diff --git a/notebook/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js b/notebook/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
index 71c7b57260..95e641281d 100644
--- a/notebook/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/notebook/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
@@ -701,7 +701,16 @@ define([
         var text_and_math = mathjaxutils.remove_math(markdown);
         var text = text_and_math[0];
         var math = text_and_math[1];
-        marked(text, function (err, html) {
+        // Prevent marked from returning inline styles for table cells
+        var renderer = new marked.Renderer();
+        renderer.tablecell = function (content, flags) {
+          var type = flags.header ? 'th' : 'td';
+          var start_tag = '<' + type + '>';
+          var end_tag = '</' + type + '>\n';
+          return start_tag + content + end_tag;
+        };
+        marked(text, { renderer: renderer }, function (err, html) {
+        // marked(text, function (err, html) {
             html = mathjaxutils.replace_math(html, math);
             toinsert.append(html);
         });
diff --git a/notebook/static/notebook/js/textcell.js b/notebook/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
index 85425cfc85..a49b938bef 100644
--- a/notebook/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
+++ b/notebook/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
@@ -391,7 +391,16 @@ define([
             var text_and_math = mathjaxutils.remove_math(text);
             text = text_and_math[0];
             math = text_and_math[1];
-            marked(text, function (err, html) {
+            // Prevent marked from returning inline styles for table cells
+            var renderer = new marked.Renderer();
+            renderer.tablecell = function (content, flags) {
+              var type = flags.header ? 'th' : 'td';
+              var start_tag = '<' + type + '>';
+              var end_tag = '</' + type + '>\n';
+              return start_tag + content + end_tag;
+            };
+            marked(text, { renderer: renderer }, function (err, html) {
+            // marked(text, function (err, html) {
                 html = mathjaxutils.replace_math(html, math);
                 html = security.sanitize_html(html);
                 html = $($.parseHTML(html));