diff --git a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
index 8800afa3..b6ae5409 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/blob_helper.rb
@@ -137,5 +137,10 @@ module Linguist
       return if !text? || large?
       lexer.colorize(data)
     end
+
+    def colorize_without_wrapper
+      return if !text? || large?
+      lexer.colorize_without_wrapper(data)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/linguist/language.rb b/lib/linguist/language.rb
index 230dbbd3..17ba0878 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/language.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/language.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ module Linguist
       lexer.colorize(text)
     end
 
+    def colorize_without_wrapper(text)
+      lexer.colorize_without_wrapper(text)
+    end
+
     def ==(other)
       eql?(other)
     end
diff --git a/lib/linguist/lexer.rb b/lib/linguist/lexer.rb
index fc9707d4..a41e4d2c 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/lexer.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/lexer.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ module Linguist
     end
 
     def colorize(text)
-      Albino.colorize(text, to_s)
+      Albino.colorize(text, self)
+    end
+
+    def colorize_without_wrapper(text)
+      if text = colorize(text)
+        text[%r{<div class="highlight"><pre>(.*?)</pre>\s*</div>}m, 1]
+      else
+        ''
+      end
     end
 
     def ==(other)
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index 1acd1457..ef93d9d5 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -179,4 +179,11 @@ class TestBlob < Test::Unit::TestCase
 </div>
     HTML
   end
+
+  def test_colorize_without_wrapper
+    assert_equal <<-HTML, blob("foo.rb").colorize_without_wrapper
+<span class="k">module</span> <span class="nn">Foo</span>
+<span class="k">end</span>
+    HTML
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_language.rb b/test/test_language.rb
index 4a8934e6..b21ee59d 100644
--- a/test/test_language.rb
+++ b/test/test_language.rb
@@ -111,4 +111,16 @@ class TestLanguage < Test::Unit::TestCase
 </div>
     HTML
   end
+
+  def test_colorize_without_wrapper
+    assert_equal <<-HTML, Language['Text'].colorize_without_wrapper("Hello")
+Hello
+    HTML
+
+    assert_equal <<-HTML, Language['Ruby'].colorize_without_wrapper("def foo\n  'foo'\nend\n")
+<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">foo</span>
+  <span class="s1">&#39;foo&#39;</span>
+<span class="k">end</span>
+    HTML
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_lexer.rb b/test/test_lexer.rb
index f7cf0a9a..df9caa4f 100644
--- a/test/test_lexer.rb
+++ b/test/test_lexer.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,16 @@ class TestLexer < Test::Unit::TestCase
 </div>
     HTML
   end
+
+  def test_colorize_without_wrapper
+    assert_equal <<-HTML, Lexer['Text only'].colorize_without_wrapper("Hello")
+Hello
+    HTML
+
+    assert_equal <<-HTML, Lexer['Ruby'].colorize_without_wrapper("def foo\n  'foo'\nend\n")
+<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">foo</span>
+  <span class="s1">&#39;foo&#39;</span>
+<span class="k">end</span>
+    HTML
+  end
 end