diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 6c64c60..4e442bd 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
             return ''
         return '%s%s%s%s%s' % (prefix, em_tag, text, em_tag, suffix)
 
+    def convert_code(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
+        prefix, suffix, text = chomp(text)
+        if not text:
+            return ''
+        return '%s`%s`%s' % (prefix, text, suffix)
+
+    def convert_samp(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
+        return self.convert_code(el, text, convert_as_inline)
+
+    def convert_kbd(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
+        return self.convert_code(el, text, convert_as_inline)
+
     def convert_hn(self, n, el, text, convert_as_inline):
         if convert_as_inline:
             return text
diff --git a/tests/test_advanced.py b/tests/test_advanced.py
index 7ee61d2..2435cac 100644
--- a/tests/test_advanced.py
+++ b/tests/test_advanced.py
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ def test_ignore_comments():
 def test_ignore_comments_with_other_tags():
     text = md("<!-- This is a comment --><a href='http://example.com/'>example link</a>")
     assert text == "[example link](http://example.com/)"
+
+
+def test_code_with_tricky_content():
+    assert md('<code>></code>') == "`>`"
+    assert md('<code>/home/</code><b>username</b>') == "`/home/`**username**"
+    assert md('First line <code>blah blah<br />blah blah</code> second line') \
+        == "First line `blah blah  \nblah blah` second line"
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.py b/tests/test_conversions.py
index 31fe7f2..b3b4233 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.py
@@ -240,6 +240,27 @@ def test_em_spaces():
     assert md('foo <em></em> bar') == 'foo  bar'
 
 
+def code_samp_kbd_tests(tag):
+    # Basically re-use test_em() and test_em_spaces(),
+    assert md(f'<{tag}>Hello</{tag}>') == '`Hello`'
+    assert md(f'foo <{tag}>Hello</{tag}> bar') == 'foo `Hello` bar'
+    assert md(f'foo<{tag}> Hello</{tag}> bar') == 'foo `Hello` bar'
+    assert md(f'foo <{tag}>Hello </{tag}>bar') == 'foo `Hello` bar'
+    assert md(f'foo <{tag}></{tag}> bar') in ['foo  bar', 'foo bar']  # Either is OK
+
+
+def test_code():
+    code_samp_kbd_tests('code')
+
+
+def test_samp():
+    code_samp_kbd_tests('samp')
+
+
+def test_kbd():
+    code_samp_kbd_tests('kbd')
+
+
 def test_h1():
     assert md('<h1>Hello</h1>') == 'Hello\n=====\n\n'