diff --git a/devito/finite_differences/tools.py b/devito/finite_differences/tools.py
index 2f84088fd7..09beee22dc 100644
--- a/devito/finite_differences/tools.py
+++ b/devito/finite_differences/tools.py
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ def numeric_weights(function, deriv_order, indices, x0):
     return finite_diff_weights(deriv_order, indices, x0)[-1][-1]
 
 
-fd_weights_registry = {'taylor': numeric_weights, 'standard': numeric_weights}
+fd_weights_registry = {'taylor': numeric_weights, 'standard': numeric_weights,
+                       'symbolic': numeric_weights}  # Backward compat for 'symbolic'
 coeff_priority = {'taylor': 1, 'standard': 1}