diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 86b110a7d87..b401070371b 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ def test_dfxp2srt(self):
                 <div xml:lang="en">
                     <p begin="0" end="1">The following line contains Chinese characters and special symbols</p>
                     <p begin="1" end="2">第二行<br/>♪♪</p>
-                    <p begin="2" end="3"><span>Third<br/>Line</span></p>
+                    <p begin="2" dur="1"><span>Third<br/>Line</span></p>
                 </div>
             </body>
             </tt>'''
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index d73efcf25c6..5439fcb35d3 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1866,10 +1866,14 @@ def parse_node(node):
     paras = dfxp.findall(_x('.//ttml:p'))
 
     for para, index in zip(paras, itertools.count(1)):
+        begin_time = parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib['begin'])
+        end_time = parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib.get('end'))
+        if not end_time:
+            end_time = begin_time + parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib['dur'])
         out.append('%d\n%s --> %s\n%s\n\n' % (
             index,
-            format_srt_time(parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib.get('begin'))),
-            format_srt_time(parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib.get('end'))),
+            format_srt_time(begin_time),
+            format_srt_time(end_time),
             parse_node(para)))
 
     return ''.join(out)