diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95e8c92..98aa0aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ Any custom map provided will the merged to following the default map used by the
    :list      {:ol {:numbered true}
                :ul {:symbol   "• "}}
    :paragraph {}
+   :quote     {:style :italic
+               :color [64 64 64]}
    :spacer    {:allow-extra-line-breaks? true
                :single-value 0
                :extra-starting-value 0}
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ Any custom map provided will the merged to following the default map used by the
 - [line](#line)
 - [list](#list)
 - [paragraph](#paragraph)
+- [quote](#quote)
 - [spacer](#spacer)
 
 #### anchor
@@ -201,6 +204,15 @@ is equivalent to
  "doc.pdf")
 ```
 
+#### quote
+```clojure
+user=> (markdown->clj-pdf {} "> This is a blockquote")
+[:paragraph {:style :italic :color [64 64 64]} "This is a blockquote"]
+
+user=> (markdown->clj-pdf {:quote {:style :bold :indent 20} "> Quote with custom styling")
+[:paragraph {:style :bold :indent 20 :color [64 64 64]} "Quote with custom styling"]
+```
+
 #### spacer
 
 ```clojure
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 74cb786..3540d0a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject clj-pdf-markdown "0.2.1"
+(defproject clj-pdf-markdown "0.2.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Library for rendering markdown to clj-pdf data-structure syntax."
   :url "https://github.com/leontalbot/clj-pdf-markdown"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/src/clj_pdf_markdown/core.clj b/src/clj_pdf_markdown/core.clj
index fc59cd1..bd3ba9a 100644
--- a/src/clj_pdf_markdown/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj_pdf_markdown/core.clj
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
    :list      {:ol {:numbered true}
                :ul {:symbol   "• "}}
    :paragraph {}
+   :quote     {:style :italic
+               :color [64 64 64]}
    :spacer    {:allow-extra-line-breaks? true
                :single-value 0
                :extra-starting-value 0}
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@
 
 (def render-derivals
   {:LineBreak [:HardLineBreak :SoftLineBreak]
-   :Literal   [:BlockQuote :FencedCodeBlock :IndentedCodeBlock :Code]})
+   :Literal   [:FencedCodeBlock :IndentedCodeBlock :Code]})
 
 (defn make-hierarchy-from-derivals [derivals]
   (reduce (fn [hier [child parent]] (derive hier child parent)) 
@@ -261,6 +263,11 @@
 (defmethod render :HtmlInline [pdf-config node]
   (->> node .getLiteral (html-tag->clj-pdf pdf-config)))
 
+(defmethod render :BlockQuote [pdf-config node]
+  (->> node
+       (render-children* pdf-config)
+       (into [:paragraph (:quote pdf-config)])))
+
 (defmethod render :Literal [pdf-config node]
   (.getLiteral node))
 
diff --git a/test/clj_pdf_markdown/core_test.clj b/test/clj_pdf_markdown/core_test.clj
index ac265f7..95bbee4 100644
--- a/test/clj_pdf_markdown/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj_pdf_markdown/core_test.clj
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@
     (is (= [[:paragraph {} "This is simple text"]]
            (markdown->clj-pdf {:wrap {:unwrap-singleton? false}} "This is simple text"))))
 
+  (testing "blockquote"
+    (is (= [:paragraph {:style :italic :color [64 64 64]} "This is a quote"]
+           (markdown->clj-pdf {} "> This is a quote")))
+
+    (is (= [:paragraph {:style :bold :color [64 64 64]} "Styled quote"]
+           (markdown->clj-pdf {:quote {:style :bold}} "> Styled quote")))
+
+    (is (= [:paragraph {:style :italic, :color [64 64 64]}
+            [:paragraph {} "This is a quote" [:spacer 0]
+             "with multiple lines" [:spacer 0]
+             [:phrase {:style :italic} "and markup!"]]]
+           (markdown->clj-pdf {} "> This is a quote\n> with multiple lines\n> *and markup!*"))))
+
   (testing "spacer"
     (is (= [:paragraph {} "This is" [:spacer 0] "a spacer."]
            (markdown->clj-pdf {} "This is\na spacer.")))