diff --git a/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php b/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
index c872b429a..8074894fd 100755
--- a/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
+++ b/plugins/af_redditimgur/init.php
@@ -159,7 +159,34 @@ class Af_RedditImgur extends Plugin {
 						$poster_url = false;
 					}
 
-					$source_stream = "https://v.redd.it/" . $matches[1] . "/DASH_600_K";
+					// Get original article URL from v.redd.it redirects
+					$source_article_url = $this->get_location($matches[0]);
+					_debug("Resolved ".$matches[0]." to ".$source_article_url, $debug);
+
+					$source_stream = false;
+
+					if ($source_article_url) {
+						$j = json_decode(fetch_file_contents($source_article_url.".json"), true);
+
+						if ($j) {
+							foreach ($j as $listing) {
+								foreach ($listing["data"]["children"] as $child) {
+									if ($child["data"]["url"] == $matches[0]) {
+										try {
+											$source_stream = $child["data"]["media"]["reddit_video"]["fallback_url"];
+										}
+										catch (Exception $e) {
+										}
+										break 2;
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (!$source_stream) {
+						$source_stream = "https://v.redd.it/" . $matches[1] . "/DASH_600_K";
+					}
 
 					$this->handle_as_video($doc, $entry, $source_stream, $poster_url);
 					$found = 1;
@@ -452,8 +479,8 @@ class Af_RedditImgur extends Plugin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private function get_content_type($url, $useragent = SELF_USER_AGENT) {
-		$content_type = false;
+	private function get_header($url, $useragent = SELF_USER_AGENT, $header) {
+		$ret = false;
 
 		if (function_exists("curl_init") && !defined("NO_CURL")) {
 			$ch = curl_init($url);
@@ -465,10 +492,18 @@ class Af_RedditImgur extends Plugin {
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $useragent);
 
 			@curl_exec($ch);
-			$content_type = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE);
+			$ret = curl_getinfo($ch, $header);
 		}
 
-		return $content_type;
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
+	private function get_content_type($url, $useragent = SELF_USER_AGENT) {
+		return $this->get_header($url, $useragent, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE);
+	}
+
+	private function get_location($url, $useragent = SELF_USER_AGENT) {
+		return $this->get_header($url, $useragent, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL);
 	}
 
 	/**