diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 47648f9d3..d1417e46d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,18 @@
                 <data android:scheme="https" />
             </intent-filter>
 
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+
+                <data android:pathPattern="/.*/podcast/.*" />
+                <data android:host="podcasts.apple.com" />
+                <data android:scheme="http" />
+                <data android:scheme="https" />
+            </intent-filter>
+
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"/>
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/discovery/ItunesPodcastSearcher.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/discovery/ItunesPodcastSearcher.java
index 6e894176f..5f3dd5f61 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/discovery/ItunesPodcastSearcher.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/discovery/ItunesPodcastSearcher.java
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class ItunesPodcastSearcher implements PodcastSearcher {
     private static final String ITUNES_API_URL = "https://itunes.apple.com/search?media=podcast&term=%s";
+    private static final String PATTERN_BY_ID = ".*/podcasts\\.apple\\.com/.*/podcast/.*/id(\\d+).*";
 
     public ItunesPodcastSearcher() {
     }
@@ -70,9 +73,12 @@ public class ItunesPodcastSearcher implements PodcastSearcher {
 
     @Override
     public Single<String> lookupUrl(String url) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(PATTERN_BY_ID);
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(url);
+        final String lookupUrl = matcher.find() ? ("https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=" + matcher.group(1)) : url;
         return Single.create(emitter -> {
             OkHttpClient client = AntennapodHttpClient.getHttpClient();
-            Request.Builder httpReq = new Request.Builder().url(url);
+            Request.Builder httpReq = new Request.Builder().url(lookupUrl);
             try {
                 Response response = client.newCall(httpReq.build()).execute();
                 if (response.isSuccessful()) {
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ public class ItunesPodcastSearcher implements PodcastSearcher {
 
     @Override
     public boolean urlNeedsLookup(String url) {
-        return url.contains("itunes.apple.com");
+        return url.contains("itunes.apple.com") || url.matches(PATTERN_BY_ID);
     }
 
     @Override