diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
index 411a9a9e3..115498d2c 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module Sources::Strategies
     FILENAME = %r{(?<filename>(tumblr_(inline_)?)?[a-z0-9]+(_r[0-9]+)?)}i
     EXT = %r{(?<ext>\w+)}
     IMAGE = %r!\Ahttps?://#{DOMAIN}/(?<dir>#{MD5}/)?#{FILENAME}_(?<size>\w+)\.#{EXT}\z!i
+    VIDEO = %r!\Ahttps?://(?:vtt|ve\.media)\.tumblr\.com/!i
     POST = %r!\Ahttps?://(?<blog_name>[^.]+)\.tumblr\.com/(?:post|image)/(?<post_id>\d+)!i
 
     def self.enabled?
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ module Sources::Strategies
     end
 
     def image_url
-      return image_urls.first unless url.match?(IMAGE)
+      return image_urls.first unless url.match?(IMAGE) || url.match?(VIDEO)
       find_largest(url)
     end
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ module Sources::Strategies
 
       # api response is blank (work is deleted or we were given a direct image with no referer url)
       when nil
-        list += [url] if url.match?(IMAGE)
+        list += [url] if url.match?(IMAGE) || url.match?(VIDEO)
       end
 
       list += inline_images
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
index a9873e0c0..187567730 100644
--- a/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
@@ -161,18 +161,32 @@ module Sources
       end
     end
 
-    context "The source for a 'http://*.tumblr.com/post/*' video post with inline images" do
+    context "The source for a 'http://ve.media.tumblr.com/*' video post with inline images" do
       setup do
-        @site = Sources::Strategies.find("https://noizave.tumblr.com/post/162222617101")
+        @url = "https://ve.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_os31dkexhK1wsfqep.mp4"
+        @ref = "https://noizave.tumblr.com/post/162222617101"
       end
 
-      should "get the image urls" do
-        urls = %w[
-          https://ve.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_os31dkexhK1wsfqep.mp4
-          https://media.tumblr.com/afed9f5b3c33c39dc8c967e262955de2/tumblr_inline_os31dclyCR1v11u29_1280.png
-        ]
+      context "with a referer" do
+        should "get the video and inline images" do
+          site = Sources::Strategies.find(@url, @ref)
+          urls = %w[
+            https://ve.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_os31dkexhK1wsfqep.mp4
+            https://media.tumblr.com/afed9f5b3c33c39dc8c967e262955de2/tumblr_inline_os31dclyCR1v11u29_1280.png
+          ]
 
-        assert_equal(urls, @site.image_urls)
+          assert_equal(@url, site.image_url)
+          assert_equal(urls, site.image_urls)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "without a referer" do
+        should "get the video" do
+          site = Sources::Strategies.find(@url)
+
+          assert_equal(@url, site.image_url)
+          assert_equal([@url], site.image_urls)
+        end
       end
     end