diff --git a/src/Behat/Gherkin/Lexer.php b/src/Behat/Gherkin/Lexer.php
index 76731914..f8957f30 100644
--- a/src/Behat/Gherkin/Lexer.php
+++ b/src/Behat/Gherkin/Lexer.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Lexer
     private $featureStarted = false;
     private $allowMultilineArguments = false;
     private $allowSteps = false;
+    private $pyStringDelimiter = null;
 
     /**
      * Initializes lexer.
@@ -435,13 +436,25 @@ protected function scanPyStringOp()
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (false === ($pos = mb_strpos($this->line, '"""', 0, 'utf8'))) {
+        if(!preg_match('/^\s*(?<delimiter>"""|```)/u', $this->line, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
             return null;
         }
 
+        ['delimiter' => [0 => $delimiter, 1 => $indent]] = $matches;
+
+        if ($this->inPyString) {
+            if ($this->pyStringDelimiter !== $delimiter) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            $this->pyStringDelimiter = null;
+        }
+        else {
+            $this->pyStringDelimiter= $delimiter;
+        }
+
         $this->inPyString = !$this->inPyString;
         $token = $this->takeToken('PyStringOp');
-        $this->pyStringSwallow = $pos;
+        $this->pyStringSwallow = $indent;
 
         $this->consumeLine();
 
diff --git a/tests/Behat/Gherkin/Cucumber/CompatibilityTest.php b/tests/Behat/Gherkin/Cucumber/CompatibilityTest.php
index bd7d74fb..acbbbe6d 100644
--- a/tests/Behat/Gherkin/Cucumber/CompatibilityTest.php
+++ b/tests/Behat/Gherkin/Cucumber/CompatibilityTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class CompatibilityTest extends TestCase
         'complex_background.feature' => 'Rule keyword not supported',
         'rule.feature' => 'Rule keyword not supported',
         'descriptions.feature' => 'Examples table descriptions not supported',
-        'docstrings.feature' => 'Docstrings with ``` separators not supported',
         'incomplete_scenario_outline.feature' => 'Scenario and Scenario outline not yet synonyms',
         'padded_example.feature' => 'Scenario and Scenario outline not yet synonyms',
         'scenario_outline.feature' => 'Scenario and Scenario outline not yet synonyms',