diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3972.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue3972.py
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+# coding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import pytest
+from spacy.matcher import PhraseMatcher
+from spacy.tokens import Doc
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail
+def test_issue3972(en_vocab):
+    """Test that the PhraseMatcher returns duplicates for duplicate match IDs.
+    """
+    matcher = PhraseMatcher(en_vocab)
+    matcher.add("A", None, Doc(en_vocab, words=["New", "York"]))
+    matcher.add("B", None, Doc(en_vocab, words=["New", "York"]))
+    doc = Doc(en_vocab, words=["I", "live", "in", "New", "York"])
+    matches = matcher(doc)
+    assert len(matches) == 2