diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f965549..9e8b763 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ module.exports = function showdownHighlight({ pre = false, auto_detection = true
         const replacement = (wholeMatch, match, left, right) => {
             match = decodeHtml(match)
 
-            const lang = (left.match(/class=\"([^ \"]+)/) || [])[1]
+            let lang = (left.match(/class=\"([^ \"]+)/) || [])[1]
 
             if (!lang && !auto_detection) {
                 return wholeMatch
+            } else if (lang && lang.indexOf(',') > 0) {
+                // ensure to strip any code block annotation line no_run for instance
+                const langNoAnnotation = lang.slice(0, lang.indexOf(','));
+                left = left.replace(new RegExp(lang, 'g'), langNoAnnotation);
+                lang = langNoAnnotation;
             }
 
             if (left.includes(classAttr)) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8e8dac..98d34d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "obedm503 (https://obedm503.github.io)",
     "Ariel Shaqed (Scolnicov) (https://github.com/arielshaqed)",
     "Bruno de Araújo Alves (devbaraus) (https://github.com/devbaraus)",
-    "Sekyu Kwon <xahhaepica@gmail.com> (https://github.com/Phryxia)"
+    "Sekyu Kwon <xahhaepica@gmail.com> (https://github.com/Phryxia)",
+    "Antoine Lambert <anlambert@softwareheritage.org> (https://github.com/anlambert)"
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 912900b..bfd6d54 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -12,14 +12,21 @@ function sayHello (msg, who) {
     return \`\${who} says: msg\`;
 }
 sayHello("Hello World", "Johnny");
-
 \`\`\``
+
     const CODEBLOCK_WITHOUT_LANGUAGE = `
 \`\`\`
 function sayHello (msg, who) {
     return \`\${who} says: msg\`;
 }
 sayHello("Hello World", "Johnny");
+\`\`\``
+
+    const CODEBLOCK_WITH_LANGUAGE_AND_ANNOTATION = `
+\`\`\`rust,no_run
+fn do_amazing_thing() -> i32 {
+   unimplemented!()
+}
 \`\`\``
 
     // After requiring the module, use it as extension
@@ -42,6 +49,12 @@ sayHello("Hello World", "Johnny");
         t.expect(html.includes('class="hljs"')).toEqual(true);
     });
 
+    t.should("work with code block language and annotation", () => {
+        let html = converter.makeHtml(CODEBLOCK_WITH_LANGUAGE_AND_ANNOTATION);
+        t.expect(html.includes('class="hljs rust language-rust"')).toEqual(true);
+        t.expect(html.includes("hljs-type")).toEqual(true);
+    });
+
     const converter_auto_disabled = new showdown.Converter({
         extensions: [showdownHighlight({
             auto_detection: false