diff --git a/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.cpp b/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.cpp
index 1923a26c..bd8fc310 100644
--- a/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "pegparser.h"
 #include "vconfigmanager.h"
 #include "utils/vutils.h"
+#include "utils/veditutils.h"
 
 extern VConfigManager *g_config;
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ void PegMarkdownHighlighter::highlightBlock(const QString &p_text)
     updateCodeBlockState(result, blockNum, p_text);
 
     if (currentBlockState() == HighlightBlockState::CodeBlock) {
-        highlightCodeBlock(result, blockNum);
+        highlightCodeBlock(result, blockNum, p_text);
 
         highlightCodeBlockColorColumn(p_text);
     }
@@ -339,8 +340,17 @@ void PegMarkdownHighlighter::updateCodeBlockState(const QSharedPointer<PegHighli
 }
 
 void PegMarkdownHighlighter::highlightCodeBlock(const QSharedPointer<PegHighlighterResult> &p_result,
-                                                int p_blockNum)
+                                                int p_blockNum,
+                                                const QString &p_text)
 {
+    // Brush the indentation spaces.
+    if (currentBlockState() == HighlightBlockState::CodeBlock) {
+        int spaces = VEditUtils::fetchIndentation(p_text);
+        if (spaces > 0) {
+            setFormat(0, spaces, m_codeBlockFormat);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (p_result->m_codeBlocksHighlights.size() > p_blockNum) {
         const QVector<HLUnitStyle> &units = p_result->m_codeBlocksHighlights[p_blockNum];
         if (!units.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.h b/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.h
index a73b5863..78747a14 100644
--- a/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/pegmarkdownhighlighter.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ private:
 
     // Highlight fenced code block according to VCodeBlockHighlightHelper result.
     void highlightCodeBlock(const QSharedPointer<PegHighlighterResult> &p_result,
-                            int p_blockNum);
+                            int p_blockNum,
+                            const QString &p_text);
 
     // Highlight color column in code block.
     void highlightCodeBlockColorColumn(const QString &p_text);
diff --git a/src/utils/veditutils.cpp b/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
index b36a8f53..5f2a1b08 100644
--- a/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/veditutils.cpp
@@ -944,6 +944,18 @@ QString VEditUtils::fetchIndentSpaces(const QTextBlock &p_block)
     return regExp.capturedTexts()[1];
 }
 
+int VEditUtils::fetchIndentation(const QString &p_text)
+{
+    int idx = 0;
+    for (; idx < p_text.size(); ++idx) {
+        if (!p_text[idx].isSpace()) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return idx;
+}
+
 void VEditUtils::insertBlock(QTextCursor &p_cursor,
                              bool p_above)
 {
diff --git a/src/utils/veditutils.h b/src/utils/veditutils.h
index 112b2699..9c4e283c 100644
--- a/src/utils/veditutils.h
+++ b/src/utils/veditutils.h
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ public:
     // Return the leading spaces of @p_block.
     static QString fetchIndentSpaces(const QTextBlock &p_block);
 
+    static int fetchIndentation(const QString &p_text);
+
     // Insert a block above/below current block. Move the cursor to the start of
     // the new block after insertion.
     static void insertBlock(QTextCursor &p_cursor,