diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index b59f746af2..480f403dad 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1629,7 +1629,8 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                                 player_desc = 'flash player %s' % player_version
                             else:
                                 player_version = self._search_regex(
-                                    [r'html5player-([^/]+?)(?:/html5player(?:-new)?)?\.js', r'(?:www|player)-([^/]+)/base\.js'],
+                                    [r'html5player-([^/]+?)(?:/html5player(?:-new)?)?\.js',
+                                     r'(?:www|player)-([^/]+)(?:/[a-z]{2}_[A-Z]{2})?/base\.js'],
                                     player_url,
                                     'html5 player', fatal=False)
                                 player_desc = 'html5 player %s' % player_version