diff --git a/src/language-markdown/embed.js b/src/language-markdown/embed.js
index d70cf6a1..85fdc360 100644
--- a/src/language-markdown/embed.js
+++ b/src/language-markdown/embed.js
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ function embed(path, print, textToDoc, options) {
         Math.max(3, util.getMaxContinuousCount(node.value, styleUnit) + 1)
       );
       const doc = textToDoc(node.value, { parser });
-      return concat([style, node.lang, hardline, doc, style]);
+      return concat([
+        style,
+        node.lang,
+        hardline,
+        replaceNewlinesWithHardlines(doc),
+        style
+      ]);
     }
   }
 
@@ -38,6 +44,20 @@ function embed(path, print, textToDoc, options) {
 
     return null;
   }
+
+  function replaceNewlinesWithHardlines(doc) {
+    return util.mapDoc(
+      doc,
+      currentDoc =>
+        typeof currentDoc === "string" && currentDoc.includes("\n")
+          ? concat(
+              currentDoc
+                .split(/(\n)/g)
+                .map((v, i) => (i % 2 === 0 ? v : hardline))
+            )
+          : currentDoc
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = embed;
diff --git a/tests/markdown_blockquote/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/markdown_blockquote/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index a2a6ce32..ec13bf63 100644
--- a/tests/markdown_blockquote/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/markdown_blockquote/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -35,6 +35,113 @@ exports[`code.md 1`] = `
 
 `;
 
+exports[`ignore-code.md 1`] = `
+> \`\`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> \`\`\`js
+> ugly   ( code ) ;
+> \`\`\`
+> \`\`\`\`
+
+> \`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> \`\`\`
+
+> - test
+>   \`\`\`md
+>   <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+>   - This is a long long
+>     long long long long
+>     long long paragraph.
+>   \`\`\`
+
+\`\`\`\`md
+> \`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> \`\`\`
+\`\`\`\`
+
+> \`\`\`\`md
+> > \`\`\`md
+> > <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> > - This is a long long
+> >   long long long long
+> >   long long paragraph.
+> > \`\`\`
+> \`\`\`\`
+
+> 
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> 
+
+> \`\`\`\`js
+> // prettier-ignore
+> const x = 1,
+> b = 2
+> \`\`\`\`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+> \`\`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> \`\`\`js
+> ugly   ( code ) ;
+> \`\`\`
+> \`\`\`\`
+
+> \`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> \`\`\`
+
+> * test
+>   \`\`\`md
+>   <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+>   - This is a long long
+>     long long long long
+>     long long paragraph.
+>   \`\`\`
+
+\`\`\`\`md
+> \`\`\`md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> \`\`\`
+\`\`\`\`
+
+> \`\`\`\`md
+> > \`\`\`md
+> > <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> > - This is a long long
+> >   long long long long
+> >   long long paragraph.
+> > \`\`\`
+> \`\`\`\`
+
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+
+> \`\`\`js
+> // prettier-ignore
+> const x = 1,
+> b = 2
+> \`\`\`
+
+`;
+
 exports[`nested.md 1`] = `
 >>> 123
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/markdown_blockquote/ignore-code.md b/tests/markdown_blockquote/ignore-code.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2d8a74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markdown_blockquote/ignore-code.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+> ````md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> ```js
+> ugly   ( code ) ;
+> ```
+> ````
+
+> ```md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> ```
+
+> - test
+>   ```md
+>   <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+>   - This is a long long
+>     long long long long
+>     long long paragraph.
+>   ```
+
+````md
+> ```md
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> ```
+````
+
+> ````md
+> > ```md
+> > <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> > - This is a long long
+> >   long long long long
+> >   long long paragraph.
+> > ```
+> ````
+
+> 
+> <!-- prettier-ignore -->
+> - This is a long long
+>   long long long long
+>   long long paragraph.
+> 
+
+> ````js
+> // prettier-ignore
+> const x = 1,
+> b = 2
+> ````