diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/block/Container.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/block/Container.kt
index 4428d916..fdabc653 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/block/Container.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/ast/quarkdown/block/Container.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.NestableNode
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.Node
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.document.size.Sizes
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.misc.color.Color
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.representable.RenderRepresentable
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.rendering.representable.RenderRepresentableVisitor
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.visitor.node.NodeVisitor
 
 /**
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.visitor.node.NodeVisitor
  * @param backgroundColor background color
  * @param borderColor border color
  * @param borderWidth border width
+ * @param borderStyle border style
  * @param padding whitespace around the content
  * @param cornerRadius border radius of the container
  */
@@ -20,9 +23,39 @@ data class Container(
     val backgroundColor: Color? = null,
     val borderColor: Color? = null,
     val borderWidth: Sizes? = null,
+    val borderStyle: BorderStyle? = null,
     val padding: Sizes? = null,
     val cornerRadius: Sizes? = null,
     override val children: List<Node>,
 ) : NestableNode {
     override fun <T> accept(visitor: NodeVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+
+    /**
+     * Style of the border of a [Container].
+     */
+    enum class BorderStyle : RenderRepresentable {
+        /**
+         * Solid border.
+         */
+        NORMAL,
+
+        /**
+         * Dashed border.
+         */
+        DASHED,
+
+        /**
+         * Dotted border.
+         */
+        DOTTED,
+
+        /**
+         * Double border.
+         */
+        DOUBLE,
+
+        ;
+
+        override fun <T> accept(visitor: RenderRepresentableVisitor<T>): T = visitor.visit(this)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
index 85cb9fc2..438cd503 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/CssRepresentableVisitor.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.base.block.BlockQuote
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.base.block.Table
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Box
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Clipped
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Container
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.SlidesFragment
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Stacked
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.inline.TextTransformData
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ class CssRepresentableVisitor : RenderRepresentableVisitor<String> {
 
     override fun visit(alignment: Table.Alignment) = alignment.kebabCaseName
 
+    override fun visit(borderStyle: Container.BorderStyle) =
+        when (borderStyle) {
+            Container.BorderStyle.NORMAL -> "solid"
+            else -> borderStyle.kebabCaseName
+        }
+
     override fun visit(stackLayout: Stacked.Layout) =
         when (stackLayout) {
             is Stacked.Column -> "column"
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
index 11947fb3..86de9553 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/html/QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer.kt
@@ -92,9 +92,15 @@ class QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer(context: Context) : BaseHtmlNodeRenderer(context
                 "border-width" value node.borderWidth
                 "border-radius" value node.cornerRadius
 
-                if (node.borderColor != null || node.borderWidth != null) {
-                    "border-style" value "solid"
-                }
+                "border-style" value
+                    when {
+                        // If the border style is set, it is used.
+                        node.borderStyle != null -> node.borderStyle
+                        // If border properties are set, a normal (solid) border is used.
+                        node.borderColor != null || node.borderWidth != null -> Container.BorderStyle.NORMAL
+                        // No border style.
+                        else -> null
+                    }
             }
         }
 
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@ class QuarkdownHtmlNodeRenderer(context: Context) : BaseHtmlNodeRenderer(context
             node.width == null && node.height == null -> {
                 buildTag("span", "&nbsp;")
             }
+
             else -> {
                 buildTag("div") {
                     style {
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
index d3ded588..fc99c941 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/rendering/representable/RenderRepresentableVisitor.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.base.block.BlockQuote
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.base.block.Table
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Box
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Clipped
+import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Container
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.SlidesFragment
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.block.Stacked
 import eu.iamgio.quarkdown.ast.quarkdown.inline.TextTransformData
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ interface RenderRepresentableVisitor<T> {
 
     fun visit(alignment: Table.Alignment): T
 
+    fun visit(borderStyle: Container.BorderStyle): T
+
     fun visit(stackLayout: Stacked.Layout): T
 
     fun visit(alignment: Stacked.MainAxisAlignment): T
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/HtmlNodeRendererTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/HtmlNodeRendererTest.kt
index db79bf9e..bf9759e9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/HtmlNodeRendererTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/HtmlNodeRendererTest.kt
@@ -717,6 +717,15 @@ class HtmlNodeRendererTest {
                 children = children,
             ).render(),
         )
+
+        assertEquals(
+            out.next(),
+            Container(
+                borderColor = Color(30, 20, 10),
+                borderStyle = Container.BorderStyle.DOTTED,
+                children = children,
+            ).render(),
+        )
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/rendering/quarkdown/container.html b/core/src/test/resources/rendering/quarkdown/container.html
index 5da5858e..2f247f3b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/rendering/quarkdown/container.html
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/rendering/quarkdown/container.html
@@ -46,4 +46,17 @@
             Baz
         </p>
     </blockquote>
+</div>
+
+---
+
+<div style="border-color: rgba(30, 20, 10, 1.0); border-style: dotted;" class="container">
+    <p>
+        Foo bar
+    </p>
+    <blockquote>
+        <p>
+            Baz
+        </p>
+    </blockquote>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Layout.kt b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Layout.kt
index c453d9c7..e8814354 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Layout.kt
+++ b/stdlib/src/main/kotlin/eu/iamgio/quarkdown/stdlib/Layout.kt
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ val Layout: Module =
 /**
  * A general-purpose container that groups content.
  * Any layout rules (e.g. from [align], [row], [column], [grid]) are ignored inside this container.
- * @param foregroundColor text color
- * @param backgroundColor background color
- * @param borderColor border color
- * @param borderWidth border width
- * @param padding whitespace around the content
- * @param cornerRadius corner (and border) radius
+ * @param foregroundColor text color. Default if unset
+ * @param backgroundColor background color. Transparent if unset
+ * @param borderColor border color. Default if unset and [borderWidth] is set
+ * @param borderWidth border width. Default if unset and [borderColor] is set
+ * @param borderStyle border style. Normal (solid) if unset and [borderColor] or [borderWidth] is set
+ * @param padding whitespace around the content. None if unset
+ * @param cornerRadius corner (and border) radius. None if unset
  * @param body content to group
  * @return the new container node
  */
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ fun container(
     @Name("background") backgroundColor: Color? = null,
     @Name("border") borderColor: Color? = null,
     @Name("borderwidth") borderWidth: Sizes? = null,
+    @Name("borderstyle") borderStyle: Container.BorderStyle? = null,
     @Name("padding") padding: Sizes? = null,
     @Name("radius") cornerRadius: Sizes? = null,
     body: MarkdownContent,
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ fun container(
     backgroundColor,
     borderColor,
     borderWidth,
+    borderStyle,
     padding,
     cornerRadius,
     body.children,