diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 5982055be..16ae4b98f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     @staticmethod
     def _meta_regex(prop):
         return r'''(?isx)<meta
-                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property|id)=(["\']?)%s\1)
+                    (?=[^>]+(?:itemprop|name|property|id|http-equiv)=(["\']?)%s\1)
                     [^>]+?content=(["\'])(?P<content>.*?)\2''' % re.escape(prop)
 
     def _og_search_property(self, prop, html, name=None, **kargs):