diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index e3dafad69..50b9197f2 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information Extractor for YouTube playlists."""
 
-	_VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube.com/view_play_list\?p=(.+)'
+	_VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube.com/(?:view_play_list|my_playlists)\?.*?p=([^&]+).*'
 	_TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=%s&page=%s&gl=US&hl=en'
 	_VIDEO_INDICATOR = r'/watch\?v=(.+?)&'
 	_MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'/view_play_list?p=%s&page=%s'