diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index adcd84e..17f54e4 100755
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ class Parsedown
             foreach ($matches[0] as $index => $cell)
             {
                 $cell = trim($cell);
-                $cell = str_replace('\|', '|', $cell);
 
                 $Element = array(
                     'name' => 'td',
@@ -1512,7 +1511,7 @@ class Parsedown
     # Read-only
 
     protected $specialCharacters = array(
-        '\\', '`', '*', '_', '{', '}', '[', ']', '(', ')', '>', '#', '+', '-', '.', '!',
+        '\\', '`', '*', '_', '{', '}', '[', ']', '(', ')', '>', '#', '+', '-', '.', '!', '|',
     );
 
     protected $StrongRegex = array(
diff --git a/test/data/table_inline_markdown.html b/test/data/table_inline_markdown.html
index 4fa2e2b..f4cebec 100644
--- a/test/data/table_inline_markdown.html
+++ b/test/data/table_inline_markdown.html
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@
 <td><code>|</code> 2.1</td>
 <td>| 2.2</td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+<td><code>\|</code> 2.1</td>
+<td><a href="/">link</a></td>
+</tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/data/table_inline_markdown.md b/test/data/table_inline_markdown.md
index ef04ce1..2f3c620 100644
--- a/test/data/table_inline_markdown.md
+++ b/test/data/table_inline_markdown.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 | _header_ 1   | header 2     |
 | ------------ | ------------ |
 | _cell_ 1.1   | ~~cell~~ 1.2 |
-| `|` 2.1      | \| 2.2       |
\ No newline at end of file
+| `|` 2.1      | \| 2.2       |
+| `\|` 2.1     | [link](/)    |
\ No newline at end of file