diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 45a23989a2..83cb321968 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -4128,7 +4128,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         return [info]
 
 class SpiegelIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?spiegel\.de/video/[^/]*-(?P<videoID>[0-9]+)(?:\.html)?(?:#.*)$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?spiegel\.de/video/[^/]*-(?P<videoID>[0-9]+)(?:\.html)?(?:#.*)?$'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         m = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)