diff --git a/spacy/en/pos.pyx b/spacy/en/pos.pyx
index 5a19bbf27..2cfb6519f 100644
--- a/spacy/en/pos.pyx
+++ b/spacy/en/pos.pyx
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ POS_TAGS = {
     "GW": (X, {}),
     "AFX": (X, {}),
     "HYPH": (PUNCT, {}),
-    "XX": (X, {})
+    "XX": (X, {}),
+    "BES": (VERB, {'tenspect': PRESENT, 'person': THIRD}),
+    "HVS": (VERB, {'tenspect': PRESENT, 'person': THIRD})
 }