diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index 77b9f3581..e650e7bcf 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from .extractor.arte import ArteTvIE
 from .extractor.bliptv import BlipTVIE, BlipTVUserIE
 from .extractor.comedycentral import ComedyCentralIE
 from .extractor.dailymotion import DailymotionIE
+from .extractor.depositfiles import DepositFilesIE
 from .extractor.facebook import FacebookIE
 from .extractor.gametrailers import GametrailersIE
 from .extractor.generic import GenericIE
@@ -56,50 +57,6 @@ from .extractor.zdf import ZDFIE
 
 
 
-class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
-    """Information extractor for depositfiles.com"""
-
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?depositfiles\.com/(?:../(?#locale))?files/(.+)'
-
-    def _real_extract(self, url):
-        file_id = url.split('/')[-1]
-        # Rebuild url in english locale
-        url = 'http://depositfiles.com/en/files/' + file_id
-
-        # Retrieve file webpage with 'Free download' button pressed
-        free_download_indication = { 'gateway_result' : '1' }
-        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(free_download_indication))
-        try:
-            self.report_download_webpage(file_id)
-            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
-        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to retrieve file webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
-
-        # Search for the real file URL
-        mobj = re.search(r'<form action="(http://fileshare.+?)"', webpage)
-        if (mobj is None) or (mobj.group(1) is None):
-            # Try to figure out reason of the error.
-            mobj = re.search(r'<strong>(Attention.*?)</strong>', webpage, re.DOTALL)
-            if (mobj is not None) and (mobj.group(1) is not None):
-                restriction_message = re.sub('\s+', ' ', mobj.group(1)).strip()
-                raise ExtractorError(u'%s' % restriction_message)
-            else:
-                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract download URL from: %s' % url)
-
-        file_url = mobj.group(1)
-        file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_url)[1][1:]
-
-        # Search for file title
-        file_title = self._search_regex(r'<b title="(.*?)">', webpage, u'title')
-
-        return [{
-            'id':       file_id.decode('utf-8'),
-            'url':      file_url.decode('utf-8'),
-            'uploader': None,
-            'upload_date':  None,
-            'title':    file_title,
-            'ext':      file_extension.decode('utf-8'),
-        }]
 
 
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d43348955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/depositfiles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import re
+import os
+import socket
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    compat_http_client,
+    compat_str,
+    compat_urllib_error,
+    compat_urllib_parse,
+    compat_urllib_request,
+
+    ExtractorError,
+)
+
+
+class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
+    """Information extractor for depositfiles.com"""
+
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?:http://)?(?:\w+\.)?depositfiles\.com/(?:../(?#locale))?files/(.+)'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        file_id = url.split('/')[-1]
+        # Rebuild url in english locale
+        url = 'http://depositfiles.com/en/files/' + file_id
+
+        # Retrieve file webpage with 'Free download' button pressed
+        free_download_indication = { 'gateway_result' : '1' }
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(url, compat_urllib_parse.urlencode(free_download_indication))
+        try:
+            self.report_download_webpage(file_id)
+            webpage = compat_urllib_request.urlopen(request).read()
+        except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
+            raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to retrieve file webpage: %s' % compat_str(err))
+
+        # Search for the real file URL
+        mobj = re.search(r'<form action="(http://fileshare.+?)"', webpage)
+        if (mobj is None) or (mobj.group(1) is None):
+            # Try to figure out reason of the error.
+            mobj = re.search(r'<strong>(Attention.*?)</strong>', webpage, re.DOTALL)
+            if (mobj is not None) and (mobj.group(1) is not None):
+                restriction_message = re.sub('\s+', ' ', mobj.group(1)).strip()
+                raise ExtractorError(u'%s' % restriction_message)
+            else:
+                raise ExtractorError(u'Unable to extract download URL from: %s' % url)
+
+        file_url = mobj.group(1)
+        file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_url)[1][1:]
+
+        # Search for file title
+        file_title = self._search_regex(r'<b title="(.*?)">', webpage, u'title')
+
+        return [{
+            'id':       file_id.decode('utf-8'),
+            'url':      file_url.decode('utf-8'),
+            'uploader': None,
+            'upload_date':  None,
+            'title':    file_title,
+            'ext':      file_extension.decode('utf-8'),
+        }]