diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index ce64e26831..610d667459 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -466,15 +466,18 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             return info_dict
 
         if '/posts/' in url:
-            entries = [
-                self.url_result('facebook:%s' % vid, FacebookIE.ie_key())
-                for vid in self._parse_json(
-                    self._search_regex(
-                        r'(["\'])video_ids\1\s*:\s*(?P<ids>\[.+?\])',
-                        webpage, 'video ids', group='ids'),
-                    video_id)]
+            video_id_json = self._search_regex(
+                r'(["\'])video_ids\1\s*:\s*(?P<ids>\[.+?\])', webpage, 'video ids', group='ids',
+                default='')
+            if video_id_json:
+                entries = [
+                    self.url_result('facebook:%s' % vid, FacebookIE.ie_key())
+                    for vid in self._parse_json(video_id_json, video_id)]
+                return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id)
 
-            return self.playlist_result(entries, video_id)
+            # Single Video?
+            video_id = self._search_regex(r'video_id:\s*"([0-9]+)"', webpage, 'single video id')
+            return self.url_result('facebook:%s' % video_id, FacebookIE.ie_key())
         else:
             _, info_dict = self._extract_from_url(
                 self._VIDEO_PAGE_TEMPLATE % video_id,