diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
index f634e6285..43f916412 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/gdcvault.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             'md5': '7ce8388f544c88b7ac11c7ab1b593704',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '1019721',
+                'display_id': 'Doki-Doki-Universe-Sweet-Simple',
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'title': 'Doki-Doki Universe: Sweet, Simple and Genuine (GDC Next 10)'
             }
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             'url': 'http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015683/Embracing-the-Dark-Art-of',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '1015683',
+                'display_id': 'Embracing-the-Dark-Art-of',
                 'ext': 'flv',
                 'title': 'Embracing the Dark Art of Mathematical Modeling in AI'
             },
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             'md5': 'a5eb77996ef82118afbbe8e48731b98e',
             'info_dict': {
                 'id': '1015301',
+                'display_id': 'Thexder-Meets-Windows-95-or',
                 'ext': 'flv',
                 'title': 'Thexder Meets Windows 95, or Writing Great Games in the Windows 95 Environment',
             },
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
         })
         return video_formats
 
-    def _login(self, webpage_url, video_id):
+    def _login(self, webpage_url, display_id):
         (username, password) = self._get_login_info()
         if username is None or password is None:
             self.report_warning('It looks like ' + webpage_url + ' requires a login. Try specifying a username and password and try again.')
@@ -111,9 +114,9 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         request = compat_urllib_request.Request(login_url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(login_form))
         request.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-        self._download_webpage(request, video_id, 'Logging in')
-        start_page = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, video_id, 'Getting authenticated video page')
-        self._download_webpage(logout_url, video_id, 'Logging out')
+        self._download_webpage(request, display_id, 'Logging in')
+        start_page = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, display_id, 'Getting authenticated video page')
+        self._download_webpage(logout_url, display_id, 'Logging out')
 
         return start_page
 
@@ -121,8 +124,10 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
 
         video_id = mobj.group('id')
+        display_id = mobj.group('name') or video_id
+
         webpage_url = 'http://www.gdcvault.com/play/' + video_id
-        start_page = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, video_id)
+        start_page = self._download_webpage(webpage_url, display_id)
 
         direct_url = self._search_regex(
             r's1\.addVariable\("file",\s*encodeURIComponent\("(/[^"]+)"\)\);',
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
 
             return {
                 'id': video_id,
+                'display_id': display_id,
                 'url': video_url,
                 'ext': 'flv',
                 'title': title,
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             start_page, 'xml root', default=None)
         if xml_root is None:
             # Probably need to authenticate
-            login_res = self._login(webpage_url, video_id)
+            login_res = self._login(webpage_url, display_id)
             if login_res is None:
                 self.report_warning('Could not login.')
             else:
@@ -163,7 +169,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
             xml_name = self._html_search_regex(r'<iframe src=".*?\?xmlURL=xml/(?P<xml_file>.+?\.xml).*?".*?</iframe>', start_page, 'xml filename')
 
         xml_decription_url = xml_root + 'xml/' + xml_name
-        xml_description = self._download_xml(xml_decription_url, video_id)
+        xml_description = self._download_xml(xml_decription_url, display_id)
 
         video_title = xml_description.find('./metadata/title').text
         video_formats = self._parse_mp4(xml_description)
@@ -172,6 +178,7 @@ class GDCVaultIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
             'title': video_title,
             'formats': video_formats,
         }