diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilder.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilder.java
index 0b99d05c..f0a6aa93 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilder.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilder.java
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@ public class SpannableBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (spans.getClass().isArray()) {
-                for (Object o : ((Object[]) spans)) {
-                    builder.setSpan(o, start, end, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
-                }
-            } else {
-                builder.setSpan(spans, start, end, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
-            }
+            // @since 3.0.1-SNAPSHOT we introduce another method that recursively applies spans
+            // allowing array of arrays (and more)
+            setSpansInternal(builder, spans, start, end);
         }
     }
 
@@ -406,4 +402,24 @@ public class SpannableBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
             super(text);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 3.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+     */
+    private static void setSpansInternal(
+            @NonNull SpannableBuilder builder,
+            @Nullable Object spans,
+            int start,
+            int end) {
+        if (spans != null) {
+            if (spans.getClass().isArray()) {
+                for (Object o : ((Object[]) spans)) {
+                    // @since 3.0.1-SNAPSHOT recursively apply spans (allow array of arrays)
+                    setSpansInternal(builder, o, start, end);
+                }
+            } else {
+                builder.setSpan(spans, start, end, Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/markwon-core/src/test/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilderTest.java b/markwon-core/src/test/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilderTest.java
index a1daf218..3535e19b 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/test/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilderTest.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/test/java/ru/noties/markwon/SpannableBuilderTest.java
@@ -224,22 +224,30 @@ public class SpannableBuilderTest {
 
         assertTrue(builder.getSpans(0, builder.length()).isEmpty());
 
+        final Object[] flatSpans = {
+                new Object(),
+                new Object(),
+                new Object(),
+                new Object(),
+                new Object()
+        };
+
         final Object[] spans = {
                 new Object[]{
-                        new Object(), new Object()
+                        flatSpans[0], flatSpans[1]
                 },
                 new Object[]{
-                        new Object(), new Object(), new Object()
+                        flatSpans[2], flatSpans[3], flatSpans[4]
                 }
         };
 
         setSpans(builder, spans, 0, 1);
 
         final List<SpannableBuilder.Span> actual = builder.getSpans(0, builder.length());
-        assertEquals(2, actual.size());
+        assertEquals(flatSpans.length, actual.size());
 
         for (int i = 0, length = spans.length; i < length; i++) {
-            assertEquals(spans[i], actual.get(i).what);
+            assertEquals(flatSpans[i], actual.get(i).what);
         }
     }