diff --git a/lib/twitter.rb b/lib/twitter.rb
index 7e2a2b2f4..99e23ea6e 100644
--- a/lib/twitter.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 require 'twitter/direct_message'
 require 'twitter/entity'
 require 'twitter/entity/hashtag'
+require 'twitter/entity/symbol'
 require 'twitter/entity/url'
 require 'twitter/entity/user_mention'
 require 'twitter/geo_factory'
diff --git a/lib/twitter/entity/symbol.rb b/lib/twitter/entity/symbol.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e24cc771d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/twitter/entity/symbol.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'twitter/entity'
+
+module Twitter
+  class Entity
+    class Symbol < Twitter::Entity
+      attr_reader :text
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/twitter/tweet.rb b/lib/twitter/tweet.rb
index 85390c81a..77e7aa9aa 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/tweet.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/tweet.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ def retweeters_count
     end
     alias retweet_count retweeters_count
 
+    # @note Must include entities in your request for this method to work
+    # @return [Array<Twitter::Entity::Symbol>]
+    def symbols
+      @symbols ||= entities(Twitter::Entity::Symbol, :symbols)
+    end
+
     # @note Must include entities in your request for this method to work
     # @return [Array<Twitter::Entity::Url>]
     def urls
diff --git a/spec/twitter/tweet_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/tweet_spec.rb
index cfe30ec39..527132b58 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/tweet_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/tweet_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#entities?" do
+    it "returns false if there are no entities set" do
+      tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014)
+      expect(tweet.entities?).to be_false
+    end
+
+    it "returns true if there are entities set" do
+      urls_array = [
+        {
+          :url => 'http://example.com/t.co',
+          :expanded_url => 'http://example.com/expanded',
+          :display_url => 'example.com/expanded',
+          :indices => [10, 33],
+        }
+      ]
+      tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014, :entities => {:urls => urls_array})
+      expect(tweet.entities?).to be_true
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#favoriters_count" do
     it "returns the count of favoriters when favoriters_count is set" do
       tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014, :favoriters_count => '1')
@@ -239,23 +259,26 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#entities?" do
-    it "returns false if there are no entities set" do
-      tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014)
-      expect(tweet.entities?).to be_false
-    end
-
-    it "returns true if there are entities set" do
-      urls_array = [
-        {
-          :url => 'http://example.com/t.co',
-          :expanded_url => 'http://example.com/expanded',
-          :display_url => 'example.com/expanded',
-          :indices => [10, 33],
-        }
+  describe "#symbols" do
+    it "returns an Array of Entity::Symbol when symbols are set" do
+      symbols_array = [
+        { :text => 'PEP', :indices => [114, 118] },
+        { :text => 'COKE', :indices => [128, 133] }
       ]
-      tweet = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014, :entities => {:urls => urls_array})
-      expect(tweet.entities?).to be_true
+      symbols = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014, :entities => {:symbols => symbols_array}).symbols
+      expect(symbols).to be_an Array
+      expect(symbols.size).to eq 2
+      expect(symbols.first).to be_a Twitter::Entity::Symbol
+      expect(symbols.first.indices).to eq [114, 118]
+      expect(symbols.first.text).to eq 'PEP'
+    end
+    it "is empty when not set" do
+      symbols = Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014).symbols
+      expect(symbols).to be_empty
+    end
+    it "warns when not set" do
+      Twitter::Tweet.new(:id => 28669546014).symbols
+      expect($stderr.string).to match(/To get symbols, you must pass `:include_entities => true` when requesting the Twitter::Tweet\./)
     end
   end