diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 29b9ef4..069520a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Panels include:
 * Zope, showing information about how the Zope server is configured
 * Versions, listing the versions of every package known to the Zope process
 
+
 Safety
 ======
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ allowing a user to bypass Zope security.
 
 In other words: **Do not install this package on your production server**.
 
+
 Integration
 ===========
 
@@ -83,6 +85,14 @@ viewlet registration like this:
 See ``plone.app.debugtoolbar.browser`` for plenty of examples of panels.
 
 
+The debug toolbar registers itself as a viewlet in the portal footer within the
+`plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalFooter` viewlet manager.
+If you have a custom theme without any viewlet managers included, you can also
+directly include the debug toolbar as a view like so::
+
+    <tal:debug replace="structure context/@@plone.app.debugtoolbar.toolbar|nothing"/>
+
+
 Contribute
 ----------
 
diff --git a/news/32.feature b/news/32.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fd334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/32.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Add a debug toolbar view
+Register a `plone.app.debugtoolbar.toolbar` browser view additionally to the viewlet with the same name.
+This allows to include the debug toolbar in custom themes without viewlets.
+[thet]
diff --git a/src/plone/app/debugtoolbar/browser/configure.zcml b/src/plone/app/debugtoolbar/browser/configure.zcml
index 7e5cd81..03e79fc 100644
--- a/src/plone/app/debugtoolbar/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/src/plone/app/debugtoolbar/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
         directory="resources"
         />
 
+    <browser:page
+        name="plone.app.debugtoolbar.toolbar"
+        for="*"
+        template="toolbar.pt"
+        permission="zope2.View"
+        layer=".interfaces.IDebugToolbarLayer"
+        />
+
     <browser:viewlet
         name="plone.app.debugtoolbar.toolbar"
         manager="plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalFooter"