diff --git a/src/tokenize.py b/src/tokenize.py
index 62a045b..2680c89 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.py
+++ b/src/tokenize.py
@@ -68,3 +68,20 @@
             current += c
     symbols.append(Symbol(current, location))
     return symbols
+
+
+# Generates a list of symbols with locations
+def locate_symbols(symbols, filename):
+    new_symbols = []
+    line = 1
+    column = 1
+    for s in symbols:
+        location = SymbolLocation(line, column, filename)
+        new = Symbol(s.value, location)
+        new_symbols.append(new)
+        if s.value == "\n":
+            line = line + 1
+            column = 1
+        else:
+            column += len(s.value)
+    return new_symbols
diff --git a/tests/test_tokenize.py b/tests/test_tokenize.py
index a5f5d41..e6db9cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_tokenize.py
+++ b/tests/test_tokenize.py
@@ -112,3 +112,35 @@
     for s in symbols:
         input += s.value
     assert tokenize.split_symbols(input) == symbols
+
+
+# Generates a list of symbols with locations
+@composite
+def draw_symbols_locations(draw):
+    symbols = draw(draw_symbols_list())
+    filename = draw(text())
+    new_symbols = []
+    line = 1
+    column = 1
+    for s in symbols:
+        location = tokenize.SymbolLocation(line, column, filename)
+        new = tokenize.Symbol(s.value, location)
+        new_symbols.append(new)
+        if s.value == "\n":
+            line = line + 1
+            column = 1
+        else:
+            column += len(s.value)
+    return new_symbols
+
+
+# Test that we the tokenizer can determine locations
+@given(draw_symbols_locations())
+def test_tokenize_locations(symbols):
+    input = []
+    filename = ""
+    location = tokenize.SymbolLocation(1, 1, "")
+    for s in symbols:
+        input.append(tokenize.Symbol(s.value, location))
+        filename = s.location.file
+    assert tokenize.locate_symbols(input, filename) == symbols