diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index fcc5d02cf..b32bd3d94 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -24,80 +24,13 @@ from .utils import *
 
 
 from .extractor.common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
+from .extractor.dailymotion import DailymotionIE
 from .extractor.metacafe import MetacafeIE
 from .extractor.statigram import StatigramIE
 from .extractor.youtube import YoutubeIE, YoutubePlaylistIE, YoutubeUserIE, YoutubeChannelIE
 
 
 
-class DailymotionIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information Extractor for Dailymotion"""
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?i)(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/video/([^/]+)'
-    IE_NAME = u'dailymotion'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        # Extract id and simplified title from URL
-        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Invalid URL: %s' % url)
-
-        video_id = mobj.group(1).split('_')[0].split('?')[0]
-
-        video_extension = 'mp4'
-
-        # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
-        request.add_header('Cookie', 'family_filter=off')
-        webpage = self._download_webpage(request, video_id)
-
-        # Extract URL, uploader and title from webpage
-        self.report_extraction(video_id)
-        mobj = re.search(r'\s*var flashvars = (.*)', webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract media URL')
-        flashvars = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1))
-
-        for key in ['hd1080URL', 'hd720URL', 'hqURL', 'sdURL', 'ldURL', 'video_url']:
-            if key in flashvars:
-                max_quality = key
-                self.to_screen(u'Using %s' % key)
-                break
-        else:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video URL')
-
-        mobj = re.search(r'"' + max_quality + r'":"(.+?)"', flashvars)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video URL')
-
-        video_url = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).replace('\\/', '/')
-
-        # TODO: support choosing qualities
-
-        mobj = re.search(r'<meta property="og:title" content="(?P<title>[^"]*)" />', webpage)
-        if mobj is None:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract title')
-        video_title = unescapeHTML(mobj.group('title'))
-
-        video_uploader = None
-        video_uploader = self._search_regex([r'(?im)<span class="owner[^\"]+?">[^<]+?<a [^>]+?>([^<]+?)</a>',
-                                             # Looking for official user
-                                             r'<(?:span|a) .*?rel="author".*?>([^<]+?)</'],
-                                            webpage, 'video uploader')
-
-        video_upload_date = None
-        mobj = re.search(r'<div class="[^"]*uploaded_cont[^"]*" title="[^"]*">([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})</div>', webpage)
-        if mobj is not None:
-            video_upload_date = mobj.group(3) + mobj.group(2) + mobj.group(1)
-
-        return [{
-            'id':       video_id,
-            'url':      video_url,
-            'uploader': video_uploader,
-            'upload_date':  video_upload_date,
-            'title':    video_title,
-            'ext':      video_extension,
-        }]
 
 
 class PhotobucketIE(InfoExtractor):
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34306b073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_urllib_request,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+
+    ExtractorError,
+    unescapeHTML,
+)
+
+class DailymotionIE(InfoExtractor):
+    """Information Extractor for Dailymotion"""
+
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?i)(?:https?://)?(?:www\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/video/([^/]+)'
+    IE_NAME = u'dailymotion'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        # Extract id and simplified title from URL
+        mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)
+
+        video_id = mobj.group(1).split('_')[0].split('?')[0]
+
+        video_extension = 'mp4'
+
+        # Retrieve video webpage to extract further information
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url)
+        request.add_header('Cookie', 'family_filter=off')
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(request, video_id)
+
+        # Extract URL, uploader and title from webpage
+        self.report_extraction(video_id)
+        mobj = re.search(r'\s*var flashvars = (.*)', webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract media URL')
+        flashvars = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1))
+
+        for key in ['hd1080URL', 'hd720URL', 'hqURL', 'sdURL', 'ldURL', 'video_url']:
+            if key in flashvars:
+                max_quality = key
+                self.to_screen(u'Using %s' % key)
+                break
+        else:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video URL')
+
+        mobj = re.search(r'"' + max_quality + r'":"(.+?)"', flashvars)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract video URL')
+
+        video_url = compat_urllib_parse.unquote(mobj.group(1)).replace('\\/', '/')
+
+        # TODO: support choosing qualities
+
+        mobj = re.search(r'<meta property="og:title" content="(?P<title>[^"]*)" />', webpage)
+        if mobj is None:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract title')
+        video_title = unescapeHTML(mobj.group('title'))
+
+        video_uploader = None
+        video_uploader = self._search_regex([r'(?im)<span class="owner[^\"]+?">[^<]+?<a [^>]+?>([^<]+?)</a>',
+                                             # Looking for official user
+                                             r'<(?:span|a) .*?rel="author".*?>([^<]+?)</'],
+                                            webpage, 'video uploader')
+
+        video_upload_date = None
+        mobj = re.search(r'<div class="[^"]*uploaded_cont[^"]*" title="[^"]*">([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})</div>', webpage)
+        if mobj is not None:
+            video_upload_date = mobj.group(3) + mobj.group(2) + mobj.group(1)
+
+        return [{
+            'id':       video_id,
+            'url':      video_url,
+            'uploader': video_uploader,
+            'upload_date':  video_upload_date,
+            'title':    video_title,
+            'ext':      video_extension,
+        }]