diff --git a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_tokenizer.py b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_tokenizer.py
index be93b9953..c900860c4 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_tokenizer.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_tokenizer.py
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ def test_ie(en_tokenizer):
     assert len(tokens) == 6
     assert tokens[3].orth_ == "i.e."
 
+
+def test_two_whitespace(en_tokenizer):
+    orig_str = u'there are 2 spaces after this  '
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(orig_str)
+    assert repr(tokens.text_with_ws) == repr(orig_str)
+
 #def test_cnts7():
 #    text = 'But then the 6,000-year ice age came...'
 #    tokens = EN.tokenize(text)