diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
index b687ec4d66..6e462af690 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/dailymotion.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class DailymotionIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'(?i)(?:https?://)?(?:(www|touch)\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/(?:(embed|#)/)?video/(?P<id>[^/?_]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'(?i)(?:https?://)?(?:(www|touch)\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/(?:(?:embed|swf|#)/)?video/(?P<id>[^/?_]+)'
     IE_NAME = 'dailymotion'
 
     _FORMATS = [
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class DailymotionIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor):
         {
             'url': 'http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20su5f_the-power-of-nightmares-1-the-rise-of-the-politics-of-fear-bbc-2004_news',
             'only_matching': True,
+        },
+        {
+            'url': 'http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/x3n92nf',
+            'only_matching': True,
         }
     ]
 
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@ class DailymotionPlaylistIE(DailymotionBaseInfoExtractor):
 
 class DailymotionUserIE(DailymotionPlaylistIE):
     IE_NAME = 'dailymotion:user'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/(?!(?:embed|#|video|playlist)/)(?:(?:old/)?user/)?(?P<user>[^/]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?dailymotion\.[a-z]{2,3}/(?!(?:embed|swf|#|video|playlist)/)(?:(?:old/)?user/)?(?P<user>[^/]+)'
     _PAGE_TEMPLATE = 'http://www.dailymotion.com/user/%s/%s'
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://www.dailymotion.com/user/nqtv',