diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fd82981f6..3ec730529 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Authors@R: c(
   person("Daniel", "Nüst", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "daniel.nuest@uni-muenster.de", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0024-5046")),
   person("Petter", "Uvesten", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "petter.uvesten.7362@student.lu.se"),
   person("Elio", "Campitelli", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "elio.campitelli@cima.fcen.uba.ar", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7742-9230")),
-  person("John", "Muschelli", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "muschellij2@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-6469-1750"))
+  person("John", "Muschelli", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "muschellij2@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-6469-1750")),
+  person("Zhian N.", "Kamvar", role = c("aut", "cph"), email = "zkamvar@gmail.com", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1458-7108"))
   )
 Description: A suite of custom R Markdown formats and templates for
   authoring journal articles and conference submissions.
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 022178e1b..225065df2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 rticles 0.10
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
+- Support syntax highlighting in the `peerj_article()` format (@zkamvar, #238).
 
 rticles 0.9
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/peerj_article/resources/template.tex b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/peerj_article/resources/template.tex
index a3bbdcee2..c9375ccc1 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/peerj_article/resources/template.tex
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/peerj_article/resources/template.tex
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
 \usepackage{longtable}
 
 
+% Pandoc syntax highlighting
+% See https://github.com/rstudio/rticles/issues/182
+$if(highlighting-macros)$
+$highlighting-macros$
+$endif$
 
+% Pandoc Header
 $for(header-includes)$
 $header-includes$
 $endfor$