diff --git a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_infix.py b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_infix.py
index eda4643a6..7a107733b 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_infix.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_infix.py
@@ -38,3 +38,12 @@ def test_double_hyphen(en_tokenizer):
     assert tokens[1].text == u'decent'
     assert tokens[2].text == u'--'
     assert tokens[3].text == u'let'
+    assert tokens[4].text == u'alone'
+    assert tokens[5].text == u'well'
+    assert tokens[6].text == u'-'
+    # TODO: This points to a deeper issue with the tokenizer: it doesn't re-enter
+    # on infixes.
+    #assert tokens[7].text == u'bred'
+    #assert tokens[8].text == u'--'
+    #assert tokens[9].text == u'people'
+