diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index bd86a5be2d..e38e77a278 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@
 from .parliamentliveuk import ParliamentLiveUKIE
 from .patreon import PatreonIE
 from .pbs import PBSIE
-from .periscope import PeriscopeIE
+from .periscope import (
+    PeriscopeIE,
+    QuickscopeIE,
+)
 from .philharmoniedeparis import PhilharmonieDeParisIE
 from .phoenix import PhoenixIE
 from .photobucket import PhotobucketIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/periscope.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/periscope.py
index de53b752d1..578b53a245 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/periscope.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/periscope.py
@@ -76,3 +76,24 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             'thumbnails': thumbnails,
             'formats': formats,
         }
+
+
+class QuickscopeIE(InfoExtractor):
+    IE_DESC = 'Quisck Scope'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://watchonperiscope\.com/broadcast/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://watchonperiscope.com/broadcast/56180087',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        broadcast_id = self._match_id(url)
+        request = compat_urllib_request.Request(
+            'https://watchonperiscope.com/api/accessChannel', compat_urllib_parse.urlencode({
+                'broadcast_id': broadcast_id,
+                'entry_ticket': '',
+                'from_push': 'false',
+                'uses_sessions': 'true',
+            }).encode('utf-8'))
+        return self.url_result(
+            self._download_json(request, broadcast_id)['share_url'], 'Periscope')