diff --git a/src/transformers/__init__.py b/src/transformers/__init__.py
index 3cbbf815d65..1fa3d89bb5c 100755
--- a/src/transformers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/transformers/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ from .pipelines import (
     PipelineDataFormat,
     QuestionAnsweringPipeline,
     TextClassificationPipeline,
+    TokenClassificationPipeline,
     pipeline,
 )
 from .tokenization_albert import AlbertTokenizer
diff --git a/src/transformers/pipelines.py b/src/transformers/pipelines.py
index b0ddcb919a4..170425d227d 100755
--- a/src/transformers/pipelines.py
+++ b/src/transformers/pipelines.py
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ class NerPipeline(Pipeline):
         return answers
 
 
+TokenClassificationPipeline = NerPipeline
+
+
 class QuestionAnsweringArgumentHandler(ArgumentHandler):
     """
     QuestionAnsweringPipeline requires the user to provide multiple arguments (i.e. question & context) to be mapped