diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(codeeditor)
 ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(codepdfprinter)
+ecm_optional_add_subdirectory(minimaltest)
diff --git a/examples/minimal/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if(Qt5Widgets_FOUND)
+    add_executable(minimal main.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(minimal Qt5::Widgets KF5SyntaxHighlighting)
+endif()
diff --git a/examples/minimal/main.cpp b/examples/minimal/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/minimal/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2020 Aleix Pol Gonzalez <aleixpol@kde.org>
+
+    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+    the following conditions:
+
+    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+    in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+    CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+    TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+    SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QCommandLineParser>
+#include <QPlainTextEdit>
+#include <QDebug>
+
+#include <definition.h>
+#include <foldingregion.h>
+#include <syntaxhighlighter.h>
+#include <theme.h>
+#include <repository.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    QApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+    QCommandLineParser parser;
+    parser.addHelpOption();
+    parser.addPositionalArgument(QStringLiteral("source"), QStringLiteral("The source file to highlight."));
+    parser.process(app);
+
+    KSyntaxHighlighting::Repository repository;
+    for (const QString &file : parser.positionalArguments()) {
+        const auto url = QUrl::fromUserInput(file, {}, QUrl::UserInputResolutionOption::AssumeLocalFile);
+        QFile f(url.toLocalFile());
+        if (!f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+            continue;
+
+        auto view = new QPlainTextEdit();
+        view->setPlainText(QString::fromUtf8(f.readAll()));
+        view->resize(500, 500);
+
+        auto highlighter = new KSyntaxHighlighting::SyntaxHighlighter(view->document());
+        highlighter->setTheme((view->palette().color(QPalette::Base).lightness() < 128)
+                 ? repository.defaultTheme(KSyntaxHighlighting::Repository::DarkTheme)
+                 : repository.defaultTheme(KSyntaxHighlighting::Repository::LightTheme));
+
+        const auto def = repository.definitionForFileName(url.toLocalFile());
+        highlighter->setDefinition(def);
+
+        view->show();
+    }
+
+    return app.exec();
+}