diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 4c931b4017..30a02e5cd1 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ class DepositFilesIE(InfoExtractor):
 class FacebookIE(InfoExtractor):
 	"""Information Extractor for Facebook"""
 
-	_VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?facebook\.com/video/video\.php\?(?:.*?)v=(?P<ID>\d+)(?:.*)'
+	_VALID_URL = r'^(?:https?://)?(?:\w+\.)?facebook\.com/(?:video/video|photo)\.php\?(?:.*?)v=(?P<ID>\d+)(?:.*)'
 	_LOGIN_URL = 'https://login.facebook.com/login.php?m&next=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fhome.php&'
 	_NETRC_MACHINE = 'facebook'
 	_available_formats = ['video', 'highqual', 'lowqual']