diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20f89a79b..9d49e8d5f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ search.checker.%: install
 	$(Q)./manage pyenv.cmd searx-checker -v "$(subst _, ,$(patsubst search.checker.%,%,$@))"
 
 PHONY += test ci.test test.shell
-ci.test: test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot
-test:    test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.shell
+ci.test: test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.rst
+test:    test.yamllint test.black test.pylint test.unit test.robot test.rst test.shell
 test.shell:
 	$(Q)shellcheck -x -s dash \
 		dockerfiles/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ MANAGE += py.build py.clean
 MANAGE += pyenv pyenv.install pyenv.uninstall
 MANAGE += pypi.upload pypi.upload.test
 MANAGE += format.python
-MANAGE += test.yamllint test.pylint test.black test.unit test.coverage test.robot test.clean
+MANAGE += test.yamllint test.pylint test.black test.unit test.coverage test.robot test.rst test.clean
 MANAGE += themes.all themes.oscar themes.simple themes.simple.test pygments.less
 MANAGE += static.build.commit static.build.drop static.build.restore
 MANAGE += nvm.install nvm.clean nvm.status nvm.nodejs
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 1643802f4..88ac75aac 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
    YAMLLINT_FILES+=("$line")
 done <<< "$(git ls-files './tests/*.yml' './searx/*.yml' './utils/templates/etc/searxng/*.yml')"
 
+RST_FILES=(
+    'README.rst'
+)
+
 PYLINT_SEARXNG_DISABLE_OPTION="\
 I,C,R,\
 W0105,W0212,W0511,W0603,W0613,W0621,W0702,W0703,W1401,\
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ test.:
   unit      : run unit tests
   coverage  : run unit tests with coverage
   robot     : run robot test
+  rst       : test .rst files incl. README.rst
   clean     : clean intermediate test stuff
 themes.:
   all       : build all themes
@@ -707,6 +712,13 @@ test.robot() {
     dump_return $?
 }
 
+test.rst() {
+    build_msg TEST "[reST markup] ${RST_FILES[@]}"
+    for rst in "${RST_FILES[@]}"; do
+        pyenv.cmd rst2html.py --halt error "$rst" > /dev/null || die 42 "fix issue in $rst"
+    done
+}
+
 test.clean() {
     build_msg CLEAN  "test stuff"
     rm -rf geckodriver.log .coverage coverage/