diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 681776bb..475cdf12 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -190,3 +190,9 @@ hook global BufWritePost .*/\.config/niri/.*\.kdl(##.+)? %{
         fi
     }
 }
+
+declare-filetype-mode markdown
+define-command markdown-code-block %{
+    execute-keys 'o```<esc>o```<esc>kA'
+}
+map -docstring 'codeblock' global markdown ` ': markdown-code-block<ret>'