diff --git a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
index 86be58dcb..638979a05 100644
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
         ydl = YoutubeDL(params, auto_init=False)
         ydl.downloads = []
         real_process_info = ydl.process_info
+
         def process_info(info_dict, params):
             r = real_process_info(info_dict, params)
             ydl.downloads.append(info_dict)
@@ -728,7 +729,6 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
                     'url': 'http://example.com',
                 }
 
-
         ie = ExampleIE()
         ydl.add_info_extractor(ie)
         pars = ie.params
@@ -740,6 +740,23 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
         ydl.extract_info('example')
         self.assertEqual(ydl.downloads[-1]['_filename'], 'foo.mp4')
 
+        class ExamplePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
+            IE_NAME = 'example.com:playlist'
+            _VALID_URL = r'example:playlist'
+
+            def _real_extract(self, url):
+                return {
+                    '_type': 'playlist',
+                    'title': 'example playlist',
+                    'entries': [self.url_result('example')],
+                }
+        playlist_params = {'outtmpl': '%(playlist)s/%(title)s.%(ext)s'}
+        ydl.params = Params(
+            {'skip_download': True}, {'example.com:playlist': playlist_params})
+        ydl.add_info_extractor(ExamplePlaylistIE())
+        ydl.extract_info('example:playlist')
+        self.assertEqual(ydl.downloads[-1]['_filename'], 'example playlist/example.mp4')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index e5e7482f6..8a1f56222 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -650,13 +650,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             info_dict.setdefault(key, value)
 
     def extract_info(self, url, download=True, ie_key=None, extra_info={},
-                     process=True, force_generic_extractor=False):
+                     process=True, force_generic_extractor=False, params=None):
         '''
         Returns a list with a dictionary for each video we find.
         If 'download', also downloads the videos.
         extra_info is a dict containing the extra values to add to each result
         '''
 
+        if params is None:
+            params = self.params
+
         if not ie_key and force_generic_extractor:
             ie_key = 'Generic'
 
@@ -687,7 +690,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 if process:
                     return self.process_ie_result(
                         ie_result, download, extra_info,
-                        params=self.params.section(ie.IE_NAME))
+                        params=params.section(ie.IE_NAME))
                 else:
                     return ie_result
             except ExtractorError as e:  # An error we somewhat expected
@@ -741,12 +744,14 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             return self.extract_info(ie_result['url'],
                                      download,
                                      ie_key=ie_result.get('ie_key'),
-                                     extra_info=extra_info)
+                                     extra_info=extra_info,
+                                     params=params)
         elif result_type == 'url_transparent':
             # Use the information from the embedding page
             info = self.extract_info(
                 ie_result['url'], ie_key=ie_result.get('ie_key'),
-                extra_info=extra_info, download=False, process=False)
+                extra_info=extra_info, download=False, process=False,
+                params=params)
 
             force_properties = dict(
                 (k, v) for k, v in ie_result.items() if v is not None)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/params.py b/youtube_dl/params.py
index 03d2f2f2e..8b1e92d8d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/params.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/params.py
@@ -41,3 +41,10 @@ class ParamsSection(object):
             return self[key]
         except KeyError:
             return default
+
+    @property
+    def sections(self):
+        return self.parent.sections
+
+    def section(self, section):
+        return ParamsSection(self.parent.sections.get(section, {}), self)