diff --git a/spacy/lexeme.pyx b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
index eadcd7722..caa126993 100644
--- a/spacy/lexeme.pyx
+++ b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ cdef class Lexeme:
     def similarity(self, other):
         return numpy.dot(self.vector, other.vector) / (self.vector_norm * other.vector_norm)
 
+    property has_vector:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return sum(abs(self.c.repvec)) != 0
+
     property vector_norm:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.c.l2_norm
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
index 86e9f1d2b..b91510678 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ cdef class Token:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.c.dep
 
+    property has_vector:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return sum(abs(self.c.lex.repvec)) != 0
+
     property vector:
         def __get__(self):
             cdef int length = self.vocab.vectors_length