diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
index 0631614b..32fb7b9f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/ytdl.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class YoutubeDLDownloader(DownloaderBase):
                 self.log.debug("Using %s version %s", module, ytdl_version)
 
                 self.ytdl_instance = ytdl_instance = ytdl.construct_YoutubeDL(
-                    module, self, self.ytdl_opts)
+                    module, self, self.ytdl_opts, kwdict.get("_ytdl_params"))
                 if self.outtmpl == "default":
                     self.outtmpl = module.DEFAULT_OUTTMPL
                 self._prepare(ytdl_instance)