diff --git a/.changeset/code-block-node-selection.md b/.changeset/code-block-node-selection.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9c100cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/code-block-node-selection.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@meowdown/react': patch
+---
+
+Show the node selection outline on code blocks, including math and Mermaid previews, when they are selected with the block handle.
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.css b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.css
index b32c14f4..c7d944d0 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.css
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.css
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
   position: relative;
 }
 
+/* The node view replaces prosemirror-view's `selectNode`, so the root never
+ * gets `ProseMirror-selectednode`. Mirror the core node selection style. */
+.Root[data-selected] {
+  border-radius: 0.6rem;
+  outline: 1px solid var(--meowdown-node-outline);
+  background: var(--meowdown-node-selection);
+}
+
+:global(.prosekit-dragging) .Root[data-selected] {
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
 /* Preview-only state: the caret is outside a rendered block, so the source and
  * its toolbar give way to the rendered formula. The caret can never sit in
  * the hidden source (entering it flips the state back), so the missing box
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.d.css.ts b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.d.css.ts
index 0a101365..f84e5ba1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.d.css.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.module.d.css.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 declare const styles = {
+  'Root': '' as string,
+  'Root': '' as string,
   'Root': '' as string,
   'Root': '' as string,
   'Root': '' as string,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.test.tsx
index bffbaec1..7f2bc7b0 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { render } from 'vitest-browser-react'
 import { page, userEvent } from 'vitest/browser'
 
-import { hover } from '../testing/mouse.ts'
+import { hover, unhover } from '../testing/mouse.ts'
 
 import { ProseKitEditor } from './prosekit-editor.tsx'
 import type { EditorHandle } from './types.ts'
@@ -264,6 +264,33 @@ describe('code block Mermaid preview', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('code block node selection', () => {
+  const codeBlock = page.getByTestId('code-block')
+  const dragHandle = page.getByTestId('block-handle-drag')
+
+  it('outlines a math block selected with the block handle', async () => {
+    await unhover()
+    await render(<ProseKitEditor initialMarkdown={MATH_BLOCK_MD} />)
+    await expect.element(mathPreview.locate('.katex')).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    await hover(mathPreview)
+    await dragHandle.click()
+
+    await expect.element(codeBlock).toHaveStyle({ outlineStyle: 'solid' })
+  })
+
+  it('outlines a Mermaid block selected with the block handle', async () => {
+    await unhover()
+    await render(<ProseKitEditor initialMarkdown={MERMAID_BLOCK_MD} />)
+    await expect.element(mermaidPreview.locate('svg'), { timeout: 15000 }).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    await hover(mermaidPreview)
+    await dragHandle.click()
+
+    await expect.element(codeBlock).toHaveStyle({ outlineStyle: 'solid' })
+  })
+})
+
 describe('typing over code block selections', () => {
   async function setupHighlightedCodeBlock(onDocChange?: VoidFunction) {
     const ref = createRef<EditorHandle>()
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.tsx
index cd787737..881f03c1 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/code-block-view.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ export function CodeBlockView(props: ReactNodeViewProps): ReactElement {
   )
 
   return (
-    <div className={styles.Root} data-preview={previewOnly || undefined}>
+    <div
+      className={styles.Root}
+      data-preview={previewOnly || undefined}
+      data-selected={selected || undefined}
+      data-testid="code-block"
+    >
       <pre ref={contentRef} data-language={language} {...NON_PROSE_PROPS}></pre>
       {
         /* Skip rendering the toolbar during dragging to improve the performance of rendering the drag preview image in Safari */