diff --git a/doc/bugs/rst_fails_on_file_containing_only_a_number.mdwn b/doc/bugs/rst_fails_on_file_containing_only_a_number.mdwn
index 99e46aac9..57e0cf6aa 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/rst_fails_on_file_containing_only_a_number.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/rst_fails_on_file_containing_only_a_number.mdwn
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ throwing code..):
 
 > On second thought, this was a bug in ikiwiki, it should be transmitting
 > that as a string. Fixed in external.pm --[[Joey]] 
+
+>> [[done]] a while ago, then. I've added a regression test now. --[[smcv]]
diff --git a/t/rst.t b/t/rst.t
index 4e0c4b747..a72c4681c 100755
--- a/t/rst.t
+++ b/t/rst.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	}
 }
 
-use Test::More tests => 2;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
 
 BEGIN { use_ok("IkiWiki"); }
 
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ $config{add_plugins}=[qw(rst)];
 IkiWiki::loadplugins();
 IkiWiki::checkconfig();
 
-ok(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "rst", "foo\n") =~ m{\s*<p>foo</p>\s*});
+like(IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "rst", "foo\n"), qr{\s*<p>foo</p>\s*});
+# regression test for [[bugs/rst fails on file containing only a number]]
+my $html = IkiWiki::htmlize("foo", "foo", "rst", "11");
+$html =~ s/<[^>]*>//g;
+like($html, qr{\s*11\s*});