pygments_style can be an import path now

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sphinx/highlighting.py b/sphinx/highlighting.py
index ba5091735..a70d8e1e0 100644
--- a/sphinx/highlighting.py
+++ b/sphinx/highlighting.py
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ class PygmentsBridge(object):
             return
         if stylename == 'sphinx':
             style = SphinxStyle
-        elif isinstance(stylename, basestring):
-            style = get_style_by_name(stylename)
+        elif '.' in stylename:
+            module, stylename = stylename.rsplit('.', 1)
+            style = getattr(__import__(module, None, None, ['']), stylename)
         else:
-            style = stylename
+            style = get_style_by_name(stylename)
         self.hfmter = {False: HtmlFormatter(style=style),
                        True: HtmlFormatter(style=style, linenos=True)}
         self.lfmter = {False: LatexFormatter(style=style),