diff --git a/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx b/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
index 2c37e9b85..716d85a1a 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ cdef class Span:
         return self.end - self.start
 
     def __getitem__(self, int i):
+        if i < 0:
+            i = len(self) - i
         return self._seq[self.start + i]
 
     def __iter__(self):