diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index cf840c04..b548fb5c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -2680,6 +2680,7 @@ Description
 
     * ``avatar``
     * ``photos``
+    * ``albums``
 
     It is possible to use ``"all"`` instead of listing all values separately.
 
diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index a028d638..f9ac6467 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Consider all listed sites to potentially be NSFW.
 <tr>
     <td>Facebook</td>
     <td>https://www.facebook.com/</td>
-    <td>Avatars, Photos, Profile Photos, Sets, User Profiles, Videos</td>
+    <td>Albums, Avatars, Photos, Profile Photos, Sets, User Profiles, Videos</td>
     <td><a href="https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl#cookies">Cookies</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/facebook.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/facebook.py
index 173321d5..9cc44215 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/facebook.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/facebook.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Extractors for https://www.facebook.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message, Dispatch
-from .. import text, exception
+from .. import text, util, exception
 from ..cache import memcache
 
 BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:[\w-]+\.)?facebook\.com"
@@ -440,6 +440,34 @@ class FacebookVideoExtractor(FacebookExtractor):
                 yield Message.Url, audio["url"], audio
 
 
+class FacebookAlbumsExtractor(FacebookExtractor):
+    """Extractor for Facebook Profile albums"""
+    subcategory = "albums"
+    pattern = USER_PATTERN + r"/photos_albums"
+    example = "https://www.facebook.com/USERNAME/photos_albums"
+
+    def items(self):
+        url = f"{self.root}/{self.groups[0]}/photos_albums"
+        page = self.request(url).text
+
+        pos = page.find(
+            '"TimelineAppCollectionAlbumsRenderer","collection":{"id":"')
+        if pos < 0:
+            return
+
+        items = text.extract(page, '},"pageItems":', '}}},', pos)[0]
+        edges = util.json_loads(items + "}}")["edges"]
+
+        # TODO: use /graphql API endpoint
+        for edge in edges:
+            node = edge["node"]
+            album = node["node"]
+            album["_extractor"] = FacebookSetExtractor
+            album["title"] = node["title"]["text"]
+            album["thumbnail"] = (img := node["image"]) and img["uri"]
+            yield Message.Queue, album["url"], album
+
+
 class FacebookPhotosExtractor(FacebookExtractor):
     """Extractor for Facebook Profile Photos"""
     subcategory = "photos"
@@ -489,4 +517,5 @@ class FacebookUserExtractor(Dispatch, FacebookExtractor):
         return self._dispatch_extractors((
             (FacebookAvatarExtractor, base + "avatar"),
             (FacebookPhotosExtractor, base + "photos"),
+            (FacebookAlbumsExtractor, base + "photos_albums"),
         ), ("photos",))
diff --git a/test/results/facebook.py b/test/results/facebook.py
index 0d99130b..e7632323 100644
--- a/test/results/facebook.py
+++ b/test/results/facebook.py
@@ -244,4 +244,25 @@ __tests__ = (
     "username" : "Facebook",
 },
 
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://www.facebook.com/facebook/photos_albums",
+    "#class"   : facebook.FacebookAlbumsExtractor,
+    "#pattern" : facebook.FacebookSetExtractor.pattern,
+    "#results" : [
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.736550598516963&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.736550611850295&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1198986285606723&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1188430493328969&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1182920610546624&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1152503723588313&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.912647394240615&type=3",
+        "https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.862611645910857&type=3",
+    ],
+
+    "id"       : r"re:\d+",
+    "thumbnail": {str, None},
+    "title"    : str,
+    "url"      : str,
+},
+
 )