Index: contrib/snowball/src/test/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/TestSnowball.java
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--- contrib/snowball/src/test/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/TestSnowball.java	(revision 290759)
+++ contrib/snowball/src/test/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/TestSnowball.java	(working copy)
@@ -79,5 +79,27 @@
     assertAnalyzesTo(a, "he abhorred accents",
                      new String[] { "he", "abhor", "accent" });
   }
+
+  public void testFilterTokens() throws Exception {
+    final Token tok = new Token("accents",2,7,"wrd");
+    tok.setPositionIncrement(3);
+
+    SnowballFilter filter = new SnowballFilter(
+            new TokenStream() {
+              public Token next() throws IOException {
+                return tok;
+              }
+            },
+            "English"
+    );
+
+    Token newtok = filter.next();
+
+    assertEquals("accent", newtok.termText());
+    assertEquals(2, newtok.startOffset());
+    assertEquals(7, newtok.endOffset());
+    assertEquals("wrd", newtok.type());
+    assertEquals(3, newtok.getPositionIncrement());
+  }
 }
 
Index: contrib/snowball/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/SnowballFilter.java
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--- contrib/snowball/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/SnowballFilter.java	(revision 290759)
+++ contrib/snowball/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/snowball/SnowballFilter.java	(working copy)
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e.toString());
     }
-    return new Token(stemmer.getCurrent(),
+    Token newToken = new Token(stemmer.getCurrent(),
                      token.startOffset(), token.endOffset(), token.type());
+    newToken.setPositionIncrement(token.getPositionIncrement());
+    return newToken;
   }
 }