diff --git a/regcomp.c b/regcomp.c
index a43a6306d7b6..169272e1dd8c 100644
--- a/regcomp.c
+++ b/regcomp.c
@@ -24679,6 +24679,15 @@ S_parse_uniprop_string(pTHX_
                     break;
                 }
             }
+
+            /* Turn nv=-0 into nv=0.  These should be equivalent, but vary by
+             * underling libc implementation. */
+            if (   i == name_len - 1
+                && name[name_len-1] == '0'
+                && lookup_name[j-1] == '-')
+            {
+                j--;
+            }
         }
     }
     else {  /* No '=' */
diff --git a/t/lib/croak/regcomp b/t/lib/croak/regcomp
index a203f136fd6d..321033a485d4 100644
--- a/t/lib/croak/regcomp
+++ b/t/lib/croak/regcomp
@@ -179,8 +179,3 @@ qr/(?<=(?<!x)x)\K/;
 qr/(?<!(?<!x)x)\K/;
 EXPECT
 OPTIONS nonfatal
-########
-# NAME numeric parsing buffer overflow in numeric.c
-0=~/\p{nV:-0}/
-EXPECT
-Can't find Unicode property definition "nV:-0" in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\p{nV:-0} <-- HERE / at - line 1.
diff --git a/t/re/re_tests b/t/re/re_tests
index 0d068d3205c5..3a29d54c7d1d 100644
--- a/t/re/re_tests
+++ b/t/re/re_tests
@@ -2107,6 +2107,9 @@ AB\s+\x{100}	AB \x{100}X	y	-	-
 /a?(*ACCEPT)b/	a	y	>$&<	>a<	-	# Test minlen for ACCEPT
 /a?(*ACCEPT)b/	b	y	>$&<	><	-	# Test minlen for ACCEPT
 / (A (*ACCEPT) | BC){2} D{0,4}/x	A	y	$1	A	-	# ACCEPT optimizer check
+
+\p{nv=-0}	\x{660}	y	$&	\x{660}
+
 # Keep these lines at the end of the file
 # pat	string	y/n/etc	expr	expected-expr	skip-reason	comment
 # vim: softtabstop=0 noexpandtab