diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index f30ac5aaf3..499239a229 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1101,6 +1101,7 @@ from .vrt import VRTIE
 from .vube import VubeIE
 from .vuclip import VuClipIE
 from .vyborymos import VyboryMosIE
+from .vzaar import VzaarIE
 from .walla import WallaIE
 from .washingtonpost import (
     WashingtonPostIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vzaar.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vzaar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b270f08d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vzaar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    int_or_none,
+    float_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class VzaarIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|view)\.)?vzaar\.com/(?:videos/)?(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://vzaar.com/videos/1152805',
+        'md5': 'bde5ddfeb104a6c56a93a06b04901dbf',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1152805',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'sample video (public)',
+        },
+    }, {
+        'url': 'https://view.vzaar.com/27272/player',
+        'md5': '3b50012ac9bbce7f445550d54e0508f2',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '27272',
+            'ext': 'mp3',
+            'title': 'MP3',
+        },
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'http://view.vzaar.com/v2/%s/video' % video_id, video_id)
+        source_url = video_data['sourceUrl']
+
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': video_data['videoTitle'],
+            'url': source_url,
+            'thumbnail': self._proto_relative_url(video_data.get('poster')),
+            'duration': float_or_none(video_data.get('videoDuration')),
+        }
+        if 'audio' in source_url:
+            info.update({
+                'vcodec': 'none',
+                'ext': 'mp3',
+            })
+        else:
+            info.update({
+                'width': int_or_none(video_data.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(video_data.get('height')),
+                'ext': 'mp4',
+            })
+        return info