diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
index 9e5645d72..54cba2f6b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/generic.py
@@ -2659,6 +2659,15 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
         if vid_me_embed_url is not None:
             return self.url_result(vid_me_embed_url, 'Vidme')
 
+        # Invidious Instances
+        # https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/195
+        # https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/1730
+        youtube_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'<link rel="alternate" href="(https://www\.youtube\.com/watch\?v=[0-9A-Za-z_-]{11})"',
+            webpage, 'youtube link', default=None)
+        if youtube_url:
+            return self.url_result(youtube_url, YoutubeIE.ie_key())
+
         # Look for YouTube embeds
         youtube_urls = YoutubeIE._extract_urls(webpage)
         if youtube_urls: