diff --git a/test/test_all_urls.py b/test/test_all_urls.py
index 5c17a39fb..047e84f19 100644
--- a/test/test_all_urls.py
+++ b/test/test_all_urls.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class TestAllURLsMatching(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_vimeo_matching(self):
         self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/channels/tributes', ['vimeo:channel'])
+        self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/channels/31259', ['vimeo:channel'])
+        self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/channels/31259/53576664', ['vimeo'])
         self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/user7108434', ['vimeo:user'])
         self.assertMatch('http://vimeo.com/user7108434/videos', ['vimeo:user'])
         self.assertMatch('https://vimeo.com/user21297594/review/75524534/3c257a1b5d', ['vimeo:review'])
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index 4b4b472a5..bb08c6150 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ class VimeoIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
         },
     ]
 
+    @classmethod
+    def suitable(cls, url):
+        if VimeoChannelIE.suitable(url):
+            # Otherwise channel urls like http://vimeo.com/channels/31259 would
+            # match
+            return False
+        else:
+            return super(VimeoIE, cls).suitable(url)
+
     def _login(self):
         (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
         if username is None:
@@ -332,7 +341,7 @@ class VimeoIE(SubtitlesInfoExtractor):
 
 class VimeoChannelIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_NAME = 'vimeo:channel'
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo\.com/channels/(?P<id>[^/]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?vimeo\.com/channels/(?P<id>[^/]+)/?(\?.*)?$'
     _MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'<a.+?rel="next"'
     _TITLE_RE = r'<link rel="alternate"[^>]+?title="(.*?)"'