diff --git a/test/test_youtube_lists.py b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
index b842e6cc16..e8b49ff8eb 100644
--- a/test/test_youtube_lists.py
+++ b/test/test_youtube_lists.py
@@ -104,5 +104,11 @@ def test_youtube_user(self):
         result = ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLinuxFoundation')[0]
         self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) >= 320)
 
+    def test_youtube_safe_search(self):
+        dl = FakeDownloader()
+        ie = YoutubePlaylistIE(dl)
+        result = ie.extract('PLtPgu7CB4gbY9oDN3drwC3cMbJggS7dKl')[0]
+        self.assertEqual(len(result['entries']), 2)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
index f36503d218..db089403ff 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/InfoExtractors.py
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
                      |
                         ((?:PL|EC|UU)[0-9A-Za-z-_]{10,})
                      )"""
-    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/%s?max-results=%i&start-index=%i&v=2&alt=json'
+    _TEMPLATE_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/%s?max-results=%i&start-index=%i&v=2&alt=json&safeSearch=none'
     _MAX_RESULTS = 50
     IE_NAME = u'youtube:playlist'