diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
index 0c7358aeeb32e..1a03051470337 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebook.contribution.ts
@@ -1256,5 +1256,11 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: false
 		},
+		[NotebookSetting.markupFontFamily]: {
+			markdownDescription: nls.localize('notebook.markupFontFamily', "Controls the font family of rendered markup in notebooks. When left blank, this will fall back to the default workbench font family."),
+			type: 'string',
+			default: '',
+			tags: ['notebookLayout']
+		},
 	}
 });
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookOptions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookOptions.ts
index 634b9cdb5bb1a..159928cf81b2a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookOptions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/notebookOptions.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export interface NotebookDisplayOptions { // TODO @Yoyokrazy rename to a more ge
 		'editor.tabSize': number;
 		'editor.insertSpaces': boolean;
 	}> | undefined;
+	markupFontFamily: string;
 }
 
 export interface NotebookLayoutConfiguration {
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ export interface NotebookOptionsChangeEvent {
 	readonly outputLinkifyFilePaths?: boolean;
 	readonly minimalError?: boolean;
 	readonly readonly?: boolean;
+	readonly markupFontFamily?: boolean;
 }
 
 const defaultConfigConstants = Object.freeze({
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 		const outputLineLimit = this.configurationService.getValue<number>(NotebookSetting.textOutputLineLimit) ?? 30;
 		const linkifyFilePaths = this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>(NotebookSetting.LinkifyOutputFilePaths) ?? true;
 		const minimalErrors = this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>(NotebookSetting.minimalErrorRendering);
+		const markupFontFamily = this.configurationService.getValue<string>(NotebookSetting.markupFontFamily);
 
 		const editorTopPadding = this._computeEditorTopPadding();
 
@@ -259,7 +262,8 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			outputWordWrap: outputWordWrap,
 			outputLineLimit: outputLineLimit,
 			outputLinkifyFilePaths: linkifyFilePaths,
-			outputMinimalError: minimalErrors
+			outputMinimalError: minimalErrors,
+			markupFontFamily
 		};
 
 		this._register(this.configurationService.onDidChangeConfiguration(e => {
@@ -426,6 +430,7 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 		const outputWordWrap = e.affectsConfiguration(NotebookSetting.outputWordWrap);
 		const outputLinkifyFilePaths = e.affectsConfiguration(NotebookSetting.LinkifyOutputFilePaths);
 		const minimalError = e.affectsConfiguration(NotebookSetting.minimalErrorRendering);
+		const markupFontFamily = e.affectsConfiguration(NotebookSetting.markupFontFamily);
 
 		if (
 			!cellStatusBarVisibility
@@ -454,7 +459,8 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			&& !outputScrolling
 			&& !outputWordWrap
 			&& !outputLinkifyFilePaths
-			&& !minimalError) {
+			&& !minimalError
+			&& !markupFontFamily) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -569,6 +575,10 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			configuration.outputMinimalError = this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>(NotebookSetting.minimalErrorRendering);
 		}
 
+		if (markupFontFamily) {
+			configuration.markupFontFamily = this.configurationService.getValue<string>(NotebookSetting.markupFontFamily);
+		}
+
 		this._layoutConfiguration = Object.freeze(configuration);
 
 		// trigger event
@@ -599,7 +609,8 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			outputScrolling,
 			outputWordWrap,
 			outputLinkifyFilePaths,
-			minimalError
+			minimalError,
+			markupFontFamily
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -814,7 +825,8 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			outputWordWrap: this._layoutConfiguration.outputWordWrap,
 			outputLineLimit: this._layoutConfiguration.outputLineLimit,
 			outputLinkifyFilePaths: this._layoutConfiguration.outputLinkifyFilePaths,
-			minimalError: this._layoutConfiguration.outputMinimalError
+			minimalError: this._layoutConfiguration.outputMinimalError,
+			markupFontFamily: this._layoutConfiguration.markupFontFamily
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -838,7 +850,8 @@ export class NotebookOptions extends Disposable {
 			outputWordWrap: this._layoutConfiguration.outputWordWrap,
 			outputLineLimit: this._layoutConfiguration.outputLineLimit,
 			outputLinkifyFilePaths: false,
-			minimalError: false
+			minimalError: false,
+			markupFontFamily: this._layoutConfiguration.markupFontFamily
 		};
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
index 8eb293b41bac3..966a7e6991736 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ interface BacklayerWebviewOptions {
 	readonly outputLineLimit: number;
 	readonly outputLinkifyFilePaths: boolean;
 	readonly minimalError: boolean;
+	readonly markupFontFamily: string;
 }
 
 
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 				key: 'notebook.error.rendererFallbacksExhausted',
 				comment: ['$0 is a placeholder for the mime type']
 			}, "Could not render content for '$0'"),
+			'notebook-markup-font-family': this.options.markupFontFamily,
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -370,6 +372,7 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 						font-size: var(--notebook-markup-font-size);
 						line-height: var(--notebook-markdown-line-height);
 						color: var(--theme-ui-foreground);
+						font-family: var(--notebook-markup-font-family);
 					}
 
 					#container div.preview.draggable {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon.ts
index e52053da2d711..6fd9ec8fa9ac9 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon.ts
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ export const NotebookSetting = {
 	cellFailureDiagnostics: 'notebook.cellFailureDiagnostics',
 	outputBackupSizeLimit: 'notebook.backup.sizeLimit',
 	multiCursor: 'notebook.multiCursor.enabled',
+	markupFontFamily: 'notebook.markupFontFamily',
 } as const;
 
 export const enum CellStatusbarAlignment {