diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs
index 4fdf73b773..1d61ed57eb 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Library/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Library
             // for imdbid we also accept pattern matching
             if (string.Equals(attrib, "imdbid", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var m = Regex.Match(str, "tt\\d{7}", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+                var m = Regex.Match(str, "tt([0-9]{7,8})", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
                 return m.Success ? m.Value : null;
             }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata/Parsers/BaseNfoParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata/Parsers/BaseNfoParser.cs
index 36b9a9c1f8..5c8de80f17 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata/Parsers/BaseNfoParser.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata/Parsers/BaseNfoParser.cs
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.XbmcMetadata.Parsers
 
         protected void ParseProviderLinks(T item, string xml)
         {
-            // Look for a match for the Regex pattern "tt" followed by 7 digits
-            var m = Regex.Match(xml, @"tt([0-9]{7})", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+            // Look for a match for the Regex pattern "tt" followed by 7 or 8 digits
+            var m = Regex.Match(xml, "tt([0-9]{7,8})", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
             if (m.Success)
             {
                 item.SetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Imdb, m.Value);