diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/srgssr.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/srgssr.py
index bb73eb1d5..c5ce208b8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/srgssr.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/srgssr.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class SRGSSRIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 class SRGSSRPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'srf.ch, rts.ch, rsi.ch, rtr.ch and swissinfo.ch play sites'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|play)\.)?(?P<bu>srf|rts|rsi|rtr|swissinfo)\.ch/play/(?:tv|radio)/[^/]+/(?P<type>video|audio)/[^?]+\?id=(?P<id>[0-9a-f\-]{36}|\d+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:(?:www|play)\.)?(?P<bu>srf|rts|rsi|rtr|swissinfo)\.ch/play/(?:tv|radio)/(?:[^/]+/(?P<type>video|audio)/[^?]+|popup(?P<type_popup>video|audio)player)\?id=(?P<id>[0-9a-f\-]{36}|\d+)'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'http://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10vor10/video/snowden-beantragt-asyl-in-russland?id=28e1a57d-5b76-4399-8ab3-9097f071e6c5',
@@ -163,9 +163,23 @@ class SRGSSRPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
             # m3u8 download
             'skip_download': True,
         }
+    }, {
+        # popup player
+        'url': 'https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/popupvideoplayer?id=5b4097ab-8c3f-4487-9dfc-6596cd478c01',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '5b4097ab-8c3f-4487-9dfc-6596cd478c01',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'upload_date': '20180124',
+            'title': 'Der Generalstreik',
+            'description': 'md5:94ccd63d72045a3a9eec74f16bfe56ee',
+            'timestamp': 1516787425,
+        },
+        'params': {
+            'skip_download': True,
+        }
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        bu, media_type, media_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
+        bu, media_type, media_type_popup, media_id = re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).groups()
         # other info can be extracted from url + '&layout=json'
-        return self.url_result('srgssr:%s:%s:%s' % (bu[:3], media_type, media_id), 'SRGSSR')
+        return self.url_result('srgssr:%s:%s:%s' % (bu[:3], media_type or media_type_popup, media_id), 'SRGSSR')