diff --git a/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro b/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
index f551b98ee..dbdb4e844 100644
--- a/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/components/Markdown.astro
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface InternalProps extends Props {
   $scope: string;
 }
 
-let { content, $scope } = Astro.props as InternalProps;
+let { content, class: className } = Astro.props as InternalProps;
 let html = null;
 
 // If no content prop provided, use the slot.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if(!content) {
 const { code: htmlContent } = await renderMarkdown(content, {
   mode: 'md',
   $: {
-    scopedClassName: $scope
+    scopedClassName: className
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/astro-markdown.test.js b/packages/astro/test/astro-markdown.test.js
index 512a85374..a12625429 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/astro-markdown.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/astro-markdown.test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ describe('Astro Markdown', () => {
     expect($('pre')[1].children).to.have.lengthOf(0);
   });
 
-  // This doesn't work because the markdown plugin doesn't have Prism support yet.
   it('Runs code blocks through syntax highlighter', async () => {
     const html = await fixture.readFile('/code/index.html');
     const $ = cheerio.load(html);
@@ -54,13 +53,13 @@ describe('Astro Markdown', () => {
     expect($('code span').length).greaterThan(0);
   });
 
-  // Blocked by lack of syntax highlighting
-  it.skip('Scoped styles should not break syntax highlight', async () => {
+  it('Scoped styles should not break syntax highlight', async () => {
     const html = await fixture.readFile('/scopedStyles-code/index.html');
     const $ = cheerio.load(html);
 
     // test 1: <pre> tag has scopedStyle class passed down
     expect($('pre').is('[class]')).to.equal(true);
+    expect($('pre').attr('class').split(' ').length).to.equal(2)
 
     // test 2: <pre> tag has correct language
     expect($('pre').hasClass('language-js')).to.equal(true);
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ describe('Astro Markdown', () => {
     expect($('code').hasClass('language-js')).to.equal(true);
 
     // test 4: There are child spans in code blocks
-    expect($('code span').length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect($('code span').length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
   });
 
   it('Renders correctly when deeply nested on a page', async () => {
@@ -90,9 +89,8 @@ describe('Astro Markdown', () => {
     expect($('.c > h2').text()).to.equal('C');
   });
 
-  it.skip('Renders dynamic content though the content attribute', async () => {
+  it('Renders dynamic content though the content attribute', async () => {
     const html = await fixture.readFile('/external/index.html');
-    console.log(html)
     const $ = cheerio.load(html);
 
     // test 1: Rendered markdown content
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/external.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/external.astro
index 7a6ff066b..cf4441c4c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/external.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/external.astro
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ const outer = `# Outer`;
 const inner = `## Inner`;
 ---
 
-<div>
+<style>
+  #root { color: green; }
+</style>
+<div id="root">
   <Markdown content={outer} />
 
   <Markdown>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/scopedStyles-code.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/scopedStyles-code.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca0558e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/pages/scopedStyles-code.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+import { Markdown } from 'astro/components';
+import Layout from '../layouts/content.astro';
+
+---
+<style>
+  #root {
+    color: green;
+  }
+</style>
+<Layout>
+  <div id="root">
+    <Markdown>
+      ## Interesting Topic
+
+      ```js
+      const thing = () => {};
+      ```
+    </Markdown>
+  </div>
+</Layout>
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diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/skipped-pages/scopedStyles-code.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/skipped-pages/scopedStyles-code.astro
deleted file mode 100644
index 46d1063f2..000000000
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/astro-markdown/src/skipped-pages/scopedStyles-code.astro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-import { Markdown } from 'astro/components';
-import Layout from '../layouts/content.astro';
-
----
-<Layout>
-  <Markdown>
-    ## Interesting Topic
-
-    ```js
-    const thing = () => {};
-    ```
-  </Markdown>
-</Layout>
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diff --git a/packages/markdown/remark/src/index.ts b/packages/markdown/remark/src/index.ts
index 090442352..b00127ab5 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/remark/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/remark/src/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_REHYPE_PLUGINS = [
 /** Shared utility for rendering markdown */
 export async function renderMarkdown(content: string, opts?: MarkdownRenderingOptions | null) {
   const { remarkPlugins = DEFAULT_REMARK_PLUGINS, rehypePlugins = DEFAULT_REHYPE_PLUGINS } = opts ?? {};
+  const scopedClassName = opts?.$?.scopedClassName;
   const { headers, rehypeCollectHeaders } = createCollectHeaders();
 
   await Promise.all([loadRemarkExpressions(), loadRemarkJsx()]); // Vite bug: dynamically import() these because of CJS interop (this will cache)
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(content: string, opts?: MarkdownRenderingOp
     .use(markdown)
     .use([remarkJsx])
     .use([remarkExpressions])
-    .use([remarkPrism])
+    .use([remarkPrism(scopedClassName)])
 
   const loadedRemarkPlugins = await Promise.all(loadPlugins(remarkPlugins));
   const loadedRehypePlugins = await Promise.all(loadPlugins(rehypePlugins));
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(content: string, opts?: MarkdownRenderingOp
     parser.use([[plugin, opts]]);
   });
 
-  // if (scopedClassName) {
-  //   parser.use(scopedStyles(scopedClassName));
-  // }
+  if (scopedClassName) {
+     parser.use([scopedStyles(scopedClassName)]);
+  }
 
   //parser.use(remarkCodeBlock);
   parser.use([[markdownToHtml as any, { allowDangerousHtml: true, passThrough: ['raw', 'mdxTextExpression', 'mdxJsxTextElement', 'mdxJsxFlowElement']}]]);
diff --git a/packages/markdown/remark/src/remark-prism.ts b/packages/markdown/remark/src/remark-prism.ts
index 4e6da3810..adc9522e5 100644
--- a/packages/markdown/remark/src/remark-prism.ts
+++ b/packages/markdown/remark/src/remark-prism.ts
@@ -44,22 +44,30 @@ function runHighlighter(lang: string, code: string) {
   return { classLanguage, html };
 }
 
-/**  */
-function transformer(tree: any) {
-  const visitor = (node: any) => {
-    let {lang, value} = node;
-    node.type = 'html';
+type MaybeString = string | null | undefined;
 
-    let { html, classLanguage } = runHighlighter(lang, value);
-    node.value = `<pre class="${classLanguage}"><code class="${classLanguage}">${html}</code></pre>`;
-    return node;
-  };
-  return visit(tree, 'code', visitor)
+/**  */
+function transformer(className: MaybeString) {
+  return function(tree: any) {
+    const visitor = (node: any) => {
+      let {lang, value} = node;
+      node.type = 'html';
+
+      let { html, classLanguage } = runHighlighter(lang, value);
+      let classes = [classLanguage];
+      if(className) {
+        classes.push(className);
+      }
+      node.value = `<pre class="${classes.join(' ')}"><code class="${classLanguage}">${html}</code></pre>`;
+      return node;
+    };
+    return visit(tree, 'code', visitor)
+  } 
 }
 
 
-function plugin() {
-  return transformer;
+function plugin(className: MaybeString) {
+  return transformer.bind(null, className);
 }
 
 export default plugin;
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