diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
index 3dc254ad4e..a414660418 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ pub fn parse_expression(
 
     match bytes[0] {
         b'0' | b'1' | b'2' | b'3' | b'4' | b'5' | b'6' | b'7' | b'8' | b'9' | b'(' | b'{'
-        | b'[' | b'$' | b'"' | b'\'' => parse_math_expression(working_set, spans),
+        | b'[' | b'$' | b'"' | b'\'' | b'.' | b'-' => parse_math_expression(working_set, spans),
         _ => parse_call(working_set, spans, true),
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs b/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
index e5fab53c31..c47808fe88 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/tests/test_parser.rs
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ mod range {
         }
     }
 
-    #[ignore]
     #[test]
     fn parse_left_unbounded_range() {
         let engine_state = EngineState::new();
@@ -364,4 +363,35 @@ mod range {
             _ => panic!("No match"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_negative_range() {
+        let engine_state = EngineState::new();
+        let mut working_set = StateWorkingSet::new(&engine_state);
+
+        let (block, err) = parse_source(&mut working_set, b"-10..-3", true);
+
+        assert!(err.is_none());
+        assert!(block.len() == 1);
+        match &block[0] {
+            Statement::Pipeline(Pipeline { expressions }) => {
+                assert!(expressions.len() == 1);
+                assert!(matches!(
+                    expressions[0],
+                    Expression {
+                        expr: Expr::Range(
+                            Some(_),
+                            Some(_),
+                            RangeOperator {
+                                inclusion: RangeInclusion::Inclusive,
+                                ..
+                            }
+                        ),
+                        ..
+                    }
+                ))
+            }
+            _ => panic!("No match"),
+        }
+    }
 }