diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 4c7e5223d..64e1fd334 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ from .mdr import MDRIE
 from .metacafe import MetacafeIE
 from .metacritic import MetacriticIE
 from .mgoon import MgoonIE
+from .min20 import Min20IE
 from .minhateca import MinhatecaIE
 from .ministrygrid import MinistryGridIE
 from .miomio import MioMioIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/min20.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/min20.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3f91671e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/min20.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+
+class Min20IE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'http://www\.20min\.ch/.+?-(?P<id>[0-9]+)$'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/-Wir-muessen-mutig-nach-vorne-schauen--22050469',
+        'md5': 'cd4cbb99b94130cff423e967cd275e5e',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '22050469',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': '«Wir müssen mutig nach vorne schauen»',
+            'description': 'Kein Land sei innovativer als die Schweiz, sagte Johann Schneider-Ammann in seiner Neujahrsansprache. Das Land müsse aber seine Hausaufgaben machen.',
+            'thumbnail': 'http://www.20min.ch/images/content/2/2/0/22050469/10/teaserbreit.jpg'
+        }
+    }
+
+    # location of the flv videos, can't be extracted from the web page
+    _BASE_URL = "http://flv-rr.20min-tv.ch/videos/"
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<h1><span>(.+?)</span></h1>', webpage, 'title')
+        flash_id = self._search_regex(r"so\.addVariable\(\"file1\",\"([0-9]+)\"\)", webpage, 'flash_id')
+
+        description = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta name="description" content="(.+?)" />', webpage, 'description')
+        thumbnail = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta property="og:image" content="(.+?)" />', webpage, 'thumbnail')
+        url = self._BASE_URL + flash_id + "m.flv"
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'url': url,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'thumbnail': thumbnail
+        }