diff --git a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/__test__/factorialRecursive.test.js b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/__test__/factorialRecursive.test.js
index 9029faee0a..fefde646de 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/__test__/factorialRecursive.test.js
+++ b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/__test__/factorialRecursive.test.js
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ describe('factorialRecursive', () => {
     expect(factorialRecursive(5)).toBe(120);
     expect(factorialRecursive(8)).toBe(40320);
     expect(factorialRecursive(10)).toBe(3628800);
+    expect(factorialRecursive(-1)).toBe(undefined);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorial.js b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorial.js
index 6c717d051f..97d0b8ca92 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorial.js
+++ b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorial.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * @return {number}
  */
 export default function factorial(number) {
+
   let result = 1;
 
   for (let i = 2; i <= number; i += 1) {
diff --git a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorialRecursive.js b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorialRecursive.js
index e2b4aec6c9..9f2f768599 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorialRecursive.js
+++ b/src/algorithms/math/factorial/factorialRecursive.js
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@
  * @return {number}
  */
 export default function factorialRecursive(number) {
-  return number > 1 ? number * factorialRecursive(number - 1) : 1;
+  if(number < 0){
+    return undefined
+  }
+  else if(number === 0 || number === 1){
+    return 1
+  }
+  else{
+    return number * factorialRecursive(number - 1)
+  }
 }