diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 765b4a9bf7..66f5af0009 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
         return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
 
 class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
+    IE_NAME = YoutubeSearchIE.IE_NAME + ':date'
     _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc&orderby=published'
     _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com searches, newest videos first'