diff --git a/ckanext/reclineview/plugin.py b/ckanext/reclineview/plugin.py
index 9e3cb1a0211..20e204bb794 100644
--- a/ckanext/reclineview/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/reclineview/plugin.py
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ def update_config(self, config):
         toolkit.add_resource('theme/public', 'ckanext-reclineview')
 
     def can_view(self, data_dict):
-        return data_dict['resource'].get('datastore_active')
+        resource = data_dict['resource']
+        return (resource.get('datastore_active') or
+                resource.get('url') == '_datastore_only_resource')
 
     def setup_template_variables(self, context, data_dict):
         return {'resource_json': json.dumps(data_dict['resource']),
@@ -83,9 +85,12 @@ def info(self):
                 }
 
     def can_view(self, data_dict):
-        if data_dict['resource'].get('datastore_active'):
+        resource = data_dict['resource']
+
+        if (resource.get('datastore_active') or
+                resource.get('url') == '_datastore_only_resource'):
             return True
-        resource_format = data_dict['resource'].get('format', None)
+        resource_format = resource.get('format', None)
         if resource_format:
             return resource_format.lower() in ['csv', 'xls', 'xlsx', 'tsv']
         else:
diff --git a/ckanext/reclineview/tests/test_view.py b/ckanext/reclineview/tests/test_view.py
index 1dd2388f7e6..2f7ab070836 100644
--- a/ckanext/reclineview/tests/test_view.py
+++ b/ckanext/reclineview/tests/test_view.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import ckan.lib.create_test_data as create_test_data
 import ckan.config.middleware as middleware
 
+from ckan.new_tests import helpers, factories
+
 
 class BaseTestReclineViewBase(tests.WsgiAppCase):
     @classmethod
@@ -78,6 +80,47 @@ def test_can_view_bad_format_no_datastore(self):
             assert not self.p.can_view(data_dict)
 
 
+class TestReclineViewDatastoreOnly(helpers.FunctionalTestBase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_class(cls):
+        if not p.plugin_loaded('recline_view'):
+            p.load('recline_view')
+        if not p.plugin_loaded('datastore'):
+            p.load('datastore')
+        app_config = config.copy()
+        app_config['ckan.legacy_templates'] = 'false'
+        app_config['ckan.plugins'] = 'recline_view datastore'
+        app_config['ckan.views.default_views'] = 'recline_view'
+        wsgiapp = middleware.make_app(config['global_conf'], **app_config)
+        cls.app = paste.fixture.TestApp(wsgiapp)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def teardown_class(cls):
+        if p.plugin_loaded('recline_view'):
+            p.unload('recline_view')
+        if p.plugin_loaded('datastore'):
+            p.unload('datastore')
+
+    def test_create_datastore_only_view(self):
+        dataset = factories.Dataset()
+        data = {
+            'resource': {'package_id': dataset['id']},
+            'fields': [{'id': 'a'}, {'id': 'b'}],
+            'records': [{'a': 1, 'b': 'xyz'}, {'a': 2, 'b': 'zzz'}]
+        }
+        result = helpers.call_action('datastore_create', **data)
+
+        resource_id = result['resource_id']
+
+        url = h.url_for(controller='package', action='resource_read',
+                        id=dataset['id'], resource_id=resource_id)
+
+        result = self.app.get(url)
+
+        assert 'data-module="data-viewer"' in result.body
+
+
 class TestReclineGridView(BaseTestReclineViewBase):
     view_type = 'recline_grid_view'
     view_class = plugin.ReclineGridView