diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_lemmatizer.py b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_lemmatizer.py
index d02ae1700..00f02ccb4 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_lemmatizer.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/en/test_lemmatizer.py
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import pytest
+from ....tokens.doc import Doc
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def en_lemmatizer(EN):
     return EN.Defaults.create_lemmatizer()
 
+@pytest.mark.models('en')
+def test_doc_lemmatization(EN):
+    doc = Doc(EN.vocab, words=['bleed'])
+    doc[0].tag_ = 'VBP'
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == 'bleed'
 
 @pytest.mark.models('en')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('text,lemmas', [("aardwolves", ["aardwolf"]),
@@ -19,6 +25,16 @@ def test_en_lemmatizer_noun_lemmas(en_lemmatizer, text, lemmas):
     assert en_lemmatizer.noun(text) == set(lemmas)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.models('en')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text,lemmas', [("bleed", ["bleed"]),
+                                         ("feed", ["feed"]),
+                                         ("need", ["need"]),
+                                         ("ring", ["ring"]),
+                                         ("axes", ["axis", "axe", "ax"])])
+def test_en_lemmatizer_noun_lemmas(en_lemmatizer, text, lemmas):
+    assert en_lemmatizer.noun(text) == set(lemmas)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.xfail
 @pytest.mark.models('en')
 def test_en_lemmatizer_base_forms(en_lemmatizer):