diff --git a/backend/data_import/pipeline/parsers.py b/backend/data_import/pipeline/parsers.py
index dd73986b..151d3ca0 100644
--- a/backend/data_import/pipeline/parsers.py
+++ b/backend/data_import/pipeline/parsers.py
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ from chardet import UniversalDetector
 from seqeval.scheme import BILOU, IOB2, IOBES, IOE2, Tokens
 
 from .exceptions import FileParseException
-from .readers import DEFAULT_LABEL_COLUMN, DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN, Parser
+from .readers import (
+    DEFAULT_LABEL_COLUMN,
+    DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN,
+    LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN,
+    Parser,
+)
 
 DEFAULT_ENCODING = "Auto"
 
@@ -115,8 +120,8 @@ class LineParser(Parser):
 
     def parse(self, filename: str) -> Iterator[Dict[Any, Any]]:
         reader = LineReader(filename, self.encoding)
-        for line in reader:
-            yield {DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN: line}
+        for line_num, line in enumerate(reader, start=1):
+            yield {DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN: line, LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN: line_num}
 
 
 class TextFileParser(Parser):
@@ -151,8 +156,8 @@ class CSVParser(Parser):
         encoding = decide_encoding(filename, self.encoding)
         with open(filename, encoding=encoding) as f:
             reader = csv.DictReader(f, delimiter=self.delimiter)
-            for row in reader:
-                yield row
+            for line_num, row in enumerate(reader, start=1):
+                yield {LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN: line_num, **row}
 
 
 class JSONParser(Parser):
@@ -197,7 +202,8 @@ class JSONLParser(Parser):
         reader = LineReader(filename, self.encoding)
         for line_num, line in enumerate(reader, start=1):
             try:
-                yield json.loads(line)
+                row = json.loads(line)
+                yield {LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN: line_num, **row}
             except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
                 error = FileParseException(filename, line_num, str(e))
                 self._errors.append(error)
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ class ExcelParser(Parser):
         rows = pyexcel.iget_records(file_name=filename)
         try:
             for line_num, row in enumerate(rows, start=1):
-                yield row
+                yield {LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN: line_num, **row}
         except pyexcel.exceptions.FileTypeNotSupported as e:
             error = FileParseException(filename, line_num=1, message=str(e))
             self._errors.append(error)
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@ class FastTextParser(Parser):
 
     def parse(self, filename: str) -> Iterator[Dict[Any, Any]]:
         reader = LineReader(filename, self.encoding)
-        for line in reader:
+        for line_num, line in enumerate(reader, start=1):
             labels = []
             tokens = []
             for token in line.rstrip().split(" "):
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ class FastTextParser(Parser):
                 else:
                     tokens.append(token)
             text = " ".join(tokens)
-            yield {DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN: text, DEFAULT_LABEL_COLUMN: labels}
+            yield {DEFAULT_TEXT_COLUMN: text, DEFAULT_LABEL_COLUMN: labels, LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN: line_num}
 
 
 class CoNLLParser(Parser):
diff --git a/backend/data_import/tests/test_parser.py b/backend/data_import/tests/test_parser.py
index 768908cb..9d762d87 100644
--- a/backend/data_import/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/backend/data_import/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 from data_import.pipeline import parsers
+from data_import.pipeline.readers import LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN
 
 
 class TestParser(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class TestParser(unittest.TestCase):
         it = parser.parse(self.test_file)
         for expect in expected:
             row = next(it)
+            row.pop(LINE_NUMBER_COLUMN, None)
             self.assertEqual(row, expect)
         with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
             next(it)