diff --git a/.mdl-styles b/.mdl-styles
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e0534d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdl-styles
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rule 'MD013', :code_blocks => false, :tables => false
diff --git a/.mdlrc b/.mdlrc
index b8a6c388..b250ff0c 100644
--- a/.mdlrc
+++ b/.mdlrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rules "~MD005", "~MD033", "~MD046", "~MD013"
+rules "~MD005", "~MD033", "~MD046"
diff --git a/scripts/verify-markdown.sh b/scripts/verify-markdown.sh
index 0f024e8c..b89dd94b 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-markdown.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-markdown.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ list_markdown_files () {
 }
 
 main () {
+	repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 	mdl --version
 	echo "Checking files:"
 	list_markdown_files
-	list_markdown_files | xargs -L 1000 mdl "$@"
+	list_markdown_files | xargs -L 1000 mdl --style "$repo_root/.mdl-styles" "$@"
 }
 
 >&2 main "$@"