diff --git a/spacy/lexeme.pyx b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
index 05d8bddc6..dc0440486 100644
--- a/spacy/lexeme.pyx
+++ b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ cdef class Lexeme:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.c.id
 
+    property lex_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.c.id
+
     property repvec:
         def __get__(self):
             raise AttributeError("lex.repvec has been renamed to lex.vector")
@@ -173,6 +177,11 @@ cdef class Lexeme:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.vocab.strings[self.c.orth]
 
+    property text:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.vocab.strings[self.c.orth]
+
+
     property lower:
         def __get__(self): return self.c.lower
         def __set__(self, int x): self.c.lower = x
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1031.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1031.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac14eb7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1031.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from ...vocab import Vocab
+
+def test_lexeme_text():
+    vocab = Vocab()
+    lex = vocab[u'the']
+    assert lex.text == u'the'
+
+
+def test_lexeme_lex_id():
+    vocab = Vocab()
+    lex1 = vocab[u'the']
+    lex2 = vocab[u'be']
+    assert lex1.lex_id != lex2.lex_id