diff --git a/spacy/vocab.pyx b/spacy/vocab.pyx
index 149317779..5909872d6 100644
--- a/spacy/vocab.pyx
+++ b/spacy/vocab.pyx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         or int ID."""
         return False
 
-    def to_disk(self, path):
+    def to_disk(self, path, **exclude):
         """Save the current state to a directory.
 
         path (unicode or Path): A path to a directory, which will be created if
@@ -292,8 +292,10 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         self.strings.to_disk(path / 'strings.json')
         with (path / 'lexemes.bin').open('wb') as file_:
             file_.write(self.lexemes_to_bytes())
+        if self.vectors is not None:
+            self.vectors.to_disk(path, exclude='strings.json')
 
-    def from_disk(self, path):
+    def from_disk(self, path, **exclude):
         """Loads state from a directory. Modifies the object in place and
         returns it.
 
@@ -305,6 +307,8 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         self.strings.from_disk(path / 'strings.json')
         with (path / 'lexemes.bin').open('rb') as file_:
             self.lexemes_from_bytes(file_.read())
+        if self.vectors is not None:
+            self.vectors.from_disk(path, exclude='string.json')
         return self
 
     def to_bytes(self, **exclude):
@@ -313,9 +317,16 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         **exclude: Named attributes to prevent from being serialized.
         RETURNS (bytes): The serialized form of the `Vocab` object.
         """
+        def deserialize_vectors():
+            if self.vectors is None:
+                return None
+            else:
+                return self.vectors.to_bytes(exclude='strings')
+ 
         getters = OrderedDict((
             ('strings', lambda: self.strings.to_bytes()),
             ('lexemes', lambda: self.lexemes_to_bytes()),
+            ('vectors', deserialize_vectors)
         ))
         return util.to_bytes(getters, exclude)
 
@@ -326,9 +337,15 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         **exclude: Named attributes to prevent from being loaded.
         RETURNS (Vocab): The `Vocab` object.
         """
+        def serialize_vectors(b):
+            if self.vectors is None:
+                return None
+            else:
+                return self.vectors.from_bytes(b, exclude='strings')
         setters = OrderedDict((
             ('strings', lambda b: self.strings.from_bytes(b)),
             ('lexemes', lambda b: self.lexemes_from_bytes(b)),
+            ('vectors', lambda b: serialize_vectors(b))
         ))
         util.from_bytes(bytes_data, setters, exclude)
         return self