diff --git a/blorg/util.go b/blorg/util.go
index e24ea9a..ef588db 100644
--- a/blorg/util.go
+++ b/blorg/util.go
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ func highlightCodeBlock(source, lang string, inline bool, params map[string]stri
 	}
 	l = chroma.Coalesce(l)
 	it, _ := l.Tokenise(nil, source)
-	_ = html.New().Format(&w, styles.Get("github"), it)
+	options := []html.Option{}
+	if params[":hl_lines"] != "" {
+		ranges := org.ParseRanges(params[":hl_lines"])
+		if ranges != nil {
+			options = append(options, html.HighlightLines(ranges))
+		}
+	}
+	_ = html.New(options...).Format(&w, styles.Get("github"), it)
 	if inline {
 		return `<div class="highlight-inline">` + "\n" + w.String() + "\n" + `</div>`
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c400d56..62a22f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@ func highlightCodeBlock(source, lang string, inline bool, params map[string]stri
 	}
 	l = chroma.Coalesce(l)
 	it, _ := l.Tokenise(nil, source)
-	_ = html.New().Format(&w, styles.Get("friendly"), it)
+	options := []html.Option{}
+	if params[":hl_lines"] != "" {
+		ranges := org.ParseRanges(params[":hl_lines"])
+		if ranges != nil {
+			options = append(options, html.HighlightLines(ranges))
+		}
+	}
+	_ = html.New(options...).Format(&w, styles.Get("friendly"), it)
 	if inline {
 		return `<div class="highlight-inline">` + "\n" + w.String() + "\n" + `</div>`
 	}
diff --git a/org/testdata/hl-lines.html b/org/testdata/hl-lines.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c458903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org/testdata/hl-lines.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<p>Lines in a source block can be highlighted with <code class="verbatim">:hl_lines</code>.</p>
+<div class="src src-emacs-lisp">
+<div class="highlight">
+<pre>
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
diff --git a/org/testdata/hl-lines.org b/org/testdata/hl-lines.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17851b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org/testdata/hl-lines.org
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lines in a source block can be highlighted with =:hl_lines=.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp :hl_lines 3-4
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+#+end_src
diff --git a/org/testdata/hl-lines.pretty_org b/org/testdata/hl-lines.pretty_org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d7ba70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org/testdata/hl-lines.pretty_org
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Lines in a source block can be highlighted with =:hl_lines=.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :hl_lines 3-4
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+(+ 1 2)
+#+END_SRC
diff --git a/org/util.go b/org/util.go
index c25bf27..b83b6f4 100644
--- a/org/util.go
+++ b/org/util.go
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package org
 
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 func isSecondBlankLine(d *Document, i int) bool {
 	if i-1 <= 0 {
 		return false
@@ -17,3 +22,49 @@ func isImageOrVideoLink(n Node) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// Parse ranges like this:
+// "3-5" -> [[3, 5]]
+// "3 8-10" -> [[3, 3], [8, 10]]
+// "3  5 6" -> [[3, 3], [5, 5], [6, 6]]
+//
+// This is Hugo's hlLinesToRanges with "startLine" removed and errors
+// ignored.
+func ParseRanges(s string) [][2]int {
+	var ranges [][2]int
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if s == "" {
+		return ranges
+	}
+	fields := strings.Split(s, " ")
+	for _, field := range fields {
+		field = strings.TrimSpace(field)
+		if field == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		numbers := strings.Split(field, "-")
+		var r [2]int
+		if len(numbers) > 1 {
+			first, err := strconv.Atoi(numbers[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return ranges
+			}
+			second, err := strconv.Atoi(numbers[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return ranges
+			}
+			r[0] = first
+			r[1] = second
+		} else {
+			first, err := strconv.Atoi(numbers[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				return ranges
+			}
+			r[0] = first
+			r[1] = first
+		}
+
+		ranges = append(ranges, r)
+	}
+	return ranges
+}