diff --git a/sass/_theme_rst.sass b/sass/_theme_rst.sass
index 2430d2f6..74413c5a 100644
--- a/sass/_theme_rst.sass
+++ b/sass/_theme_rst.sass
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
 
     .xref, a &
       font-weight: bold
+  // If the literal is inside an a tag, let's color it like a link
+  a tt
+    color: $link-color
   dl
     margin-bottom: $base-line-height
     dt