diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
index a801c8123..969db7113 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mtv.py
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ class MTVIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
+        # Some videos come from Vevo.com
+        m_vevo = re.search(r'isVevoVideo = true;.*?vevoVideoId = "(.*?)";',
+                           webpage, re.DOTALL)
+        if m_vevo:
+            vevo_id = m_vevo.group(1);
+            self.to_screen(u'Vevo video detected: %s' % vevo_id)
+            return self.url_result('vevo:%s' % vevo_id, ie='Vevo')
+
         #song_name = self._html_search_regex(r'<meta name="mtv_vt" content="([^"]+)"/>',
         #    webpage, u'song name', fatal=False)
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
index 7aa04ef68..aa88e1a92 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vevo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ from ..utils import (
 )
 
 class VevoIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'http://www.vevo.com/watch/.*?/.*?/(?P<id>.*)$'
+    """
+    Accecps urls from vevo.com or in the format 'vevo:{id}'
+    (currently used by MTVIE)
+    """
+    _VALID_URL = r'((http://www.vevo.com/watch/.*?/.*?/)|(vevo:))(?P<id>.*)$'
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
         mobj = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url)