diff --git a/vunit/parsing/tokenizer.py b/vunit/parsing/tokenizer.py
index cd120750e..e30250aef 100644
--- a/vunit/parsing/tokenizer.py
+++ b/vunit/parsing/tokenizer.py
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
 from vunit.ostools import read_file, file_exists, simplify_path
 
 
+TokenType = collections.namedtuple("Token", ["kind", "value", "location"])
+
+
 def Token(kind, value="", location=None):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-    return collections.namedtuple("Token", ["kind", "value", "location"])(kind, value, location)
+    return TokenType(kind, value, location)
 
 
 class TokenKind: