diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue834.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue834.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed186dfe
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+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue834.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
+from io import StringIO
+
+word2vec_str = """, -0.046107 -0.035951 -0.560418
+de -0.648927 -0.400976 -0.527124
+. 0.113685 0.439990 -0.634510
+  -1.499184 -0.184280 -0.598371"""
+
+
+def test_issue834(en_vocab):
+    f = StringIO(word2vec_str)
+    vector_length = en_vocab.load_vectors(f)
+    assert vector_length == 3