diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 530c449c1b..8ed97f8ddd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
     # Methods for following #608
     @staticmethod
-    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None):
+    def url_result(url, ie=None, video_id=None, video_title=None):
         """Returns a url that points to a page that should be processed"""
         # TODO: ie should be the class used for getting the info
         video_info = {'_type': 'url',
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                       'ie_key': ie}
         if video_id is not None:
             video_info['id'] = video_id
+        if video_title is not None:
+            video_info['title'] = video_title
         return video_info
 
     @staticmethod