diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue605.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue605.py
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+from ...attrs import LOWER, ORTH
+from ...tokens import Doc
+from ...vocab import Vocab
+from ...matcher import Matcher
+
+
+def return_false(doc, ent_id, label, start, end):
+    return False
+
+
+def test_matcher_accept():
+    doc = Doc(Vocab(), words=[u'The', u'golf', u'club', u'is', u'broken'])
+
+    golf_pattern =     [ 
+        { ORTH: "golf"},
+        { ORTH: "club"}
+    ]
+    matcher = Matcher(doc.vocab)
+
+    matcher.add_entity('Sport_Equipment', acceptor=return_false)
+    matcher.add_pattern("Sport_Equipment", golf_pattern)
+    match = matcher(doc)
+
+    assert match == []