diff --git a/weboob/backends/youtube/backend.py b/weboob/backends/youtube/backend.py
index c96d3246..16c00829 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/youtube/backend.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/youtube/backend.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class YoutubeBackend(BaseBackend, ICapVideoProvider):
     def need_url(func):
         def inner(self, *args, **kwargs):
             url = args[0]
-            if (u'youtube.com' not in url) and not re.match('^\w+$', url):
+            if (u'youtube.com' not in url) and not re.match('^[\w-]+$', url):
                 return None
             return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
         return inner
diff --git a/weboob/backends/youtube/browser.py b/weboob/backends/youtube/browser.py
index bf038b5e..82e10b5f 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/youtube/browser.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/youtube/browser.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class YoutubeBrowser(BaseBrowser):
         return self.page.iter_videos()
 
     def get_video(self, _id):
-        if re.match('^\w+$', _id):
+        if re.match('^[\w-]+$', _id):
             url = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % _id
         else:
             url = _id
diff --git a/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/results.py b/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/results.py
index 63fc0cca..5944e24c 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/results.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/results.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from weboob.tools.browser import BasePage
 from weboob.capabilities.video import Video
 
 class ResultsPage(BasePage):
-    WATCH_RE = re.compile('/watch\?v=(\w+)')
+    WATCH_RE = re.compile('/watch\?v=([\w-]+)')
     def iter_videos(self):
         for div in self.document.getroot().cssselect("div[class^=video-entry]"):
             a = div.find('a')
diff --git a/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/video.py b/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/video.py
index 29a16654..65a624ab 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/video.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/youtube/pages/video.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from weboob.tools.browser import BasePage
 from weboob.capabilities.video import Video
 
 class VideoPage(BasePage):
-    URL_REGEX = re.compile(r"https?://[w\.]*youtube.com/watch\?v=(\w+)")
+    URL_REGEX = re.compile(r"https?://[w\.]*youtube.com/watch\?v=([\w-]+)")
     VIDEO_SIGNATURE_REGEX = re.compile(r'&t=([^ ,&]*)')
 
     def on_loaded(self):