diff --git a/spacy/tests/en/test_exceptions.py b/spacy/tests/en/test_exceptions.py
index ac7ed452f..03e738a34 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/en/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/en/test_exceptions.py
@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@ def test_tokenizer_handles_exc_in_text(en_tokenizer):
     tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 6
     assert tokens[3].text == "i.e."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["1am", "12a.m.", "11p.m.", "4pm"])
+def test_tokenizer_handles_times(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
+    assert len(tokens) == 2
+    assert tokens[1].lemma_ in ["a.m.", "p.m."]