diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 0afda5ecb6..d65253882f 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     version_tuple,
     write_json_file,
     write_string,
+    YoutubeDLCookieProcessor,
     YoutubeDLHandler,
     prepend_extension,
     replace_extension,
@@ -1943,8 +1944,7 @@ def _setup_opener(self):
             if os.access(opts_cookiefile, os.R_OK):
                 self.cookiejar.load()
 
-        cookie_processor = compat_urllib_request.HTTPCookieProcessor(
-            self.cookiejar)
+        cookie_processor = YoutubeDLCookieProcessor(self.cookiejar)
         if opts_proxy is not None:
             if opts_proxy == '':
                 proxies = {}