diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1501-2000.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1501-2000.py
index 6edef0702..24f725ab8 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1501-2000.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1501-2000.py
@@ -329,3 +329,4 @@ def test_issue_1971_4(en_vocab):
     matches = matcher(doc)
     # Uncommenting this caused a segmentation fault
     assert len(matches) == 1
+    assert matches[0] == (en_vocab.strings["TEST"], 0, 3)