diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 3f45b0bd1..1cdac82fc 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -448,11 +448,14 @@ def test_base_url(self):
 
     def test_urljoin(self):
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de/', '/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(urljoin('//foo.de/', '/a/b/c.txt'), '//foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de/', 'a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de', '/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de', 'a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de/', 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de/', '//foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), '//foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin(None, 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(urljoin(None, '//foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), '//foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('', 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin(['foobar'], 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt'), 'http://foo.de/a/b/c.txt')
         self.assertEqual(urljoin('http://foo.de/', None), None)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 694e9a600..528d87bb9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1703,9 +1703,9 @@ def base_url(url):
 def urljoin(base, path):
     if not isinstance(path, compat_str) or not path:
         return None
-    if re.match(r'https?://', path):
+    if re.match(r'^(?:https?:)?//', path):
         return path
-    if not isinstance(base, compat_str) or not re.match(r'https?://', base):
+    if not isinstance(base, compat_str) or not re.match(r'^(?:https?:)?//', base):
         return None
     return compat_urlparse.urljoin(base, path)