diff --git a/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_merge.py b/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_merge.py
index 14e4bc44b..60cc66d66 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_merge.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_merge.py
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ def test_doc_retokenize_merge(en_tokenizer):
     assert doc[4].text == "the beach boys"
     assert doc[4].text_with_ws == "the beach boys "
     assert doc[4].tag_ == "NAMED"
+    assert doc[4].lemma_ == "LEMMA"
     assert str(doc[4].morph) == "Number=Plur"
     assert doc[5].text == "all night"
     assert doc[5].text_with_ws == "all night"
     assert doc[5].tag_ == "NAMED"
     assert str(doc[5].morph) == "Number=Plur"
+    assert doc[5].lemma_ == "LEMMA"
 
 
 def test_doc_retokenize_merge_children(en_tokenizer):
@@ -103,25 +105,29 @@ def test_doc_retokenize_spans_merge_tokens(en_tokenizer):
 
 def test_doc_retokenize_spans_merge_tokens_default_attrs(en_vocab):
     words = ["The", "players", "start", "."]
+    lemmas = [t.lower() for t in words]
     heads = [1, 2, 2, 2]
     tags = ["DT", "NN", "VBZ", "."]
     pos = ["DET", "NOUN", "VERB", "PUNCT"]
-    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, tags=tags, pos=pos, heads=heads)
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, tags=tags, pos=pos, heads=heads, lemmas=lemmas)
     assert len(doc) == 4
     assert doc[0].text == "The"
     assert doc[0].tag_ == "DT"
     assert doc[0].pos_ == "DET"
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == "the"
     with doc.retokenize() as retokenizer:
         retokenizer.merge(doc[0:2])
     assert len(doc) == 3
     assert doc[0].text == "The players"
     assert doc[0].tag_ == "NN"
     assert doc[0].pos_ == "NOUN"
-    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, tags=tags, pos=pos, heads=heads)
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == "the players"
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, tags=tags, pos=pos, heads=heads, lemmas=lemmas)
     assert len(doc) == 4
     assert doc[0].text == "The"
     assert doc[0].tag_ == "DT"
     assert doc[0].pos_ == "DET"
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == "the"
     with doc.retokenize() as retokenizer:
         retokenizer.merge(doc[0:2])
         retokenizer.merge(doc[2:4])
@@ -129,9 +135,11 @@ def test_doc_retokenize_spans_merge_tokens_default_attrs(en_vocab):
     assert doc[0].text == "The players"
     assert doc[0].tag_ == "NN"
     assert doc[0].pos_ == "NOUN"
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == "the players"
     assert doc[1].text == "start ."
     assert doc[1].tag_ == "VBZ"
     assert doc[1].pos_ == "VERB"
+    assert doc[1].lemma_ == "start ."
 
 
 def test_doc_retokenize_spans_merge_heads(en_vocab):
diff --git a/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_split.py b/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_split.py
index 30f945165..21c3ffd4b 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_split.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/doc/test_retokenize_split.py
@@ -39,6 +39,36 @@ def test_doc_retokenize_split(en_vocab):
     assert len(str(doc)) == 19
 
 
+def test_doc_retokenize_split_lemmas(en_vocab):
+    # If lemmas are not set, leave unset
+    words = ["LosAngeles", "start", "."]
+    heads = [1, 2, 2]
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, heads=heads)
+    with doc.retokenize() as retokenizer:
+        retokenizer.split(
+            doc[0],
+            ["Los", "Angeles"],
+            [(doc[0], 1), doc[1]],
+        )
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == ""
+    assert doc[1].lemma_ == ""
+
+    # If lemmas are set, use split orth as default lemma
+    words = ["LosAngeles", "start", "."]
+    heads = [1, 2, 2]
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=words, heads=heads)
+    for t in doc:
+        t.lemma_ = "a"
+    with doc.retokenize() as retokenizer:
+        retokenizer.split(
+            doc[0],
+            ["Los", "Angeles"],
+            [(doc[0], 1), doc[1]],
+        )
+    assert doc[0].lemma_ == "Los"
+    assert doc[1].lemma_ == "Angeles"
+
+
 def test_doc_retokenize_split_dependencies(en_vocab):
     doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=["LosAngeles", "start", "."])
     dep1 = doc.vocab.strings.add("amod")
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/_retokenize.pyx b/spacy/tokens/_retokenize.pyx
index 0069e36bf..ed8c4323e 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/_retokenize.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/_retokenize.pyx
@@ -188,8 +188,15 @@ def _merge(Doc doc, merges):
                     and doc.c[start - 1].ent_type == token.ent_type:
                 merged_iob = 1
         token.ent_iob = merged_iob
+        # Set lemma to concatenated lemmas
+        merged_lemma = ""
+        for span_token in span:
+            merged_lemma += span_token.lemma_
+            if doc.c[span_token.i].spacy:
+                merged_lemma += " "
+        merged_lemma = merged_lemma.strip()
+        token.lemma = doc.vocab.strings.add(merged_lemma)
         # Unset attributes that don't match new token
-        token.lemma = 0
         token.norm = 0
         tokens[merge_index] = token
     # Resize the doc.tensor, if it's set. Let the last row for each token stand
@@ -335,7 +342,9 @@ def _split(Doc doc, int token_index, orths, heads, attrs):
         token = &doc.c[token_index + i]
         lex = doc.vocab.get(doc.mem, orth)
         token.lex = lex
-        token.lemma = 0  # reset lemma
+        # If lemma is currently set, set default lemma to orth
+        if token.lemma != 0:
+            token.lemma = lex.orth
         token.norm = 0  # reset norm
         if to_process_tensor:
             # setting the tensors of the split tokens to array of zeros