diff --git a/test/test_ted_subtitles.py b/test/test_ted_subtitles.py
index 3283253ab..a0dd7eeed 100644
--- a/test/test_ted_subtitles.py
+++ b/test/test_ted_subtitles.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ def test_automatic_captions(self):
         self.DL.params['subtitleslang'] = ['en']
         subtitles = self.getSubtitles()
         self.assertTrue(len(subtitles.keys()) == 0)
+    # def test_nosubtitles(self):
+    #     self.DL.expect_warning(u'video doesn\'t have subtitles')
+    #     self.url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/rodrigo_canales_the_deadly_genius_of_drug_cartels.html'
+    #     self.DL.params['writesubtitles'] = True
+    #     self.DL.params['allsubtitles'] = True
+    #     subtitles = self.getSubtitles()
     def test_multiple_langs(self):
         self.DL.params['writesubtitles'] = True
         langs = ['es', 'fr', 'de']
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
index 239e2a448..1b006bc9b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/ted.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 from .subtitles import SubtitlesInfoExtractor
 
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_str,
+    RegexNotFoundError,
+)
+
 class TEDIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
     _VALID_URL=r'''http://www\.ted\.com/
                    (
@@ -105,12 +110,15 @@ def _talk_info(self, url, video_id=0):
         return info
 
     def _get_available_subtitles(self, video_id, webpage):
-        options = self._search_regex(r'(?:<select name="subtitles_language_select" id="subtitles_language_select">)(.*?)(?:</select>)', webpage, 'subtitles_language_select', flags=re.DOTALL)
-        languages = re.findall(r'(?:<option value=")(\S+)"', options)
-        if languages:
-            sub_lang_list = {}
-            for l in languages:
-                url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/%s/lang/%s/format/srt' % (video_id, l)
-                sub_lang_list[l] = url
-            return sub_lang_list
+        try:
+            options = self._search_regex(r'(?:<select name="subtitles_language_select" id="subtitles_language_select">)(.*?)(?:</select>)', webpage, 'subtitles_language_select', flags=re.DOTALL)
+            languages = re.findall(r'(?:<option value=")(\S+)"', options)
+            if languages:
+                sub_lang_list = {}
+                for l in languages:
+                    url = 'http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/%s/lang/%s/format/srt' % (video_id, l)
+                    sub_lang_list[l] = url
+                return sub_lang_list
+        except RegexNotFoundError as err:
+            self._downloader.report_warning(u'video doesn\'t have subtitles')
         return {}