diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.pdf.erbtex b/app/views/layouts/application.pdf.erbtex
index 59e40ed56..ab70189c8 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.pdf.erbtex
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.pdf.erbtex
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     \input|"python3 jupynotex.py '#2' '#1' '95'"
 }
 
-\usepackage[fencedCode,hashEnumerators]{markdown}
+\usepackage[fencedCode,hashEnumerators,pipeTables,texMathDollars]{markdown}
 
 \usepackage{luatextra}
 \defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
diff --git a/test/models/task_test.rb b/test/models/task_test.rb
index 0951a7858..28171ca72 100644
--- a/test/models/task_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/task_test.rb
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ def test_ipynb_to_pdf
     assert File.exist? path
     assert File.exist? task.final_pdf_path
 
+    # Test if latex math was rendered properly
+    reader = PDF::Reader.new(task.final_pdf_path)
+    assert reader.pages[3].text.include? "bmi =     weigh2\n                                           height"
+
     # ensure the notice is not included when the notebook doesn't have long lines source code cells
     reader = PDF::Reader.new(task.final_pdf_path)
     assert_not reader.pages[1].text.gsub(/\s+/, " ").include? "[The rest of this line has been truncated by the system to improve readability.]"
diff --git a/test_files/submissions/vectorial_graph.ipynb b/test_files/submissions/vectorial_graph.ipynb
index 3176f1dab..1575481cb 100644
--- a/test_files/submissions/vectorial_graph.ipynb
+++ b/test_files/submissions/vectorial_graph.ipynb
@@ -937,6 +937,20 @@
    "source": [
     "Testing a raw cell with $10 invalid latex code"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Testing inline latex math display"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "Formula for calculating BMI: $\\text{bmi}=\\frac{\\text{weight}}{\\text{height}^2}$"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {