diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index e701a60e2..d3582c442 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2458,7 +2458,7 @@ class YahooSearchIE(InfoExtractor):
 class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information Extractor for YouTube playlists."""
 
-	_VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist)\?.*?(p|a|list)=|user/.*?/user/|p/|user/.*?#[pg]/c/)([0-9A-Za-z]+)(?:/.*?/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+))?.*'
+	_VALID_URL = r'(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?youtube\.com/(?:(?:view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist)\?.*?(p|a|list)=|user/.*?/user/|p/|user/.*?#[pg]/c/)(?:PL)?([0-9A-Za-z]+)(?:/.*?/([0-9A-Za-z_-]+))?.*'
 	_TEMPLATE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/%s?%s=%s&page=%s&gl=US&hl=en'
 	_VIDEO_INDICATOR = r'/watch\?v=(.+?)&'
 	_MORE_PAGES_INDICATOR = r'(?m)>\s*Next\s*</a>'