diff --git a/spacy/tests/spans/test_merge.py b/spacy/tests/spans/test_merge.py
index 86712f7714a..29cc917fefa 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/spans/test_merge.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/spans/test_merge.py
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ def test_spans_merge_tokens(en_tokenizer):
     assert doc[0].text == 'Los Angeles'
     assert doc[0].head.text == 'start'
 
+    doc = get_doc(tokens.vocab, [t.text for t in tokens], heads=heads)
+    assert len(doc) == 4
+    assert doc[0].head.text == 'Angeles'
+    assert doc[1].head.text == 'start'
+    doc.merge(0, len('Los Angeles'), tag='NNP', lemma='Los Angeles', label='GPE')
+    assert len(doc) == 3
+    assert doc[0].text == 'Los Angeles'
+    assert doc[0].head.text == 'start'
+    assert doc[0].ent_type_ == 'GPE'
 
 def test_spans_merge_heads(en_tokenizer):
     text = "I found a pilates class near work."
@@ -114,4 +123,4 @@ def test_spans_subtree_size_check(en_tokenizer):
     sent1 = list(doc.sents)[0]
     init_len = len(list(sent1.root.subtree))
     doc[0:2].merge('none', 'none', 'none')
-    assert len(list(sent1.root.subtree)) == init_len - 1
+    assert len(list(sent1.root.subtree)) == init_len - 1
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diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
index bda52838337..348d84012fc 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
@@ -667,6 +667,13 @@ cdef class Doc:
             attributes[TAG] = self.vocab.strings[tag]
             attributes[LEMMA] = self.vocab.strings[lemma]
             attributes[ENT_TYPE] = self.vocab.strings[ent_type]
+        elif not args:
+            if "label" in attributes and ENT_TYPE not in attributes:
+                if type(attributes["label"]) == int:
+                    attributes[ENT_TYPE] = attributes["label"]
+                else:
+                    attributes[ENT_TYPE] = self.vocab.strings[attributes["label"]]
+
         elif args:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Doc.merge received %d non-keyword arguments. "