diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/calendar/duration.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/calendar/duration.ex
index ba1333a3908..cca7414710c 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/calendar/duration.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/calendar/duration.ex
@@ -205,9 +205,14 @@ defmodule Duration do
 
       iex> Duration.parse("P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S")
       {:ok, %Duration{year: 1, month: 2, day: 3, hour: 4, minute: 5, second: 6}}
-
       iex> Duration.parse("PT10H30M")
       {:ok, %Duration{hour: 10, minute: 30, second: 0}}
+      iex> Duration.parse("P3Y-2MT3H")
+      {:ok, %Duration{year: 3, month: -2, hour: 3}}
+      iex> Duration.parse("-P3Y2MT3H")
+      {:ok, %Duration{year: -3, month: -2, hour: -3}}
+      iex> Duration.parse("-P3Y-2MT3H")
+      {:ok, %Duration{year: -3, month: 2, hour: -3}}
 
   """
   @spec parse(String.t()) :: {:ok, t} | {:error, String.t()}
@@ -215,6 +220,16 @@ defmodule Duration do
     parse(duration_string, %{}, "", false)
   end
 
+  def parse("-P" <> duration_string) do
+    case parse(duration_string, %{}, "", false) do
+      {:ok, duration} ->
+        {:ok, negate(duration)}
+
+      error ->
+        error
+    end
+  end
+
   def parse(_) do
     {:error, "invalid duration string"}
   end
@@ -227,9 +242,6 @@ defmodule Duration do
       iex> Duration.parse!("P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S")
       %Duration{year: 1, month: 2, day: 3, hour: 4, minute: 5, second: 6}
 
-      iex> Duration.parse!("PT10H30M")
-      %Duration{hour: 10, minute: 30, second: 0}
-
   """
   @spec parse!(String.t()) :: t
   def parse!(duration_string) do
@@ -242,9 +254,10 @@ defmodule Duration do
     end
   end
 
-  defp parse(<<>>, duration, "", _), do: {:ok, new(Enum.into(duration, []))}
+  defp parse(<<>>, duration, "", _), do: {:ok, new!(Enum.into(duration, []))}
 
-  defp parse(<<c::utf8, rest::binary>>, duration, buffer, is_time) when c in ?0..?9 or c == ?. do
+  defp parse(<<c::utf8, rest::binary>>, duration, buffer, is_time)
+       when c in ?0..?9 or c in [?., ?-] do
     parse(rest, duration, <<buffer::binary, c::utf8>>, is_time)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/sigils.md b/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/sigils.md
index 3b13317e90f..d079d47db8c 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/sigils.md
+++ b/lib/elixir/pages/getting-started/sigils.md
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ iex> time_zone
 
 ### Duration
 
-A [%Duration{}](`Duration`) struct represents a collection of time scale units, The `~P` sigil allows developers to create Durations from an ISO 8601-2 formatted duration string:
+A [%Duration{}](`Duration`) struct represents a collection of time scale units.
+The `~P` sigil allows developers to create Durations from an ISO 8601-2 formatted duration string:
 
 ```elixir
 iex> ~P[P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S]
diff --git a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/calendar/duration_test.exs b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/calendar/duration_test.exs
index 750345d5199..cbaa56f9c39 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/calendar/duration_test.exs
+++ b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/calendar/duration_test.exs
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ defmodule DurationTest do
     assert Duration.parse!("PT6S") == %Duration{second: 6}
     assert Duration.parse!("PT1.6S") == %Duration{second: 1, microsecond: {600_000, 6}}
     assert Duration.parse!("PT1.12345678S") == %Duration{second: 1, microsecond: {123_456, 6}}
+    assert Duration.parse!("P3Y4W-3DT-6S") == %Duration{year: 3, week: 4, day: -3, second: -6}
+    assert Duration.parse!("PT-4.23S") == %Duration{second: -4, microsecond: {-230_000, 6}}
+    assert Duration.parse!("-P3WT5H3M") == %Duration{week: -3, hour: -5, minute: -3}
+    assert Duration.parse!("-P-3WT5H3M") == %Duration{week: 3, hour: -5, minute: -3}
 
     assert_raise ArgumentError,
                  ~s/failed to parse duration. reason: "unexpected character: H"/,