diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ff1484d0e..0b183da8b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ changedir = docs
 commands = sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
 
 [testenv:lint]
-deps = flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1
-commands = flake8 --jobs 8 --count mitmproxy pathod examples test
+deps =
+  flake8>=2.6.2, <3.1
+  rstcheck>=2.2, <3.0
+commands =
+  flake8 --jobs 8 --count mitmproxy pathod examples test
+  rstcheck README.rst
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