diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 67f8a38fc..e9ecda4ab 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2708,6 +2708,153 @@ class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
 		except UnavailableVideoError, err:
 			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download file')
 
+class MixcloudIE(InfoExtractor):
+	"""Information extractor for www.mixcloud.com"""
+	_VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?mixcloud\.com/([\w\d-]+)/([\w\d-]+)'
+	_IE_NAME = u'mixcloud'
+
+	def __init__(self, downloader=None):
+		InfoExtractor.__init__(self, downloader)
+
+	def report_download_webpage(self, file_id):
+		"""Report webpage download."""
+		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[Mixcloud] Downloading json')
+
+	def report_extraction(self, file_id):
+		"""Report information extraction."""
+		self._downloader.to_screen(u'[Mixcloud] %s: Extracting information' % file_id)
+
+	def check_url(self, url_list):
+		for file_url in url_list:
+			try:
+				urllib2.urlopen(file_url)
+				return file_url
+			except urllib2.HTTPError, err:
+				print '[ww] "%s" (%u)' % (file_url, err.code)
+				file_url = None
+		return None
+
+	def _real_initialize(self):
+		return
+
+	def _print_formats(self, formats):
+		print 'Available formats:'
+		for fmt in formats.keys():
+			for b in formats[fmt]:
+				if fmt == 'mp3':
+					print '%s\t%s\t[%s]' % (fmt, '??', ext.split('.')[-1])
+					break
+				else:
+					ext = formats[fmt][b][0]
+					print '%s\t%s\t[%s]' % (fmt, b, ext.split('.')[-1])
+	def _real_extract(self, url):
+		mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+		if mobj is None:
+			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: invalid URL: %s' % url)
+			return
+		# extract uploader & filename from url
+		uploader = mobj.group(1).decode('utf-8')
+		slug_title = mobj.group(2).decode('utf-8')
+
+		# construct API request
+		file_url = 'http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/' + '/'.join(url.split('/')[-3:-1]) + '.json'
+		# retrieve .json file with links to files
+		request = urllib2.Request(file_url)
+		try:
+			self.report_download_webpage(file_url)
+			webpage = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
+		except (urllib2.URLError, httplib.HTTPException, socket.error), err:
+			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: Unable to retrieve file: %s' % str(err))
+			return
+
+		# parse JSON
+		json_data = json.loads(webpage)
+		title = json_data['name']
+		file_id = json_data['id']
+		player_url = json_data['player_swf_url']
+		formats = dict(json_data['audio_formats'])
+
+		req_format = self._downloader.params.get('format', None)
+		bitrate = None
+
+		if self._downloader.params.get('listformats', None):
+			self._print_formats(formats)
+			return
+
+		if req_format is None or req_format == 'best':
+			for format_param in formats.keys():
+				if type(formats[format_param]) == dict:
+					bitrate_list = formats[format_param]
+					bitrate = max(bitrate_list)
+					url_list = formats[format_param][bitrate]
+				else: # we have no bitrate choice.
+					url_list = formats[format_param]
+
+				# check urls
+				file_url = self.check_url(url_list)
+				if file_url is not None:
+					break # got it!
+
+		elif req_format == 'aac': # user choose aac
+			if req_format not in formats.keys():
+				self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format is not available')
+				return
+			format_param = 'aac'
+			if type(formats[format_param]) == dict:
+				bitrate_list = sorted(formats[format_param], reverse=True)
+				for bitrate in bitrate_list:
+					url_list = formats[format_param][bitrate]
+					file_url = self.check_url(url_list)
+					if file_url is not None:
+						break
+
+		elif req_format == 'm4a': # user choose m4a
+			if req_format not in formats.keys():
+				self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format is not available')
+				return
+			format_param = 'm4a'
+			if type(formats[format_param]) == dict:
+				bitrate_list = sorted(formats[format_param], reverse=True)
+				for bitrate in bitrate_list:
+					url_list = formats[format_param][bitrate]
+					file_url = self.check_url(url_list)
+					if file_url is not None:
+						break
+
+		elif req_format == 'mp3': # user choose mp3
+			if req_format not in formats.keys():
+				self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: format is not available')
+				return
+			format_param = 'mp3'
+			url_list = formats[format_param]
+			file_url = self.check_url(url_list)
+
+		if file_url is None:
+			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download file')
+			return
+
+		# print 'selected format: %s %skbps' % (format_param, (bitrate is None and u'NA' or bitrate))
+		# we have audio
+		self._downloader.increment_downloads()
+		file_extension = file_url.split('.')[-1]
+
+		try:
+			# Process file information
+			self._downloader.process_info({
+				'id':		slug_title.decode('utf-8'), #str(file_id).decode('utf-8'),
+				'url':		file_url.decode('utf-8'),
+				'uploader':	uploader.decode('utf-8'),
+				'upload_date':	u'NA',
+				'title':	title,
+				'stitle':	slug_title,
+				'ext':		file_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+				'format':	(format_param is None and u'NA' or format_param.decode('utf-8')),
+				'thumbnail':    json_data['thumbnail_url'],
+				'description':  json_data['description'],
+				'player_url':	player_url.decode('utf-8'),
+			})
+		except UnavailableVideoError, err:
+			self._downloader.trouble(u'ERROR: unable to download file')
 
 class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information Extractor for Facebook"""
@@ -4069,6 +4216,7 @@ def gen_extractors():
 		XVideosIE(),
 		SoundcloudIE(),
 		InfoQIE(),
+		MixcloudIE(),
 
 		GenericIE()
 	]