diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/media/markdown.css b/extensions/markdown-language-features/media/markdown.css
index 4facd2fbb94..bff2bcdb48d 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/media/markdown.css
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/media/markdown.css
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ blockquote {
 }
 
 code {
-	font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Droid Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, "Droid Sans Fallback";
+	font-family: var(--vscode-editor-font-family, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Droid Sans Mono", "Courier New", monospace, "Droid Sans Fallback");
 	font-size: 1em;
 	line-height: 1.357em;
 }