diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/WebvttExtractor.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/WebvttExtractor.java
index 750a303275..8f06fe5a52 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/WebvttExtractor.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/WebvttExtractor.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
 public final class WebvttExtractor implements Extractor {
 
   private static final Pattern LOCAL_TIMESTAMP = Pattern.compile("LOCAL:([^,]+)");
-  private static final Pattern MEDIA_TIMESTAMP = Pattern.compile("MPEGTS:(\\d+)");
+  private static final Pattern MEDIA_TIMESTAMP = Pattern.compile("MPEGTS:(-?\\d+)");
   private static final int HEADER_MIN_LENGTH = 6 /* "WEBVTT" */;
   private static final int HEADER_MAX_LENGTH = 3 /* optional Byte Order Mark */ + HEADER_MIN_LENGTH;