diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index ae2a6b8b0..d6643f03c 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@
  - **TeleBruxelles**
  - **Telecinco**: telecinco.es, cuatro.com and mediaset.es
  - **Telegraaf**
+ - **Telegram**
  - **TeleMB**
  - **TeleQuebec**
  - **TeleQuebecEmission**
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 3da5f8020..c5baabd8e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ from .tele13 import Tele13IE
 from .telebruxelles import TeleBruxellesIE
 from .telecinco import TelecincoIE
 from .telegraaf import TelegraafIE
+from .telegram import TelegramIE
 from .telemb import TeleMBIE
 from .telequebec import (
     TeleQuebecIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/telegram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/telegram.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5111b405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/telegram.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    int_or_none,
+)
+
+
+class TelegramIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https://t\.me/(?P<user>[^/]+)/(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://t.me/telegram/195',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '195',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'telegram',
+            'description': 'Telegram’s Bot Documentation has been completely overhauled –\xa0adding the latest info, along with detailed screenshots and videos.\n\nNewcomers now have an easy way to learn about all the powerful features, and can build a bot from our step-by-step tutorial with examples for popular programming languages.\n\nExperienced developers can explore recent updates and advanced features, ready for 2022 and beyond.',
+            'duration': 23,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        m = re.match(r'https://t\.me/(?P<channel>[^/]+)/', url)
+        if m is None:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to find channel name')
+        title = m.group('channel')
+        embed_url = url + '?embed=1&mode=tme'
+        html = self._download_webpage(embed_url, video_id)
+
+        video_url = self._search_regex(r'<video src="([^"]+)"', html, 'video_url')
+        formats = [{'url': video_url}]
+
+        duration = self._search_regex(
+            r'<time class="message_video_duration.*?>(\d+:\d+)<', html,
+            'duration', fatal=False)
+        if duration:
+            try:
+                mins, secs = duration.split(':')
+                secs = int_or_none(secs)
+                mins = int_or_none(mins)
+                duration = None if secs is None or mins is None else secs + 60 * mins
+            except ValueError:
+                duration = None
+
+        description = self._html_search_regex(
+            r'<div class="tgme_widget_message_text.*?>(.+?)</div>', html,
+            'description', fatal=False)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': description,
+            'duration': duration,
+            'formats': formats
+        }