diff --git a/spacy/tests/conftest.py b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
index a2fce882e..05199c9c3 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/conftest.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ def stringstore():
     return StringStore()
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def en_entityrecognizer():
+     return English.Defaults.create_entity()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def text_file():
     return StringIO()