diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index bceed92e1d..73c17aa84d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 from .deezer import DeezerPlaylistIE
 from .dfb import DFBIE
 from .dotsub import DotsubIE
+from .douyutv import DouyuTVIE
 from .dreisat import DreiSatIE
 from .drbonanza import DRBonanzaIE
 from .drtuber import DrTuberIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/douyutv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/douyutv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7956e6e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/douyutv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
+
+
+class DouyuTVIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://(?:www\.)?douyutv\.com/(?P<id>[A-Za-z0-9]+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.douyutv.com/iseven',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'iseven',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 're:^清晨醒脑！T-ara根本停不下来！ [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}$',
+            'description': 'md5:9e525642c25a0a24302869937cf69d17',
+            'thumbnail': 're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'uploader': '7师傅',
+            'uploader_id': '431925',
+            'is_live': True,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        config = self._download_json(
+            'http://www.douyutv.com/api/client/room/%s' % video_id, video_id)
+
+        data = config['data']
+
+        error_code = config.get('error', 0)
+        show_status = data.get('show_status')
+        if error_code is not 0:
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Server reported error %i' % error_code, expected=True)
+
+        # 1 = live, 2 = offline
+        if show_status == '2':
+            raise ExtractorError(
+                'Live stream is offline', expected=True)
+
+        base_url = data['rtmp_url']
+        live_path = data['rtmp_live']
+
+        title = self._live_title(data['room_name'])
+        description = data.get('show_details')
+        thumbnail = data.get('room_src')
+
+        uploader = data.get('nickname')
+        uploader_id = data.get('owner_uid')
+
+        multi_formats = data.get('rtmp_multi_bitrate')
+        if not isinstance(multi_formats, dict):
+            multi_formats = {}
+        multi_formats['live'] = live_path
+
+        formats = [{
+            'url': '%s/%s' % (base_url, format_path),
+            'format_id': format_id,
+            'preference': 1 if format_id == 'live' else 0,
+        } for format_id, format_path in multi_formats.items()]
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
+            'uploader': uploader,
+            'uploader_id': uploader_id,
+            'formats': formats,
+            'is_live': True,
+        }