diff --git a/spacy/matcher.pyx b/spacy/matcher.pyx
index a6b02ba2c..ec87dce12 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher.pyx
+++ b/spacy/matcher.pyx
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ def merge_phrase(matcher, doc, i, matches):
     span.merge(ent_type=label, ent_id=ent_id)
 
 
+def unpickle_matcher(vocab, patterns, callbacks):
+    matcher = Matcher(vocab)
+    for key, specs in patterns.items():
+        callback = callbacks.get(key, None)
+        matcher.add(key, callback, *specs)
+    return matcher
+
+
 cdef class Matcher:
     """Match sequences of tokens, based on pattern rules."""
     cdef Pool mem
@@ -206,7 +214,8 @@ cdef class Matcher:
         self.mem = Pool()
 
     def __reduce__(self):
-        return (self.__class__, (self.vocab, self._patterns), None, None)
+        data = (self.vocab, self._patterns, self._callbacks)
+        return (unpickle_matcher, data, None, None)
 
     def __len__(self):
         """Get the number of rules added to the matcher. Note that this only
@@ -259,12 +268,12 @@ cdef class Matcher:
                        "key: {key}\n")
                 raise ValueError(msg.format(key=key))
         key = self._normalize_key(key)
-        self._patterns.setdefault(key, [])
-        self._callbacks[key] = on_match
         for pattern in patterns:
             specs = _convert_strings(pattern, self.vocab.strings)
             self.patterns.push_back(init_pattern(self.mem, key, specs))
-            self._patterns[key].append(specs)
+        self._patterns.setdefault(key, [])
+        self._callbacks[key] = on_match
+        self._patterns[key].extend(patterns)
 
     def remove(self, key):
         """Remove a rule from the matcher. A KeyError is raised if the key does