diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 9aaa7ca9bd..934419c434 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 from .archiveorg import ArchiveOrgIE
 from .ard import ARDIE
 from .arte import ArteTvIE
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 from .cspan import CSpanIE
 from .dailymotion import DailymotionIE
 from .depositfiles import DepositFilesIE
+from .dotsub import DotsubIE
 from .dreisat import DreiSatIE
 from .eighttracks import EightTracksIE
 from .escapist import EscapistIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dotsub.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dotsub.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2afeaba072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dotsub.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import re
+import json
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class DotsubIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:www\.)?dotsub\.com/view/([^/]+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        u'url': u'http://dotsub.com/view/aed3b8b2-1889-4df5-ae63-ad85f5572f27',
+        u'file': u'aed3b8b2-1889-4df5-ae63-ad85f5572f27.flv',
+        u'md5': u'0914d4d69605090f623b7ac329fea66e',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u"title": u"Pyramids of Waste (2010), AKA The Lightbulb Conspiracy - Planned obsolescence documentary",
+            u"uploader": u"4v4l0n42",
+            u'description': u'Pyramids of Waste (2010) also known as "The lightbulb conspiracy" is a documentary about how our economic system based on consumerism  and planned obsolescence is breaking our planet down.\r\n\r\nSolutions to this can be found at:\r\nhttp://robotswillstealyourjob.com\r\nhttp://www.federicopistono.org\r\n\r\nhttp://opensourceecology.org\r\nhttp://thezeitgeistmovement.com',
+            u'thumbnail': u'http://dotsub.com/media/aed3b8b2-1889-4df5-ae63-ad85f5572f27/p'
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group(1)
+        info_url = "https://dotsub.com/api/media/%s/metadata" %(video_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(info_url, video_id)
+        info = json.loads(webpage)
+        video_url = info['mediaURI']
+        uploader = info['user']
+        description = info['description']
+        view_count = info['numberOfViews']
+        title = info['title']
+        thumbnail_url = info['screenshotURI']
+        ext = 'flv'
+        return [{
+            'id':          video_id,
+            'url':         video_url,
+            'ext':         ext,
+            'title':       title,
+            'thumbnail':   thumbnail_url,
+            'description': description,
+            'uploader':    uploader,
+            'view_count':  view_count,
+        }]