diff --git a/src/embed.ts b/src/embed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcdd325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/embed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+import type { marked } from 'marked';
+import { MarkdownOptions } from './render';
+
+export interface EmbedToken extends marked.Tokens.Generic {
+	media_type: string;
+	href: string;
+}
+
+export function embed_ext(renderer: marked.Renderer, opts: MarkdownOptions) : marked.TokenizerExtension & marked.RendererExtension {
+	return {
+		name: 'embed',
+		level: 'inline',
+		start: (src) => src.match(/\{&/)?.index,
+		tokenizer(src, tokens) {
+			const rule = /^\{&\s+([^\s]+):\s*([^\s]+)\s+&\}/;
+			const match = rule.exec(src);
+
+			if (match) {
+				return {
+					type: 'embed',
+					raw: match[0],
+					media_type: match[1],
+					href: match[2],
+					tokens: [ ]
+				};
+			}
+		},
+		renderer(token: EmbedToken) {
+			return `<embed type="${token.media_type}" src="${token.href}"></embed>`;
+		}
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/html-sanitize.ts b/src/html-sanitize.ts
index 0e0b060..1a2539a 100644
--- a/src/html-sanitize.ts
+++ b/src/html-sanitize.ts
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ export function sanitize_html(html: string, custom_elements?: CustomElementHandl
 	const dom_purify = createDOMPurify(window as any as Window);
 	return dom_purify.sanitize(html, {
 		CUSTOM_ELEMENT_HANDLING: custom_elements,
+		ADD_TAGS: [ 'embed', 'object', 'video', 'audio', 'iframe' ],
 	});
 }
diff --git a/src/render.ts b/src/render.ts
index 47d43d9..6d47632 100644
--- a/src/render.ts
+++ b/src/render.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { footnote_list_ext, footnote_ref_ext } from './footnotes';
 import { description_list_ext } from './description-list';
 import { resolve_async_bindings } from './async-steps';
 import { base_url_walk_tokens } from './base-url';
+import { embed_ext } from './embed';
 
 export interface MarkdownOptions {
 	base_url?: string;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function setup_marked(options: MarkdownOptions, marked_options: marked.MarkedOpt
 			description_list_ext(marked_options.renderer, options),
 			section_ext(marked_options.renderer, options),
 			icon_ext(marked_options.renderer, options),
+			embed_ext(marked_options.renderer, options),
 			...(options.extensions || [ ]).map((ext) => {
 				return ext(marked_options.renderer, options);
 			}),