diff --git a/lib/ofx.rb b/lib/ofx.rb
index 6f7b407..4467fa2 100644
--- a/lib/ofx.rb
+++ b/lib/ofx.rb
@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@ def monetary_vars(*methods) #:nodoc:
 
   module MonetarySupport
     # Returns pennies for a given string amount, i.e:
+    #  '-.45' => -45
     #  '-123.45' => -12345
     #  '123' => 12300
     def pennies_for(amount)
       return nil if amount == ""
       int, fraction = amount.scan(/\d+/)
+      int, fraction = 0, int if amount.match(/^-?\./)
       i = (fraction.to_s.strip =~ /[1-9]/) ? "#{int}#{fraction[0,2]}".to_i : int.to_i * 100
-      amount =~ /^\s*-\s*\d+/ ? -i : i
+      amount =~ /^\s*-\s*.?\d+/ ? -i : i
     end
 
+
     def original_method(meth) #:nodoc:
       meth.to_s.sub('_in_pennies','').to_sym rescue nil
     end
diff --git a/test/test_ofx_parser.rb b/test/test_ofx_parser.rb
index 00c6fe6..e5ea12d 100644
--- a/test/test_ofx_parser.rb
+++ b/test/test_ofx_parser.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'minitest/autorun'
 require 'ofx-parser'
+require 'pry'
 
 class OfxParserTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
 
@@ -459,6 +460,7 @@ def test_for_pennies
       '1' => 100,
       '1.0' => 100,
       '-1.0' => -100,
+      '-.11' => -11,
       '' => nil
     }