diff --git a/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Parser.pm b/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Parser.pm
index 9db22db..8bbab97 100644
--- a/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Parser.pm
+++ b/lib/Text/Dokuwiki/Parser.pm
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ sub _parse_include {
 }
 
 my $inlines = {
+  "%%" => "%%", # nowiki
   "__" => "__", # underline
   "//" => "//", # italic
   "**" => "**", # bold
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ sub _parse_text {
   my @parts = ();
 
   while ($line) {
-    $line =~ m!^(?:(.*?)(__|//|''|\*\*|\[\[|\{\{|\(\(|\\\\ ))?(.*)!o;
+    $line =~ m!^(?:(.*?)(%%|__|//|''|\*\*|\[\[|\{\{|\(\(|\\\\ ))?(.*)!o;
     my ($before, $match, $after) = ($1, $2, $3);
     if ($before) {
       push @parts, $before;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ sub _parse_text {
     elsif ($match eq "''") { $tag = 'code'; }
     elsif ($match eq "{{") { push @parts, $self->_parse_include($content); next; }
     elsif ($match eq "[[") { push @parts, $self->_parse_link($content);    next; }
+    elsif ($match eq "%%") { push @parts, $content;                        next; }
     elsif ($match eq "((") {
       push @{ $self->{footnotes} }, $self->_parse_text($content);
       my $n = scalar @{ $self->{footnotes} };