diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 909d0e51d7..a1e416dd5f 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         d = json.loads(stripped)
         self.assertEqual(d, {'STATUS': 'OK'})
 
+        stripped = strip_jsonp('ps.embedHandler({"status": "success"});')
+        d = json.loads(stripped)
+        self.assertEqual(d, {'status': 'success'})
+
     def test_uppercase_escape(self):
         self.assertEqual(uppercase_escape('aä'), 'aä')
         self.assertEqual(uppercase_escape('\\U0001d550'), '𝕐')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index f3b0180abb..dce67de8ac 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ def parse_age_limit(s):
 
 def strip_jsonp(code):
     return re.sub(
-        r'(?s)^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\s*\(\s*(.*)\);?\s*?(?://[^\n]*)*$', r'\1', code)
+        r'(?s)^[a-zA-Z0-9_.]+\s*\(\s*(.*)\);?\s*?(?://[^\n]*)*$', r'\1', code)
 
 
 def js_to_json(code):