diff --git a/w2v-server.pl b/w2v-server.pl
index c76855c..c864774 100755
--- a/w2v-server.pl
+++ b/w2v-server.pl
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@
       SV* word = newSVpvf(&vocab[besti[a] * max_w], 0);
       if(latin_enc == 0) SvUTF8_on(word);
       hv_store(hash, "word", strlen("word"), word , 0);
+      hv_store(hash, "rank", strlen("rank"), newSVuv(besti[a]), 0);
       hv_store(hash, "dist", strlen("dist"), newSVnv(bestd[a]), 0);
       hv_store(hash, "norm", strlen("norm"), newSVnv(bestn[a]), 0);
       hv_store(hash, "sum", strlen("sum"), newSVnv(target_sums[besti[a]]), 0);