diff --git a/spacy/attrs.pxd b/spacy/attrs.pxd
index 79a177ba9..d3cca1e3c 100644
--- a/spacy/attrs.pxd
+++ b/spacy/attrs.pxd
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ cdef enum attr_id_t:
     SPACY
     PROB
 
-    LANG
+    LANG = 999
diff --git a/spacy/symbols.pxd b/spacy/symbols.pxd
index cc1734e6d..32fcafc95 100644
--- a/spacy/symbols.pxd
+++ b/spacy/symbols.pxd
@@ -457,3 +457,4 @@ cdef enum symbol_t:
 
     acl
     LAW
+    LANG = 999
diff --git a/spacy/symbols.pyx b/spacy/symbols.pyx
index 4bc1d4228..3bf413f43 100644
--- a/spacy/symbols.pyx
+++ b/spacy/symbols.pyx
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ IDS = {
     "SENT_START": SENT_START,
     "SPACY": SPACY,
     "PROB": PROB,
+    "LANG": LANG,
 
     "ADJ": ADJ,
     "ADP": ADP,