diff --git a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
index 8c679201a..bcac67dab 100644
--- a/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/markdownify_helper.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ module MarkdownifyHelper
       :space_after_headers => true,
       :strikethrough       => true,
       :superscript         => true,
-      :tables              => true
+      :tables              => true,
+      :no_intra_emphasis   => true,
     }
 
     render_options[:filter_html] = true
diff --git a/spec/helpers/markdownify_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/markdownify_helper_spec.rb
index 51c7704c7..b5d22bb8d 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/markdownify_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/markdownify_helper_spec.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ describe MarkdownifyHelper do
         formatted.should =~ %r{<a href="/tags/markdown" class="tag">#markdown</a>}
       end
 
+      it 'should leave multi-underscore tags intact' do
+        message = Factory.create(
+          :status_message,
+          :author => alice.person,
+          :text => "Here is a #multi_word tag"
+        )
+        formatted = markdownify(message)
+        formatted.should =~ %r{Here is a <a href="/tags/multi_word" class="tag">#multi_word</a> tag}
+
+        message = Factory.create(
+          :status_message,
+          :author => alice.person,
+          :text => "Here is a #multi_word_tag yo"
+        )
+        formatted = markdownify(message)
+        formatted.should =~ %r{Here is a <a href="/tags/multi_word_tag" class="tag">#multi_word_tag</a> yo}
+      end
+
       it "should leave mentions intact" do
         message = Factory.create(:status_message,
                                  :author => alice.person,