diff --git a/docs/config/README.md b/docs/config/README.md
index 2c4cd8370b..9582d02e2b 100644
--- a/docs/config/README.md
+++ b/docs/config/README.md
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ Provide config options to the used theme. The options will vary depending on the
 
 ## Markdown
 
+### markdown.lineNumbers
+
+- Type: `boolean`
+- Default: `undefined`
+
+Whether to show line numbers to the left of each code blocks.
+
 ### markdown.slugify
 
 - Type: `Function`
diff --git a/docs/zh/config/README.md b/docs/zh/config/README.md
index 1cde934b7d..2bd994f758 100644
--- a/docs/zh/config/README.md
+++ b/docs/zh/config/README.md
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ module.exports = {
 
 ## Markdown
 
+### markdown.lineNumbers
+
+- 类型: `boolean`
+- 默认值: `undefined`
+
+是否在每个代码块的左侧显示行号。
+
 ### markdown.anchor
 
 - 类型: `Object`
diff --git a/lib/default-theme/styles/code.styl b/lib/default-theme/styles/code.styl
index 54cced7e3e..3c6c3fb45c 100644
--- a/lib/default-theme/styles/code.styl
+++ b/lib/default-theme/styles/code.styl
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ div[class*="language-"]
     user-select none
     padding-top 1.3rem
     position absolute
-    z-index 0
+    top 0
+    left 0
     width 100%
     line-height 1.4
     .highlighted
@@ -45,61 +46,106 @@ div[class*="language-"]
     right 1em
     font-size 0.75rem
     color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4)
-
-div[class="language-js"], div[class="language-javascript"]
+  &:not(.line-numbers-mode)
+    .line-numbers-wrapper
+      display none
+  &.line-numbers-mode
+    .highlight-lines .highlighted
+        position relative
+        &:before
+          content ' '
+          position absolute
+          z-index 3
+          left 0
+          top 0
+          display block
+          width $lineNumbersWrapperWidth
+          height 100%
+          background-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 66%)
+    pre
+      padding-left $lineNumbersWrapperWidth + 1 rem
+      vertical-align middle
+    .line-numbers-wrapper
+      position absolute
+      top 0
+      width $lineNumbersWrapperWidth
+      text-align center
+      color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3)
+      padding 1.25rem 0
+      line-height 1.4
+      br
+        user-select none
+      .line-number
+        position relative
+        z-index 4
+        user-select none
+        font-size 0.85em
+    &::after
+      content ''
+      position absolute
+      z-index 2
+      top 0
+      left 0
+      width $lineNumbersWrapperWidth
+      height 100%
+      border-radius 6px 0 0 6px
+      border-right 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 66%)
+      background-color $codeBgColor
+
+div[class*="language-js"], div[class*="language-javascript"]
   &:before
     content "js"
 
-div[class="language-ts"], div[class="language-typescript"]
+div[class*="language-ts"], div[class*="language-typescript"]
   &:before
     content "ts"
 
-div[class="language-html"], div[class="language-markup"]
+div[class*="language-html"], div[class*="language-markup"]
   &:before
     content "html"
 
-div[class="language-markdown"], div[class="language-md"]
+div[class*="language-markdown"], div[class*="language-md"]
   &:before
     content "md"
 
-div[class="language-vue"]:before
+div[class*="language-vue"]:before
   content "vue"
 
-div[class="language-css"]:before
+div[class*="language-css"]:before
   content "css"
 
-div[class="language-sass"]:before
+div[class*="language-sass"]:before
   content "sass"
 
-div[class="language-less"]:before
+div[class*="language-less"]:before
   content "less"
 
-div[class="language-scss"]:before
+div[class*="language-scss"]:before
   content "scss"
 
-div[class="language-stylus"]:before
+div[class*="language-stylus"]:before
   content "stylus"
 
-div[class="language-json"]:before
+div[class*="language-json"]:before
   content "json"
 
