diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d9aecab2..a20b4790 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
         Previously, `markdown-header-delimiter-face` was used.
     -   Markdown Mode is now distributed under the GNU GPL version 3
         or later.
+    -   Rename `markdown-fill-forward-paragraph-function` to
+        `markdown-fill-forward-paragraph`.
 
 *   New features:
 
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@
     -   Reuse existing windows, when possible, rather than splitting
         again in preferred direction. ([GH-129][])
     -   Update known languages in `markdown-gfm-recognized-languages`.
+    -   Filling with `fill-region` now leaves code blocks unmodified.
+        ([GH-192][])
 
 *   Bug fixes:
 
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@
   [gh-176]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/176
   [gh-185]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/185
   [gh-191]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/191
+  [gh-192]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/192
   [gh-197]: https://github.com/jrblevin/markdown-mode/issues/197
 
 # Markdown Mode 2.2
diff --git a/markdown-mode.el b/markdown-mode.el
index 9680ddd6..04f21203 100644
--- a/markdown-mode.el
+++ b/markdown-mode.el
@@ -7709,24 +7709,39 @@ handles filling itself, it always returns t so that
     (fill-paragraph justify))
   t)
 
-(defun markdown-fill-forward-paragraph-function (&optional arg)
+(make-obsolete 'markdown-fill-forward-paragraph-function
+               'markdown-fill-forward-paragraph "v2.3")
+
+(defun markdown-fill-forward-paragraph (&optional arg)
   "Function used by `fill-paragraph' to move over ARG paragraphs.
 This is a `fill-forward-paragraph-function' for `markdown-mode'.
 It is called with a single argument specifying the number of
 paragraphs to move.  Just like `forward-paragraph', it should
 return the number of paragraphs left to move."
-  (let* ((arg (or arg 1))
-         (paragraphs-remaining (forward-paragraph arg))
-         (start (point)))
-    (when (< arg 0)
+  (or arg (setq arg 1))
+  (if (> arg 0)
+      ;; With positive ARG, move across ARG non-code-block paragraphs,
+      ;; one at a time.  When passing a code block, don't decrement ARG.
+      (while (and (not (eobp))
+                  (> arg 0)
+                  (= (forward-paragraph 1) 0)
+                  (or (markdown-code-block-at-pos (point-at-bol 0))
+                      (setq arg (1- arg)))))
+    ;; Move backward by one paragraph with negative ARG (always -1).
+    (let ((start (point)))
+      (setq arg (forward-paragraph arg))
       (while (and (not (eobp))
                   (progn (move-to-left-margin) (not (eobp)))
                   (looking-at-p paragraph-separate))
         (forward-line 1))
-      (if (looking-at markdown-regex-list)
-          (forward-char (length (match-string 0)))
-        (goto-char start)))
-    paragraphs-remaining))
+      (cond
+       ;; Move point past whitespace following list marker.
+       ((looking-at markdown-regex-list)
+        (goto-char (match-end 0)))
+       ;; Return point if the paragraph passed was a code block.
+       ((markdown-code-block-at-pos (point-at-bol 2))
+        (goto-char start)))))
+  arg)
 
 
 ;;; Extension Framework =======================================================
@@ -8210,7 +8225,7 @@ position."
   (set (make-local-variable 'adaptive-fill-function)
        'markdown-adaptive-fill-function)
   (set (make-local-variable 'fill-forward-paragraph-function)
-       'markdown-fill-forward-paragraph-function)
+       #'markdown-fill-forward-paragraph)
   ;; Outline mode
   (make-local-variable 'outline-regexp)
   (setq outline-regexp markdown-regex-header)
diff --git a/tests/markdown-test.el b/tests/markdown-test.el
index 35855d8f..b96bdd93 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-test.el
+++ b/tests/markdown-test.el
@@ -4346,6 +4346,60 @@ this is not header line
         (fill-paragraph)
         (should (string-equal (buffer-string) text))))))
 
+(ert-deftest test-markdown-filling/fill-region-skip-code-blocks ()
+  "Test `fill-region' on code blocks."
+  (let ((text "testing\n\n```\nhello\nworld\n```\n\n123"))
+    (markdown-test-string text
+      ;; Fill entire buffer; buffer should not change.
+      (fill-region (point-min) (point-max))
+      (should (string-equal (buffer-string) text)))))
+
+(ert-deftest test-markdown-filling/fill-region-skip-code-blocks-2 ()
+  "Test `fill-region' on a buffer with a code block with long paragraphs."
+  (markdown-test-string "long unwrapped paragraph 1
+
+```
+code
+block
+
+foo
+bar
+```
+
+long unwrapped paragraph 2"
+    ;; Test markdown-fill-forward-paragraph movement.
+    (should (= (markdown-fill-forward-paragraph 1) 0))
+    (should (= (point) 28)) ;; Point just after par. 1.
+    (should (= (markdown-fill-forward-paragraph 1) 0))
+    (should (= (point) 84)) ;; Point at end of par. 2.
+    ;; Test filling the entire buffer with `fill-region'.
+    (let ((fill-column 12))
+      (fill-region (point-min) (point-max))
+      (should (string-equal (buffer-string)
+                            "long
+unwrapped
+paragraph 1
+
+```
+code
+block
+
+foo
+bar
+```
+
+long
+unwrapped
+paragraph 2")))))
+
+(ert-deftest test-markdown-filling/fill-region-skip-code-blocks-3 ()
+  "Test `fill-region' on a lone code block with no surrounding text."
+  (let ((text "```\ncode\nblock\n```\n"))
+    (markdown-test-string text
+      ;; Fill entire buffer; buffer should not change.
+      (fill-region (point-min) (point-max))
+      (should (string-equal (buffer-string) text)))))
+
 (ert-deftest test-markdown-filling/long-paragraph-with-link ()
   "Test `fill-paragraph' on a long paragraph with a long link."
   (markdown-test-string