diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
index df3103213..42bd65d55 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/touchmenu.lua
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ local GestureRange = require("ui/gesturerange")
 local Button = require("ui/widget/button")
 local UIManager = require("ui/uimanager")
 local Device = require("device")
-local Screen = require("device").screen
+local Screen = Device.screen
 local Geom = require("ui/geometry")
 local Font = require("ui/font")
-local util = require("ffi/util")
-local _ = require("gettext")
 local Blitbuffer = require("ffi/blitbuffer")
 local getMenuText = require("util").getMenuText
+local util = require("ffi/util")
+local _ = require("gettext")
 
 --[[
 TouchMenuItem widget
diff --git a/kodev b/kodev
index 329d9590d..ea37dc937 100755
--- a/kodev
+++ b/kodev
@@ -272,10 +272,12 @@ usage: run <OPTIONS> <ARGS>
 
 OPTIONS:
 
-    -h=X, --screen-height=X set height of the emulator screen (default: 720)
-    -w=X, --screen-width=X  set width of the emulator screen (default: 540)
-    --no-build              run reader without rebuilding
-    --disable-touch         use this if you want to simulate keyboard only devices
+    -h=X, --screen-height=X  set height of the emulator screen (default: 720)
+    -w=X, --screen-width=X   set width of the emulator screen (default: 540)
+    --no-build               run reader without rebuilding
+    --disable-touch          use this if you want to simulate keyboard only devices
+    -s=FOO --simulate=FOO    simulate dimension and other specs for a given device model
+                             supported model: kobo-aura-one, kindle3
     "
     screen_width=540
     screen_height=720
@@ -295,6 +297,22 @@ OPTIONS:
             -h | --screen-height)
                 screen_height=${VALUE}
                 ;;
+            -s | --simulate)
+                device_model=${VALUE}
+                case ${device_model} in
+                    kindle3)
+                        screen_width=600
+                        screen_height=800
+                        ;;
+                    kobo-aura-one)
+                        screen_width=1404
+                        screen_height=1872
+                        ;;
+                    *)
+                        echo "ERROR: spec unknown for ${device_model}."
+                        ;;
+                esac
+                ;;
             -h | --help)
                 echo "${RUN_HELP_MSG}"
                 exit 0