diff --git a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
index 61c622a..dc9c0e0 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module Gitlab
         insert_piece($1)
       end
 
-      sanitize text.html_safe, attributes: ActionView::Base.sanitized_allowed_attributes + %w(id class)
+      sanitize text.html_safe, attributes: ActionView::Base.sanitized_allowed_attributes + %w(id class), tags: ActionView::Base.sanitized_allowed_tags + %w(table tr td th)
     end
 
     private
--
libgit2 0.21.2