diff --git a/spacy/tests/conftest.py b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
index f6d6728a4..31ec9cfe7 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ def en_vocab():
     return English.Defaults.create_vocab()
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def en_parser():
+    return English.Defaults.create_parser()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def de_tokenizer():
     return German.Defaults.create_tokenizer()