diff --git a/syntax/pandoc.vim b/syntax/pandoc.vim
index 38df7f1..2191c55 100644
--- a/syntax/pandoc.vim
+++ b/syntax/pandoc.vim
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function! EnableEmbedsforCodeblocksWithLang(entry)
         " We might have just turned off spellchecking by including the file,
         " so we turn it back on here.
         exe 'syntax spell toplevel'
-        exe 'syn region pandocDelimitedCodeBlock_' . s:langname . ' start=/\(\_^\( \+\|\t\)\=\(`\{3,}`*\|\~\{3,}\~*\)\s*\%({[^.]*\.\)\=' . s:langname . '\>.*\n\)\@<=\_^/' .
+        exe 'syn region pandocDelimitedCodeBlock_' . s:langname . ' start=/\(\_^\( \+\|\t\)\=\(`\{3,}`*\|\~\{3,}\~*\)\s*\%({[^.]*[.=]\)\=' . s:langname . '\>.*\n\)\@<=\_^/' .
                     \' end=/\_$\n\(\( \+\|\t\)\=\(`\{3,}`*\|\~\{3,}\~*\)\_$\n\_$\)\@=/ contained containedin=pandocDelimitedCodeBlock' .
                     \' contains=@' . toupper(s:langname)
         exe 'syn region pandocDelimitedCodeBlockinBlockQuote_' . s:langname . ' start=/>\s\(`\{3,}`*\|\~\{3,}\~*\)\s*\%({[^.]*\.\)\=' . s:langname . '\>/' .