diff --git a/lib/text/vtt_text_parser.js b/lib/text/vtt_text_parser.js
index d177cb051e..44e97456e6 100644
--- a/lib/text/vtt_text_parser.js
+++ b/lib/text/vtt_text_parser.js
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ shaka.text.VttTextParser = class {
       return null;
     }
 
-    // Skip style blocks.
-    if (text[0] == 'STYLE') {
+    // Skip style and region blocks.
+    if (text[0] == 'STYLE' || text[0] == 'REGION') {
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/text/vtt_text_parser_unit.js b/test/text/vtt_text_parser_unit.js
index 0e17750ef8..9257a7594f 100644
--- a/test/text/vtt_text_parser_unit.js
+++ b/test/text/vtt_text_parser_unit.js
@@ -1064,6 +1064,22 @@ describe('VttTextParser', () => {
         {periodStart: 0, segmentStart: 0, segmentEnd: 0, vttOffset: 0});
   });
 
+  it('does not fail on REGION blocks', () => {
+    verifyHelper(
+        [
+          {
+            startTime: 10, endTime: 20,
+            payload: 'test',
+          },
+        ],
+        'WEBVTT\n\n' +
+        'REGION\n' +
+        'id:1\n\n' +
+        '00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:20.000\n' +
+        'test\n\n',
+        {periodStart: 0, segmentStart: 0, segmentEnd: 0, vttOffset: 0});
+  });
+
   /**
    * @param {!Array} cues
    * @param {string} text