diff --git a/spacy/ml/_character_embed.py b/spacy/ml/_character_embed.py
index f5c539c42..0ed28b859 100644
--- a/spacy/ml/_character_embed.py
+++ b/spacy/ml/_character_embed.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ from thinc.api import Model
 from thinc.types import Floats2d
 
 from ..tokens import Doc
+from ..util import registry
 
 
+@registry.layers("spacy.CharEmbed.v1")
 def CharacterEmbed(nM: int, nC: int) -> Model[List[Doc], List[Floats2d]]:
     # nM: Number of dimensions per character. nC: Number of characters.
     return Model(