diff --git a/pandora/archive/external.py b/pandora/archive/external.py
index 5f4ac3fd..54c55246 100644
--- a/pandora/archive/external.py
+++ b/pandora/archive/external.py
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ info_key_map = {
     'display_id': 'id',
 }
 
+YT_DLP = ['yt-dlp']
+if settings.YT_DLP_EXTRA:
+    YT_DLP += settings.YT_DLP_EXTRA
+
 def get_info(url, referer=None):
-    cmd = ['yt-dlp', '-j', '--all-subs', url]
+    cmd = YT_DLP + ['-j', '--all-subs', url]
     if referer:
         cmd += ['--referer', referer]
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ def add_subtitles(item, media, tmp):
                     sub.save()
 
 def load_formats(url):
-    cmd = ['yt-dlp', '-q', url, '-j', '-F']
+    cmd = YT_DLP + ['-q', url, '-j', '-F']
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                          stderr=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True)
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ def download(item_id, url, referer=None):
     if isinstance(tmp, bytes):
         tmp = tmp.decode('utf-8')
     os.chdir(tmp)
-    cmd = ['yt-dlp', '-q', media['url']]
+    cmd = YT_DLP + ['-q', media['url']]
     if referer:
         cmd += ['--referer', referer]
     elif 'referer' in media:
diff --git a/pandora/settings.py b/pandora/settings.py
index 7268c31c..084ce8b3 100644
--- a/pandora/settings.py
+++ b/pandora/settings.py
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 32 * 1024 * 1024
 
 EMPTY_CLIPS = True
 
+YT_DLP_EXTRA = []
+
 #you can ignore things below this line
 #=========================================================================
 LOCAL_APPS = []