diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/mailru.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/mailru.py
index 50234798bbe5..65cc474db0db 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/mailru.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/mailru.py
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'http://api.video.mail.ru/videos/%s.json?new=1' % video_id,
                 video_id, 'Downloading video JSON')
 
+        headers = {}
+
+        video_key = self._get_cookies('https://my.mail.ru').get('video_key')
+        if video_key:
+            headers['Cookie'] = 'video_key=%s' % video_key.value
+
         formats = []
         for f in video_data['videos']:
             video_url = f.get('url')
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
                 'url': video_url,
                 'format_id': format_id,
                 'height': height,
+                'http_headers': headers,
             })
         self._sort_formats(formats)