Can’t use named anchors in Markdown?

If there are any markdown experts here, I could use some help. Markdown is required for WordPress plugin readme files. My plugin requires a fair amount of documentation, so I’m trying to include a TOC in the FAQ, using links and named anchors. The Markdown documentation on the Fireball site doesn’t discuss named anchors, and when I submit my readme, my named anchors get stripped out. I’m including them as straight html – is there some magic markdown syntax that will let me use named anchors?

Thanks,

Mike T