diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/table.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/table.js.es6
index 27620d20bc2..3506e66ceb0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/table.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/engines/discourse-markdown/table.js.es6
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export function setup(helper) {
   helper.registerPlugin(md => {
 
     md.renderer.rules.table_open = function(){
-      return '<div class="md-table">\n<table>';
+      return '<div class="md-table">\n<table>\n';
     };
 
     md.renderer.rules.table_close = function(){
diff --git a/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js.es6
index bf2cf59427d..f68de877be8 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js.es6
@@ -812,7 +812,8 @@ QUnit.test("enable/disable features", assert => {
 
   assert.cookedOptions('|a|\n--\n|a|', { features: {table: false} }, '');
   assert.cooked('|a|\n--\n|a|',
-`<table>
+`<div class="md-table">
+<table>
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>a</th>
@@ -823,7 +824,8 @@ QUnit.test("enable/disable features", assert => {
 <td>a</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
-</table>`);
+</table>
+</div>`);
 });
 
 QUnit.test("emoji", assert => {