diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index b466c1570a..d8b33e52c8 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -1171,7 +1171,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information extractor for youtube.com."""
 
-	_VALID_URL = r'^((?:https?://)?(?:youtu\.be/|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/)(?!view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist)(?:(?:(?:v|embed|e)/)|(?:(?:watch(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?)?(?:\?|#!?)(?:.+&)?v=))?)?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1).+)?$'
+	_PREFIX = r'(?:https?://)?(?:youtu\.be/|(?:\w+\.)?youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/)'
+	_VALID_URL = r'^('+_PREFIX+r'(?!view_play_list|my_playlists|artist|playlist)(?:(?:(?:v|embed|e)/)|(?:(?:watch(?:_popup)?(?:\.php)?)?(?:\?|#!?)(?:.+&)?v=))?)?([0-9A-Za-z_-]+)(?(1).+)?$'
+	_VALID_URL_WITH_AGE = r'^('+_PREFIX+')verify_age\?next_url=([^&]+)(?:.+)?$'
 	_LANG_URL = r'http://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&persist_hl=1&gl=US&persist_gl=1&opt_out_ackd=1'
 	_LOGIN_URL = 'https://www.youtube.com/signup?next=/&gl=US&hl=en'
 	_AGE_URL = 'http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/&gl=US&hl=en'
@@ -1335,6 +1337,14 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 			return
 
 	def _real_extract(self, url):
+		# Extract original video URL from URL with age verification, using next_url parameter
+		mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL_WITH_AGE, url)
+		if mobj:
+			urldecode = lambda x: re.sub(r'%([0-9a-hA-H][0-9a-hA-H])', lambda m: chr(int(m.group(1), 16)), x)
+			# Keep original domain. We can probably change to www.youtube.com, but it should not hurt so keep it.
+			# We just make sure we do not have double //, in URL, so we strip starting slash in next_url.
+			url = mobj.group(1) + re.sub(r'^/', '', urldecode(mobj.group(2)))
+
 		# Extract video id from URL
 		mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
 		if mobj is None: