diff --git a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
index 368901a4..926d0c9f 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
@@ -82,23 +82,37 @@ fn fix_link(link: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(result)
 }
 
-/// returns true if event have been processed
-fn push_to_temp_header(event: &Event, temp_header: &mut TempHeader) -> bool {
-    match event {
-        Event::End(Tag::Link(_, _)) => {
-            temp_header.add_html("</a>");
-        }
-        Event::Start(Tag::Code) => {
-            temp_header.add_html("<code>");
-        }
-        Event::End(Tag::Code) => {
-            temp_header.add_html("</code>");
-        }
+fn start_tag(temp_header: &mut TempHeader, tag: &Tag) -> bool {
+    match tag {
+        Tag::Emphasis => temp_header.add_html("<em>"),
+        Tag::Strong => temp_header.add_html("<strong>"),
+        Tag::Code => temp_header.add_html("<code>"),
+        // Tag::Link is handled elsewhere
         _ => return false,
     }
     true
 }
 
+fn end_tag(temp_header: &mut TempHeader, tag: &Tag) -> bool {
+    match tag {
+        Tag::Emphasis => temp_header.add_html("</em>"),
+        Tag::Strong => temp_header.add_html("</strong>"),
+        Tag::Code => temp_header.add_html("</code>"),
+        Tag::Link(_, _) => temp_header.add_html("</a>"),
+        _ => return false,
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+/// returns true if event have been processed
+fn push_to_temp_header(event: &Event, temp_header: &mut TempHeader) -> bool {
+    match event {
+        Event::Start(tag) => start_tag(temp_header, tag),
+        Event::End(tag) => end_tag(temp_header, tag),
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn markdown_to_html(content: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<Rendered> {
     // the rendered html
     let mut html = String::with_capacity(content.len());
@@ -126,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(content: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<Render
 
     {
         let parser = Parser::new_ext(content, opts).map(|event| {
-            // Header first
+            // Trivial markup generation
             if in_header && push_to_temp_header(&event, &mut temp_header) {
                 return Event::Html(Borrowed(""));
             }
diff --git a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
index 8585ae38..4838b6a0 100644
--- a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
@@ -522,6 +522,33 @@ fn can_understand_link_with_title_in_header() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn can_understand_emphasis_in_header() {
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+    let config = Config::default();
+    let context = RenderContext::new(&ZOLA_TERA, &config, "", &permalinks_ctx, InsertAnchor::None);
+    let res = render_content("# *Emphasis* text", &context).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.body, "<h1 id=\"emphasis-text\"><em>Emphasis</em> text</h1>\n")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn can_understand_strong_in_header() {
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+    let config = Config::default();
+    let context = RenderContext::new(&ZOLA_TERA, &config, "", &permalinks_ctx, InsertAnchor::None);
+    let res = render_content("# **Strong** text", &context).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.body, "<h1 id=\"strong-text\"><strong>Strong</strong> text</h1>\n")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn can_understand_code_in_header() {
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+    let config = Config::default();
+    let context = RenderContext::new(&ZOLA_TERA, &config, "", &permalinks_ctx, InsertAnchor::None);
+    let res = render_content("# `Code` text", &context).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.body, "<h1 id=\"code-text\"><code>Code</code> text</h1>\n")
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn can_make_valid_relative_link_in_header() {
     let mut permalinks = HashMap::new();