diff --git a/lib/DDG/Goodie/DurationCalculator.pm b/lib/DDG/Goodie/DurationCalculator.pm
index 3488027ff53..36fdbed7fa1 100644
--- a/lib/DDG/Goodie/DurationCalculator.pm
+++ b/lib/DDG/Goodie/DurationCalculator.pm
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ sub get_result {
     my ($values1, $values2, $action) = @_;
     
     return  format_result ($values1 + $values2) if $action eq '+';
-    return  format_result ($values1 - $values2) if $action eq '-';
+    
+    my $subtract = format_result ($values1 - $values2) if $action eq '-';
+    return "-($subtract)" if DateTime::Duration->compare($values1, $values2) < 0;
+    return $subtract;
 }
 
 handle query_lc => sub {
diff --git a/t/DurationCalculator.t b/t/DurationCalculator.t
index d4f2656c3a2..43d9ca54d35 100644
--- a/t/DurationCalculator.t
+++ b/t/DurationCalculator.t
@@ -38,7 +38,16 @@ my $sub_query_minus = "2 days minus 43 hours";
 my $value_test = "1 second - 1000000000 nanoseconds";
 my $month_test = "4 weeks + 2 days";
 my $year_test = "23 months + 30 days";
-my $invalid_query = "2 day 2 day + 4 day";
+my $neg_query1 = "1 year - 400 days";
+my $neg_query2 = "1 day + -24 hours";
+my $neg_query3 = "-1 week - 3 days";
+my $neg_query4 = "-1 week + 7 days";
+my $invalid_query1 = "2 day 2 day + 4 day";
+my $invalid_query2 = "1 day + 1 hay";
+my $invalid_query3 = "-54minutes - 39";
+my $invalid_query4 = "4 hours";
+
+
 ddg_goodie_test(
     [qw( DDG::Goodie::DurationCalculator )],
         
@@ -49,7 +58,14 @@ ddg_goodie_test(
     $value_test => build_test("no time", $value_test),
     $month_test => build_test("1 month", $month_test),
     $year_test => build_test("2 years", $year_test),
-    $invalid_query => undef,
+    $neg_query1 => build_test("-(1 month and 3 days)", $neg_query1),
+    $neg_query2 => build_test("no time", $neg_query2),
+    $neg_query3 => build_test("-(1 week and 3 days)", $neg_query3),
+    $neg_query4 => build_test("no time", $neg_query4),
+    $invalid_query1 => undef,
+    $invalid_query3 =>undef,
+    $invalid_query2 =>undef,
+    $invalid_query4 =>undef,
 );
 
 done_testing;