diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index f44468d35..a4d0c71ec 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from .eighttracks import EightTracksIE
 from .escapist import EscapistIE
 from .exfm import ExfmIE
 from .facebook import FacebookIE
+from .faz import FazIE
 from .fktv import (
     FKTVIE,
     FKTVPosteckeIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deaa4ed2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/faz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+import re
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+    clean_html,
+    get_element_by_attribute,
+)
+
+
+class FazIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_NAME = u'faz.net'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://www\.faz\.net/multimedia/videos/.*?-(?P<id>\d+).html'
+
+    _TEST = {
+        u'url': u'http://www.faz.net/multimedia/videos/stockholm-chemie-nobelpreis-fuer-drei-amerikanische-forscher-12610585.html',
+        u'file': u'12610585.mp4',
+        u'info_dict': {
+            u'title': u'Stockholm: Chemie-Nobelpreis für drei amerikanische Forscher',
+            u'description': u'md5:1453fbf9a0d041d985a47306192ea253',
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+        video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        self.to_screen(video_id)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        config_xml_url = self._search_regex(r'writeFLV\(\'(.+?)\',', webpage,
+            u'config xml url')
+        config_xml = self._download_webpage(config_xml_url, video_id,
+            u'Downloading config xml')
+        config = xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(config_xml.encode('utf-8'))
+
+        encodings = config.find('ENCODINGS')
+        formats = []
+        for code in ['LOW', 'HIGH', 'HQ']:
+            encoding = encodings.find(code)
+            if encoding is None:
+                continue
+            encoding_url = encoding.find('FILENAME').text
+            formats.append({
+                'url': encoding_url,
+                'ext': determine_ext(encoding_url),
+                'format_id': code.lower(),
+            })
+
+        descr_html = get_element_by_attribute('class', 'Content Copy', webpage)
+        info = {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': self._og_search_title(webpage),
+            'formats': formats,
+            'description': clean_html(descr_html),
+            'thumbnail': config.find('STILL/STILL_BIG').text,
+        }
+        # TODO: Remove when #980 has been merged
+        info.update(formats[-1])
+        return info