diff --git a/spacy/lang/en/__init__.py b/spacy/lang/en/__init__.py
index 9626704da..26cdb4509 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/en/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/en/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from .stop_words import STOP_WORDS
 from .lex_attrs import LEX_ATTRS
 from .syntax_iterators import SYNTAX_ITERATORS
 
+from .punctuation import TOKENIZER_INFIXES
 from ..tokenizer_exceptions import BASE_EXCEPTIONS
 from ...language import Language
 from ...attrs import LANG
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class EnglishDefaults(Language.Defaults):
     tokenizer_exceptions = update_exc(BASE_EXCEPTIONS, TOKENIZER_EXCEPTIONS)
     stop_words = STOP_WORDS
     syntax_iterators = SYNTAX_ITERATORS
+    infixes = TOKENIZER_INFIXES
     single_orth_variants = [
         {"tags": ["NFP"], "variants": ["…", "..."]},
         {"tags": [":"], "variants": ["-", "—", "–", "--", "---", "——"]},
diff --git a/spacy/lang/en/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/en/punctuation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67e3e80e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spacy/lang/en/punctuation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from ..char_classes import LIST_ELLIPSES, LIST_ICONS, HYPHENS
+from ..char_classes import CONCAT_QUOTES, ALPHA_LOWER, ALPHA_UPPER, ALPHA, PUNCT
+
+_infixes = (
+    LIST_ELLIPSES
+    + LIST_ICONS
+    + [
+        r"(?<=[0-9])[+\-\*^](?=[0-9-])",
+        r"(?<=[{al}{q}])\.(?=[{au}{q}])".format(
+            al=ALPHA_LOWER, au=ALPHA_UPPER, q=CONCAT_QUOTES
+        ),
+        r"(?<=[{a}]),(?=[{a}])".format(a=ALPHA),
+        r"(?<=[{a}0-9])(?:{h})(?=[{a}])".format(a=ALPHA, h=HYPHENS),
+        r"(?<=[{a}0-9])[:<>=/](?=[{a}])".format(a=ALPHA),
+    ]
+)
+
+
+TOKENIZER_INFIXES = _infixes
diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_text.py b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_text.py
index c5d56d885..4d4d0a643 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_text.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_text.py
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ untimely death" of the rapier-tongued Scottish barrister and parliamentarian.
         ("""Yes! "I'd rather have a walk", Ms. Comble sighed. """, 15),
         ("""'Me too!', Mr. P. Delaware cried. """, 11),
         ("They ran about 10km.", 6),
-        pytest.param(
-            "But then the 6,000-year ice age came...", 10, marks=pytest.mark.xfail()
-        ),
+        ("But then the 6,000-year ice age came...", 10),
     ],
 )
 def test_en_tokenizer_handles_cnts(en_tokenizer, text, length):
diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/fr/test_exceptions.py b/spacy/tests/lang/fr/test_exceptions.py
index 98d318f6e..91c0a0a4d 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/fr/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/fr/test_exceptions.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import pytest
         "grand'hamien",
         "Châteauneuf-la-Forêt",
         "Château-Guibert",
-        "11-septembre",
-        "11-Septembre",
         "refox-trottâmes",
         # u"K-POP",
         # u"K-Pop",