diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbd29a85..28942313 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ Commonmarker.to_html('"Hi *there*"', options: {
 | `description_lists`      | Enables the description lists extension.                                                                            | `false` |
 | `front_matter_delimiter` | Enables the front matter extension.                                                                                 | `""`    |
 | `shortcodes`             | Enables the shortcodes extension.                                                                                   | `true`  |
+| `multiline_block_quotes` | Enables the multiline block quotes extension.                                                                       | `false` |
 
 For more information on these options, see [the comrak documentation](https://github.com/kivikakk/comrak#usage).
 
diff --git a/ext/commonmarker/src/options.rs b/ext/commonmarker/src/options.rs
index 974252b0..09044328 100644
--- a/ext/commonmarker/src/options.rs
+++ b/ext/commonmarker/src/options.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const EXTENSION_FOOTNOTES: &str = "footnotes";
 const EXTENSION_DESCRIPTION_LISTS: &str = "description_lists";
 const EXTENSION_FRONT_MATTER_DELIMITER: &str = "front_matter_delimiter";
 const EXTENSION_SHORTCODES: &str = "shortcodes";
+const EXTENSION_MULTILINE_BLOCK_QUOTES: &str = "multiline_block_quotes";
 
 fn iterate_extension_options(comrak_options: &mut ComrakOptions, options_hash: RHash) {
     options_hash
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ fn iterate_extension_options(comrak_options: &mut ComrakOptions, options_hash: R
                 Ok(Cow::Borrowed(EXTENSION_SHORTCODES)) => {
                     comrak_options.extension.shortcodes = TryConvert::try_convert(value)?;
                 }
+                Ok(Cow::Borrowed(EXTENSION_MULTILINE_BLOCK_QUOTES)) => {
+                    comrak_options.extension.multiline_block_quotes =
+                        TryConvert::try_convert(value)?;
+                }
                 _ => {}
             }
             Ok(ForEach::Continue)
diff --git a/lib/commonmarker/config.rb b/lib/commonmarker/config.rb
index 10de2096..ad38bdf6 100644
--- a/lib/commonmarker/config.rb
+++ b/lib/commonmarker/config.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module Config
         description_lists: false,
         front_matter_delimiter: "",
         shortcodes: true,
+        multiline_block_quotes: false,
       },
       format: [:html].freeze,
     }.freeze
diff --git a/test/multiline_block_quotes_test.rb b/test/multiline_block_quotes_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19640fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/multiline_block_quotes_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "test_helper"
+
+class MultilineBlockQuotesTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_to_html
+    md = <<~MARKDOWN
+      >>>
+      Paragraph 1
+
+      Paragraph 2
+      >>>
+    MARKDOWN
+    expected = <<~HTML
+      <blockquote>
+      <p>Paragraph 1</p>
+      <p>Paragraph 2</p>
+      </blockquote>
+    HTML
+
+    assert_equal(expected, Commonmarker.to_html(md, options: { extension: { multiline_block_quotes: true } }))
+  end
+end