diff --git a/spacy/language_data/punctuation.py b/spacy/language_data/punctuation.py
index fbc93f313..f94d91e80 100644
--- a/spacy/language_data/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/language_data/punctuation.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ TOKENIZER_INFIXES = (
         r'(?<=[{al}])\.(?=[{au}])'.format(al=ALPHA_LOWER, au=ALPHA_UPPER),
         r'(?<=[{a}]),(?=[{a}])'.format(a=ALPHA),
         r'(?<=[{a}])[?";:=,.]*(?:{h})(?=[{a}])'.format(a=ALPHA, h=HYPHENS),
-        r'(?<=[{a}"])[:<>=](?=[{a}])'.format(a=ALPHA)
+        r'(?<=[{a}"])[:<>=/](?=[{a}])'.format(a=ALPHA)
     ]
 )
 
diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue891.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue891.py
index b1bec3d25..6e57a750f 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue891.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue891.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import pytest
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["want/need"])
 def test_issue891(en_tokenizer, text):
     """Test that / infixes are split correctly."""