diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b2aafcf02..b9f8d92da 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version <unreleased>
 
 Extractors
+* [imgur] Recognize /r/ URLs (#11071)
 * [openload] Fix extraction (#10408)
 * [adultswim] Fix extraction (#10979)
 * [hornbunny] Fix extraction (#10981)
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/imgur.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/imgur.py
index d23489dcf..67c24a51c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/imgur.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/imgur.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ..utils import (
 
 
 class ImgurIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:i\.)?imgur\.com/(?:(?:gallery|topic/[^/]+)/)?(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,})(?:[/?#&]+|\.[a-z]+)?$'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:i\.)?imgur\.com/(?:(?:gallery|(?:topic|r)/[^/]+)/)?(?P<id>[a-zA-Z0-9]{6,})(?:[/?#&]+|\.[a-z]+)?$'
 
     _TESTS = [{
         'url': 'https://i.imgur.com/A61SaA1.gifv',
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class ImgurIE(InfoExtractor):
     }, {
         'url': 'http://imgur.com/topic/Funny/N8rOudd',
         'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://imgur.com/r/aww/VQcQPhM',
+        'only_matching': True,
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):