diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vrt.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vrt.py
index 1bc4ed0b2..11adf62fa 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vrt.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vrt.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 class VRTIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = 'VRT NWS, Flanders News, Flandern Info and Sporza'
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<site>vrt\.be/vrtnws|sporza\.be)/[a-z]{2}/\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/(?P<id>[^/?&#]+)'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?(?P<site>vrt\.be/vrtnws|sporza\.be)/[a-z]{2}/(?:kijk/)?\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}/(?P<id>[^/?&#]+)'
     _CLIENT_MAP = {
         'vrt.be/vrtnws': 'vrtnieuws',
         'sporza.be': 'sporza',