diff --git a/sphinx/environment.py b/sphinx/environment.py
index 58463cae8..60287031c 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment.py
@@ -105,13 +105,16 @@ class SphinxStandaloneReader(standalone.Reader):
                   DefaultSubstitutions, MoveModuleTargets, HandleCodeBlocks,
                   AutoNumbering, SortIds, RemoveTranslatableInline]
 
-    def __init__(self, parsers={}, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, app, parsers={}, *args, **kwargs):
         standalone.Reader.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         self.parser_map = {}
         for suffix, parser_class in parsers.items():
             if isinstance(parser_class, string_types):
                 parser_class = import_object(parser_class, 'source parser')
-            self.parser_map[suffix] = parser_class()
+            parser = parser_class()
+            if hasattr(parser, 'set_application'):
+                parser.set_application(app)
+            self.parser_map[suffix] = parser
 
     def read(self, source, parser, settings):
         self.source = source
@@ -776,7 +779,7 @@ class BuildEnvironment:
         codecs.register_error('sphinx', self.warn_and_replace)
 
         # publish manually
-        reader = SphinxStandaloneReader(parsers=self.config.source_parsers)
+        reader = SphinxStandaloneReader(self.app, parsers=self.config.source_parsers)
         pub = Publisher(reader=reader,
                         writer=SphinxDummyWriter(),
                         destination_class=NullOutput)
diff --git a/sphinx/parsers.py b/sphinx/parsers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7ca89aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx/parsers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    sphinx.parsers
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    A Base class for additional parsers.
+
+    :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
+"""
+
+import docutils.parsers
+
+
+class Parser(docutils.parsers.Parser):
+    """
+    A base class of parsers.
+    """
+
+    def set_application(self, app):
+        """set_application will be called from Sphinx to set app and other instance variables
+
+        :param sphinx.application.Sphinx app: Sphinx application object
+        """
+        self.app = app
+        self.config = app.config
+        self.env = app.env
+        self.warn = app.warn
+        self.info = app.info