diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 464c8d690..fb62cfc68 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1371,6 +1371,7 @@ from .weibo import (
     WeiboMobileIE
 )
 from .weiqitv import WeiqiTVIE
+from .welt import WeltIE
 from .wimp import WimpIE
 from .wistia import WistiaIE
 from .worldstarhiphop import WorldStarHipHopIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/welt.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/welt.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38a5bac54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/welt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+class WeltIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = 'welt.de'
+    _VALID_URL = r'''https?://(?:www\.)?welt\.de/mediathek/dokumentation/.*sendung(?P<id>\d+)/.*'''
+    _TESTS = [
+        {
+            'url': 'https://www.welt.de/mediathek/dokumentation/space/sendung170058475/ISS-Leben-auf-der-Weltraumstation.html',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+                'title': 'ISS - Leben auf der Weltraumstation',
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>([^<]+)</title>', webpage, 'title')
+        video_url = self._html_search_regex(r'<source data-content="Video.source" src="(https://weltn24.+?_2000.mp4)"', webpage, 'video_url')
+
+        return [{
+            'id':   video_id,
+            'url':  video_url,
+            'ext':  'mp4',
+            'title': title,
+        }]