-div[class="language-ruby"]:before
+div[class*="language-ruby"]:before
   content "rb"
 
-div[class="language-python"]:before
+div[class*="language-python"]:before
   content "py"
 
-div[class="language-go"]:before
+div[class*="language-go"]:before
   content "go"
 
-div[class="language-java"]:before
+div[class*="language-java"]:before
   content "java"
 
-div[class="language-c"]:before
+div[class*="language-c"]:before
   content "c"
 
-div[class="language-bash"]:before
+div[class*="language-bash"]:before
   content "sh"
 
-div[class="language-yaml"]:before
+div[class*="language-yaml"]:before
   content "yaml"
diff --git a/lib/default-theme/styles/config.styl b/lib/default-theme/styles/config.styl
index 158de9024f..385551e054 100644
--- a/lib/default-theme/styles/config.styl
+++ b/lib/default-theme/styles/config.styl
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ $MQNarrow = 959px
 $MQMobile = 719px
 $MQMobileNarrow = 419px
 
+// code
+$lineNumbersWrapperWidth = 3.5rem
+
 @import '~@temp/override.styl' // generated from user config
diff --git a/lib/default-theme/styles/theme.styl b/lib/default-theme/styles/theme.styl
index cefae34472..1c62ec8ec3 100644
--- a/lib/default-theme/styles/theme.styl
+++ b/lib/default-theme/styles/theme.styl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ a.header-anchor
   &:hover
     text-decoration none
 
-code, kbd
+code, kbd, .line-number
   font-family source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace
 
 p, ul, ol
diff --git a/lib/markdown/index.js b/lib/markdown/index.js
index 5ea8fef1f0..29c994039b 100644
--- a/lib/markdown/index.js
+++ b/lib/markdown/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const highlight = require('./highlight')
 const highlightLines = require('./highlightLines')
 const preWrapper = require('./preWrapper')
+const lineNumbers = require('./lineNumbers')
 const component = require('./component')
 const hoistScriptStyle = require('./hoist')
 const convertRouterLink = require('./link')
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ module.exports = ({ markdown = {}} = {}) => {
     markdown.config(md)
   }
 
+  if (markdown.lineNumbers) {
+    md.use(lineNumbers)
+  }
+
   // override render to allow custom plugins return data
   const render = md.render
   md.render = (...args) => {
diff --git a/lib/markdown/lineNumbers.js b/lib/markdown/lineNumbers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc95d2b064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/markdown/lineNumbers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// markdown-it plugin for generating line numbers.
+// It depends on preWrapper plugin.
+
+module.exports = md => {
+  const fence = md.renderer.rules.fence
+  md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => {
+    const rawCode = fence(...args)
+    const code = rawCode.slice(
+      rawCode.indexOf('<code>'),
+      rawCode.indexOf('</code>')
+    )
+
+    const lines = code.split('\n')
+    const lineNumbersCode = [...Array(lines.length - 1)]
+      .map((line, index) => `<span class="line-number">${index + 1}</span><br>`).join('')
+
+    const lineNumbersWrapperCode =
+      `<div class="line-numbers-wrapper">${lineNumbersCode}</div>`
+
+    const finalCode = rawCode
+      .replace('<!--beforeend-->', `${lineNumbersWrapperCode}<!--beforeend-->`)
+      .replace('extra-class', 'line-numbers-mode')
+
+    return finalCode
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/markdown/preWrapper.js b/lib/markdown/preWrapper.js
index 1ade38753a..8f1b1d7396 100644
--- a/lib/markdown/preWrapper.js
+++ b/lib/markdown/preWrapper.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = md => {
     const [tokens, idx] = args
     const token = tokens[idx]
     const rawCode = fence(...args)
-    return `<!--beforebegin--><div class="language-${token.info.trim()}">` +
+    return `<!--beforebegin--><div class="language-${token.info.trim()} extra-class">` +
     `<!--afterbegin-->${rawCode}<!--beforeend--></div><!--afterend-->`
   }
 }