diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index b921126..8e6b083 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class Browser:
             on_request=None, on_response=None, on_screenshot=None,
             username=None, password=None, hashtags=None,
             skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False,
-            page_timeout=300, behavior_timeout=900):
+            skip_youtube_dl=False, page_timeout=300, behavior_timeout=900):
         '''
         Browses page in browser.
 
diff --git a/brozzler/cli.py b/brozzler/cli.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 38ea689..f0e33ac
--- a/brozzler/cli.py
+++ b/brozzler/cli.py
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ def brozzle_page(argv=None):
     arg_parser.add_argument(
             '--skip-visit-hashtags', dest='skip_visit_hashtags',
             action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+            '--skip-youtube-dl', dest='skip_youtube_dl',
+            action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     add_common_options(arg_parser, argv)
 
     args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=argv[1:])
@@ -174,7 +177,8 @@ def brozzle_page(argv=None):
     page = brozzler.Page(None, {'url': args.url, 'site_id': site.id})
     worker = brozzler.BrozzlerWorker(frontier=None, proxy=args.proxy,
         skip_extract_outlinks=args.skip_extract_outlinks,
-        skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags)
+        skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags,
+        skip_youtube_dl=args.skip_youtube_dl)
 
     def on_screenshot(screenshot_png):
         OK_CHARS = (string.ascii_letters + string.digits)
@@ -190,7 +194,8 @@ def brozzle_page(argv=None):
     try:
         browser.start(proxy=args.proxy)
         outlinks = worker.brozzle_page(
-                browser, site, page, on_screenshot=on_screenshot)
+                browser, site, page, on_screenshot=on_screenshot,
+                enable_youtube_dl=not args.skip_youtube_dl)
         logging.info('outlinks: \n\t%s', '\n\t'.join(sorted(outlinks)))
     except brozzler.ReachedLimit as e:
         logging.error('reached limit %s', e)
@@ -313,6 +318,9 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
     arg_parser.add_argument(
             '--skip-visit-hashtags', dest='skip_visit_hashtags',
             action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    arg_parser.add_argument(
+            '--skip-youtube-dl', dest='skip_youtube_dl',
+            action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     add_common_options(arg_parser, argv)
 
     args = arg_parser.parse_args(args=argv[1:])
@@ -347,7 +355,8 @@ def brozzler_worker(argv=None):
             chrome_exe=args.chrome_exe, proxy=args.proxy,
             warcprox_auto=args.warcprox_auto,
             skip_extract_outlinks=args.skip_extract_outlinks,
-            skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags)
+            skip_visit_hashtags=args.skip_visit_hashtags,
+            skip_youtube_dl=args.skip_youtube_dl)
 
     signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, dump_state)
     signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, lambda s,f: worker.stop())
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 6253b63..205d730 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
             self, frontier, service_registry=None, max_browsers=1,
             chrome_exe="chromium-browser", warcprox_auto=False, proxy=None,
             skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False,
-            page_timeout=300, behavior_timeout=900):
+            skip_youtube_dl=False, page_timeout=300, behavior_timeout=900):
         self._frontier = frontier
         self._service_registry = service_registry
         self._max_browsers = max_browsers
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         self._proxy_is_warcprox = None
         self._skip_extract_outlinks = skip_extract_outlinks
         self._skip_visit_hashtags = skip_visit_hashtags
+        self._skip_youtube_dl = skip_youtube_dl
         self._page_timeout = page_timeout
         self._behavior_timeout = behavior_timeout
 
@@ -420,6 +421,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
                 on_request=on_request, hashtags=page.hashtags,
                 skip_extract_outlinks=self._skip_extract_outlinks,
                 skip_visit_hashtags=self._skip_visit_hashtags,
+                skip_youtube_dl=self._skip_youtube_dl,
                 page_timeout=self._page_timeout,
                 behavior_timeout=self._behavior_timeout)
         if final_page_url != page.url:
@@ -485,7 +487,8 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
                     page.blocked_by_robots = True
                     self._frontier.completed_page(site, page)
                 else:
-                    outlinks = self.brozzle_page(browser, site, page)
+                    outlinks = self.brozzle_page(browser, site, page,
+                                                 enable_youtube_dl=not self._skip_youtube_dl)
                     self._frontier.completed_page(site, page)
                     self._frontier.scope_and_schedule_outlinks(
                             site, page, outlinks)