diff --git a/extra/farkup/farkup-tests.factor b/extra/farkup/farkup-tests.factor
index f4b3025fcd..bdb08bd29a 100755
--- a/extra/farkup/farkup-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/farkup/farkup-tests.factor
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ IN: farkup.tests
 [ "<p><strong>foo</strong>\n</p><h1>aheading</h1>\n<p>adfasd</p>" ]
 [ "*foo*\n=aheading=\nadfasd" convert-farkup ] unit-test
 
-[ "<p>=foo\n</p>" ] [ "=foo\n" convert-farkup ] unit-test
 [ "<h1>foo</h1>\n" ] [ "=foo=\n" convert-farkup ] unit-test
 [ "<p>lol</p><h1>foo</h1>\n" ] [ "lol=foo=\n" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<p>=foo\n</p>" ] [ "=foo\n" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<p>=foo</p>" ] [ "=foo" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<p>==foo</p>" ] [ "==foo" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<p>=</p><h1>foo</h1>" ] [ "==foo=" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<h2>foo</h2>" ] [ "==foo==" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<h2>foo</h2>" ] [ "==foo==" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+[ "<p>=</p><h2>foo</h2>" ] [ "===foo==" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+
+
+[ "<h1>foo</h1><p>=</p>" ] [ "=foo==" convert-farkup ] unit-test
+
diff --git a/extra/farkup/farkup.factor b/extra/farkup/farkup.factor
index dac4359d90..ded376b1e4 100755
--- a/extra/farkup/farkup.factor
+++ b/extra/farkup/farkup.factor
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ MEMO: h2 ( -- parser ) "==" "h2" delimited ;
 MEMO: h3 ( -- parser ) "===" "h3" delimited ;
 MEMO: h4 ( -- parser ) "====" "h4" delimited ;
 
+MEMO: eq ( -- parser )
+    h1 ensure-not
+    "=" token 2seq ;
+
 : render-code ( string mode -- string' )
     >r string-lines r>
     [ [ htmlize-lines ] with-html-stream ] with-string-writer ;
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ MEMO: line ( -- parser )
     [
         text , strong , emphasis , link ,
         superscript , subscript , inline-code ,
-        escaped-char , delimiter ,
+        escaped-char , delimiter , eq ,
     ] choice* repeat1 ;
 
 MEMO: paragraph ( -- parser )