diff --git a/kivy/uix/rst.py b/kivy/uix/rst.py
index ffedcee59..14f2cc133 100644
--- a/kivy/uix/rst.py
+++ b/kivy/uix/rst.py
@@ -1017,3 +1017,7 @@ class _Visitor(nodes.NodeVisitor):
             self.root.colors.get(name, self.root.colors['paragraph']),
             text)
 
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    from kivy.base import runTouchApp
+    import sys
+    runTouchApp(RstDocument(source=sys.argv[1]))