diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 06de556b7..de05038c6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1517,3 +1517,5 @@ from .zattoo import (
 from .zdf import ZDFIE, ZDFChannelIE
 from .zingmp3 import ZingMp3IE
 from .zype import ZypeIE
+
+from .visir import VisirIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/visir.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/visir.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fecedfa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/visir.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+    RegexNotFoundError)
+
+
+class VisirIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'visir'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www.)visir.is/(?:.*)/(?P<id>.*)'
+    # _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www.)visir.is/(k|g)/(?P<id>.*)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://www.visir.is/k/clp4238',
+        'md5': '30fe8b7cb54ac47115f45d8a1be7438e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'clp4238',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Eldgos í Grímsvötnum - Vísir',
+            'description': 'Egill Aðalsteinsson kvikmyndatökumaður flaug yfir gosstöðvarnar í kvöld. '
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        thumbnails = []
+        description = self._og_search_description(webpage)
+        if ('/article/' in url) or ('/g/' in url):
+            try:
+                article_vid = self._html_search_regex(r"(?P<url>https\:\/\/www\.visir\.is\/player\/.*?)\".", webpage,
+                                                      'url')
+            except RegexNotFoundError as e:
+                article_vid = self._html_search_regex(
+                    r"(?:src=)\"(?P<url>https?://(www.)?visir.is/section/media/\?template=iplayer.*?)\"", webpage,
+                    'url')
+            webpage = self._download_webpage(article_vid, video_id)
+
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r"Title:.'(.*?)'", webpage, 'title')
+        filename = self._html_search_regex(r"File:.'(.*?)'", webpage, 'filenme')
+        hostname = self._html_search_regex(r"Host:.'(.*?)'", webpage, 'hostname')
+        thumb_url = self._html_search_regex(r"image:.'(.*?)'", webpage, 'thumb_url')
+        thumbnails.append({'url': thumb_url})
+        media_url = ''.join(['https://', hostname, filename])
+        ext = determine_ext(media_url)
+
+        formats = [{'url': media_url}]
+        if ext == 'm3u8':
+            m3u8_formats = self._extract_m3u8_formats(media_url, video_id, 'mp4', fatal=False)
+            formats.extend(m3u8_formats)
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails
+            # TODO more properties (see youtube_dl/extractor/common.py)
+        }