2 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7f416d312..0eca9f844 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from ..compat import (
     compat_integer_types,
     compat_http_client,
     compat_map as map,
+    compat_open as open,
     compat_os_name,
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
index b05d60435..45b1add73 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/openload.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 
 from ..compat import (
+    compat_open as open,
     compat_urlparse,
     compat_kwargs,
 )