diff --git a/lib/linkify/parser.ex b/lib/linkify/parser.ex
index 7011d10..8102d9e 100644
--- a/lib/linkify/parser.ex
+++ b/lib/linkify/parser.ex
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ defmodule Linkify.Parser do
   defp do_parse({"<" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {"", acc, :parsing}),
     do: do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"<", acc, {:open, 1}})
 
+  defp do_parse({"<" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {buffer, acc, :parsing}) do
+    {buffer, user_acc} = link(buffer, opts, user_acc)
+    do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"", accumulate(acc, buffer, "<"), {:open, 1}})
+  end
+
   defp do_parse({">" <> text, user_acc}, opts, {buffer, acc, {:attrs, _level}}),
     do: do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"", accumulate(acc, buffer, ">"), :parsing})
 
diff --git a/test/linkify_test.exs b/test/linkify_test.exs
index 09214de..6da502f 100644
--- a/test/linkify_test.exs
+++ b/test/linkify_test.exs
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ defmodule LinkifyTest do
         "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><`em>another <a href=\"u/user__test\">@user__test</a> and <a href=\"u/user__test\">@user__test</a> <a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>\n"
 
       assert Linkify.link(text, mention: true, mention_prefix: "u/") == expected
+
+      text = "<p>hi</p><p>@user @anotherUser</p>"
+
+      expected =
+        "<p>hi</p><p><a href=\"u/user\">@user</a> <a href=\"u/anotherUser\">@anotherUser</a></p>"
+
+      assert Linkify.link(text, mention: true, mention_prefix: "u/") == expected
     end
 
     test "mention @user@example.com" do