diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index a73a1317e..ff66a74bd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from .ard import (
     ARDMediathekIE,
     SportschauIE,
 )
+from .arstechnica import ArstechnicaIE
 from .arte import (
     ArteTvIE,
     ArteTVPlus7IE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arstechnica.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arstechnica.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9353daa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arstechnica.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import urllib
+import ast
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class ArstechnicaIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(www.)?arstechnica.com/[a-z]+/[0-9]+/[0-9]+/(?P<id>[-a-z0-9]+)/??'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/video-3d-printed-tsa-travel-sentry-keys-really-do-open-tsa-locks/',
+        'md5': 'd07dc4dd168a8bc7bf782dac7ad691db',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'video-3d-printed-tsa-travel-sentry-keys-really-do-open-tsa-locks',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': '3D printed TSA Travel Sentry keys really do open TSA locks',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'description': 'We downloaded the models from GitHub, tweaked, printed, and gained access.',
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        protocol = url.split("://")[0]
+
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1[a-z\"\= ]+>(?:Video: )*(.*?)</h1>', webpage, 'title')
+
+        initial_js_url = protocol + ":" + self._html_search_regex(r'<script src="(.*)" class="x-skip"></script>', webpage, 'initial_js_url')
+        initial_js_content = self._download_webpage(initial_js_url, video_id)
+
+        loader_js_url = self._search_regex(r"var url = \\'([a-z:/.?]+)\\'", initial_js_content, 'loader_js_url')
+        params = {
+            'videoId': self._search_regex(r"videoId: \\'([a-z0-9]+)\\'", initial_js_content, 'videoId'),
+            'playerId': self._search_regex(r"playerId: \\'([a-z0-9]+)\\'", initial_js_content, 'playerId'),
+            'target': self._search_regex(r"target: \\'([a-z0-9]+)\\'", initial_js_content, 'target'),
+        }
+        loader_js_url = "%s%s" % (loader_js_url, urllib.urlencode(params))
+        loader_js_content = self._download_webpage(loader_js_url, video_id)
+
+        sources_list = ast.literal_eval(self._search_regex(r'"sources":\[(.*)\],"thumb', loader_js_content, 'sources_list'))
+
+        formats = []
+
+        for source in sources_list:
+            formats.append({
+                'format_id': source['type'],
+                'url': source['src'],
+                'quality': source['quality'],
+            })
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': self._og_search_description(webpage),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'thumbnail': self._search_regex(r'"thumb_path":"(.*)","title', loader_js_content, 'thumb_path'),
+        }