diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
index 113e80db..74f2abb6 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ public Scanner scanner() {
         return scanner;
     }
 
+    public InlineParser addInlineParser(Character c, List<InlineContentParser> parsers) {
+        this.inlineParsers.put(c, parsers);
+        this.specialCharacters.set(c);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     private static void addDelimiterProcessors(Iterable<DelimiterProcessor> delimiterProcessors, Map<Character, DelimiterProcessor> map) {
         for (DelimiterProcessor delimiterProcessor : delimiterProcessors) {
             char opening = delimiterProcessor.getOpeningCharacter();