diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 105c012653..e57078437f 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ inline.tag = edit(inline.tag)
   .replace('attribute', inline._attribute)
   .getRegex();
 
-inline._inside = /(?:\[[^\]]*\]|\\[\[\]]|[^\[\]]|\](?=[^\[]*\]))*/;
+inline._inside = /(?:\[[^\]]*\]|\\[\[\]]?|`[^`]*`|[^\[\]\\])*?/;
 inline._href = /\s*(<(?:\\[<>]?|[^\s<>\\])*>|(?:\\[()]?|\([^\s()\\]*\)|[^\s()\\])*?)/;
 inline._title = /"(?:\\"?|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\'?|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\\)?|[^)\\])*\)/;
 
diff --git a/test/new/nested_square_link.html b/test/new/nested_square_link.html
index c8b7940831..7b6986a103 100644
--- a/test/new/nested_square_link.html
+++ b/test/new/nested_square_link.html
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 <p><a href="/url">the <code>]</code> character</a></p>
+
+<p><a href="/url">the ` character</a></p>
diff --git a/test/new/nested_square_link.md b/test/new/nested_square_link.md
index 82226ed5f6..0f311e9516 100644
--- a/test/new/nested_square_link.md
+++ b/test/new/nested_square_link.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 [the `]` character](/url)
+
+[the ` character](/url)