diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py b/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
index ce6f2d91e..ad6192c8f 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_matcher.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def test_matcher_empty_dict(en_vocab):
     matches = matcher(doc)
     assert len(matches) == 1
     assert matches[0][1:] == (0, 3)
+    matcher = Matcher(en_vocab)
     matcher.add('A.', None, [{'ORTH': 'a'}, {}])
     matches = matcher(doc)
     assert matches[0][1:] == (0, 2)
@@ -175,3 +176,39 @@ def test_matcher_match_one_plus(matcher):
                                          {'ORTH': 'Philippe', 'OP': '+'}])
     m = matcher(doc)
     assert len(m) == 1
+
+
+def test_operator_combos(matcher):
+    cases = [
+        ('aaab', 'a a a b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a+ b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a+ a b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a+ a+ b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a a b', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a a', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+', True),
+        ('aaa', 'a+ b', False),
+        ('aaa', 'a+ a+ b', False),
+        ('aaa', 'a+ a+ a+ b', False),
+        ('aaa', 'a+ a b', False),
+        ('aaa', 'a+ a a b', False),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a a', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+', True),
+        ('aaab', 'a+ a b', False), # <-- This is the weird semantics
+    ]
+    for string, pattern_str, result in cases:
+        matcher = Matcher(matcher.vocab)
+        doc = get_doc(matcher.vocab, words=list(string))
+        pattern = []
+        for part in pattern_str.split():
+            if part.endswith('+'):
+                pattern.append({'ORTH': part[0], 'op': '+'})
+            else:
+                pattern.append({'ORTH': part})
+        matcher.add('PATTERN', None, pattern)
+        matches = matcher(doc)
+        if result:
+            assert matches, (string, pattern_str)
+        else:
+            assert not matches, (string, pattern_str)