diff --git a/src/humanize/number.py b/src/humanize/number.py
index 52a5356a..46706a58 100644
--- a/src/humanize/number.py
+++ b/src/humanize/number.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ def ordinal(value: NumberOrString, gender: str = "male") -> str:
         '101st'
         >>> ordinal(111)
         '111th'
+        >>> ordinal(-1)
+        '-1st'
+        >>> ordinal(-21)
+        '-21st'
         >>> ordinal("something else")
         'something else'
         >>> ordinal([1, 2, 3]) == "[1, 2, 3]"
@@ -136,7 +140,12 @@ def ordinal(value: NumberOrString, gender: str = "male") -> str:
     except (TypeError, ValueError):
         return str(value)
     gender = "male" if gender == "male" else "female"
-    digit = 0 if value % 100 in (11, 12, 13) else value % 10
+    # The suffix depends on the last digits of the magnitude, so negative values
+    # must be normalized with abs(): Python's `%` would otherwise map -1 % 10 to
+    # 9 and give every negative number a "th" suffix (e.g. "-1th" instead of
+    # "-1st").
+    magnitude = abs(value)
+    digit = 0 if magnitude % 100 in (11, 12, 13) else magnitude % 10
     return f"{value}{P_(*_ORDINAL_SUFFIXES[gender][digit])}"
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_number.py b/tests/test_number.py
index 5fb12fa6..fff6f612 100644
--- a/tests/test_number.py
+++ b/tests/test_number.py
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
         ("102", "102nd"),
         ("103", "103rd"),
         ("111", "111th"),
+        ("-1", "-1st"),
+        ("-2", "-2nd"),
+        ("-3", "-3rd"),
+        ("-4", "-4th"),
+        ("-11", "-11th"),
+        ("-12", "-12th"),
+        ("-13", "-13th"),
+        ("-21", "-21st"),
+        ("-101", "-101st"),
+        ("-111", "-111th"),
+        ("-112", "-112th"),
+        ("-113", "-113th"),
         ("something else", "something else"),
         (None, "None"),
         (math.nan, "NaN"),