diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 8e8546596..57c49fe2b 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from .compat import (
     compat_urllib_error,
     compat_urllib_request,
     compat_urllib_request_DataHandler,
+    Forbidden403
 )
 from .utils import (
     age_restricted,
@@ -825,6 +826,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 self.report_error(compat_str(e), e.format_traceback())
             except MaxDownloadsReached:
                 raise
+            except Forbidden403:
+                # Lets not abuse of this 😜 we don't want to get brutal on the server
+                time.sleep(random.randint(3, 13))
+                wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs)
             except Exception as e:
                 if self.params.get('ignoreerrors', False):
                     self.report_error(error_to_compat_str(e), tb=encode_compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
index 28942a8c1..c9b50a2f6 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/compat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
@@ -3094,6 +3094,11 @@ else:
         return ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
+# Implement an error for which it is raise when error code 403 HTTPError
+class Forbidden403(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 __all__ = [
     'compat_HTMLParseError',
     'compat_HTMLParser',
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
index d8ac41dcc..86d6f3441 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from .common import FileDownloader
 from ..compat import (
     compat_str,
     compat_urllib_error,
+    Forbidden403
 )
 from ..utils import (
     ContentTooShortError,
@@ -183,9 +184,11 @@ class HttpFD(FileDownloader):
                             ctx.resume_len = 0
                             ctx.open_mode = 'wb'
                             return
-                elif err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600:
+                elif err.code != 403 and (err.code < 500 or err.code >= 600):
                     # Unexpected HTTP error
                     raise
+                elif err.code == 403:  # The famous 403 Forbidden error
+                    raise Forbidden403
                 raise RetryDownload(err)
             except socket.error as err:
                 if err.errno != errno.ECONNRESET: