diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8817941..100084d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /MANIFEST
 /venv
 build/
+.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 4d36bd6..a9572c8 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
         strong_em_symbol = ASTERISK
         sub_symbol = ''
         sup_symbol = ''
+        code_language = ''
 
     class Options(DefaultOptions):
         pass
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
     def convert_pre(self, el, text, convert_as_inline):
         if not text:
             return ''
-        return '\n```\n%s\n```\n' % text
+        return '\n```%s\n%s\n```\n' % (self.options['code_language'], text)
 
     convert_s = convert_del
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.py b/tests/test_conversions.py
index 0a5fba8..6cf39ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.py
@@ -210,3 +210,8 @@ def test_sub():
 def test_sup():
     assert md('<sup>foo</sup>') == 'foo'
     assert md('<sup>foo</sup>', sup_symbol='^') == '^foo^'
+
+
+def test_lang():
+    assert md('<pre>test\n    foo\nbar</pre>', code_language='python') == '\n```python\ntest\n    foo\nbar\n```\n'
+    assert md('<pre><code>test\n    foo\nbar</code></pre>', code_language='javascript') == '\n```javascript\ntest\n    foo\nbar\n```\n'