+}
+
 // writeText converts inline markdown to HTML.
 func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 	var (
diff --git a/Render_test.go b/Render_test.go
index 95be167..c9718ee 100644
--- a/Render_test.go
+++ b/Render_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("- Entry 1\n- Entry 2\n- Entry 3"), "<ul><li>Entry 1</li><li>Entry 2</li><li>Entry 3</li></ul>")
 }
 
+func TestTables(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("| Head |\n| --- |\n| Body |"), "<table><thead><tr><th>Head</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Body</td></tr></tbody></table>")
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("| 1 | 2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | 2 |"), "<table><thead><tr><th>1</th><th>2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>")
+}
+
 func TestQuote(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("> Line"), "<blockquote><p>Line</p></blockquote>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("> Line 1\n> Line 2"), "<blockquote><p>Line 1 Line 2</p></blockquote>")