diff --git a/src/nodes/inline-code.ts b/src/nodes/inline-code.ts
index bdc8838..7709885 100644
--- a/src/nodes/inline-code.ts
+++ b/src/nodes/inline-code.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NodeKind } from './node-kind'
 import { Node } from './node'
 
-export type InlineCodeDelimiter = '`' | '``'
+export type InlineCodeDelimiter = '`' | '``' | '```'
 
 export class InlineCode implements Node {
   readonly children: Node[] = []
diff --git a/src/parser/parse.ts b/src/parser/parse.ts
index 94bbcfa..80526e6 100644
--- a/src/parser/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parser/parse.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ export function parse (str: string, options: NormalizedPadMarkdownOptions): Docu
       codeLang = popMarkdown()
       push(State.BlockCodeBody)
       i++
+    } else if (state === State.BlockCodeLang && c3 === '```') {
+      const children = popMarkdown()
+      resolve(new InlineCode(children, c3))
+      i += 3
     }
     else if (state === State.BlockCodeBody && c3 === blockCodeDelimiter) {
       resolve(new BlockCode(codeLang, blockCodeDelimiter, parseCode(popMarkdown(), codeLang, parse, options)))
@@ -277,13 +281,15 @@ export function parse (str: string, options: NormalizedPadMarkdownOptions): Docu
       push(State.BlockCodeLang)
       blockCodeDelimiter = c3
       i += 3
-    }
-    else if (c3 === '---' && allowFrontMatter()) {
+    } else if (!blankLine && c3 === '```' && allow(NodeKind.InlineCode)) {
+      inlineCodeDelimiter = c3
+      push(State.InlineCode)
+      i += 3
+    } else if (c3 === '---' && allowFrontMatter()) {
       push(State.BlockCodeLang)
       blockCodeDelimiter = c3
       i += 3
-    }
-    else if (c2 === '``' && allow(NodeKind.InlineCode)) {
+    } else if (c2 === '``' && allow(NodeKind.InlineCode)) {
       inlineCodeDelimiter = c2
       push(State.InlineCode)
       i += 2
diff --git a/test/parser/parse.spec.ts b/test/parser/parse.spec.ts
index fc11779..bf8f786 100644
--- a/test/parser/parse.spec.ts
+++ b/test/parser/parse.spec.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ describe('parse()', () => {
         code: 'code'
       })
     })
-    it('should support doulbe `` inline code', () => {
+    it('should support double `` inline code', () => {
       const doc = parse('``code``', options)
       expect(doc.children).toHaveLength(1)
       expect(doc.children[0]).toMatchObject({
@@ -329,6 +329,35 @@ describe('parse()', () => {
         code: 'code'
       })
     })
+    it('should parse ```triple tick``` inline code', () => {
+      const doc = parse('```code```', options)
+      expect(doc.children).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(doc.children[0]).toMatchObject({
+        kind: NodeKind.InlineCode,
+        code: 'code'
+      })
+    })
+    it('should parse ```triple tick``` inline code in context', () => {
+      const doc = parse('bar ```code``` foo', options)
+      expect(doc.children).toMatchObject([{
+        children: [],
+        kind: NodeKind.AlphabetNumeric,
+        text: 'bar'
+      }, {
+        kind: NodeKind.Blank,
+        char: ' '
+      }, {
+        kind: NodeKind.InlineCode,
+        code: 'code'
+      }, {
+        kind: NodeKind.Blank,
+        char: ' '
+      }, {
+        children: [],
+        kind: NodeKind.AlphabetNumeric,
+        text: 'foo'
+      }])
+    })
   })
 
   describe('Emphasis', () => {
diff --git a/test/transformers/pad-markdown.spec.ts b/test/transformers/pad-markdown.spec.ts
index a72b348..c2d8461 100644
--- a/test/transformers/pad-markdown.spec.ts
+++ b/test/transformers/pad-markdown.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { padMarkdown } from '../../src/transformers/pad-markdown'
 
 describe('padding()', () => {
-  describe('code', () => {
-    it('should pad between code fence', () => {
+  describe('inline code', () => {
+    it('should pad between inline code', () => {
       expect(padMarkdown('file`/foo.txt`not exists'))
         .toEqual('file `/foo.txt` not exists')
     })
+    it('should pad between triple tick inline code', () => {
+      expect(padMarkdown('```foo```\nfile```/foo.txt```not exists'))
+        .toEqual('```foo```\nfile ```/foo.txt``` not exists')
+    })
     it('should ignore padded code fence', () => {
       expect(padMarkdown('file `/foo.txt` not exists'))
         .toEqual('file `/foo.txt` not exists')