diff --git a/haruhi_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/haruhi_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index eeb471866..4b3a71e4f 100644
--- a/haruhi_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/haruhi_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ class YoutubeYti1ListInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseListInfoExtractor):
 
 class YoutubeChannelIE(YoutubeAjaxListInfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'youtube:channel'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?!watch|playlist|v|e|embed|shared)(?:(?P<type>user|channel|c)/)?(?P<id>\w+)(?!/live)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?!watch|playlist|v|e|embed|shared)(?:(?P<type>user|channel|c)/)?(?P<id>[\w-]+)(?!/live)'
     _LIST_NAME = 'channel'
 
     _TESTS = [{