diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
index 71a82848d..8538d321e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/npo.py
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ class NPOIE(NPOBaseIE):
             transform_source=strip_jsonp,
         )
 
+        if 'error' in metadata and metadata['code'] == 440:
+            raise ExtractorError('Video gone')
+
         # For some videos actual video id (prid) is different (e.g. for
         # http://www.omroepwnl.nl/video/fragment/vandaag-de-dag-verkiezingen__POMS_WNL_853698
         # video id is POMS_WNL_853698 but prid is POW_00996502)