diff --git a/src/build/token/Tokenize.go b/src/build/token/Tokenize.go
index 63ad4f7..52b3122 100644
--- a/src/build/token/Tokenize.go
+++ b/src/build/token/Tokenize.go
@@ -131,7 +131,15 @@ func Tokenize(buffer []byte) List {
 					i++
 				}
 
-				tokens = append(tokens, Token{Kind: Number, Position: position, Length: Length(i - position)})
+				last := len(tokens) - 1
+
+				if len(tokens) > 0 && tokens[last].Kind == Negate {
+					tokens[last].Kind = Number
+					tokens[last].Length = Length(i-position) + 1
+				} else {
+					tokens = append(tokens, Token{Kind: Number, Position: position, Length: Length(i - position)})
+				}
+
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/build/token/Tokenize_test.go b/src/build/token/Tokenize_test.go
index de67fbd..86ad7be 100644
--- a/src/build/token/Tokenize_test.go
+++ b/src/build/token/Tokenize_test.go
@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ func TestNegateAfterOperator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNegateNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	tokens := token.Tokenize([]byte(`-1`))
+
+	expected := []token.Kind{
+		token.Number,
+		token.EOF,
+	}
+
+	for i, kind := range expected {
+		assert.Equal(t, tokens[i].Kind, kind)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestOperatorAssign(t *testing.T) {
 	tokens := token.Tokenize([]byte(`a += b -= c *= d /= e &= f |= g ^= h <<= i >>= j`))
 
diff --git a/tests/programs/negative.q b/tests/programs/negative.q
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bddfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/programs/negative.q
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+main() {
+	a := -32
+	b := 64
+	syscall(60, a + b)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/programs_test.go b/tests/programs_test.go
index 1282e2e..82a9d42 100644
--- a/tests/programs_test.go
+++ b/tests/programs_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var programs = []struct {
 	{"loop", "", "", 0},
 	{"loop-lifetime", "", "", 0},
 	{"assert", "", "", 1},
+	{"negative", "", "", 32},
 }
 
 func TestPrograms(t *testing.T) {