diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f7c4da47..67b604ed 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Supported Sites
     doujinmode.net, exhentai.org, hbrowse.com, hentai2read.com,
     hentaibox.net, hitomi.la, luscious.net, nhentai.net
 * Japanese:
-    nijie.info, pixiv.net
+    pixiv.net, nijie.info, seiga.nicovideo.jp
 * Western:
     deviantart.com, hentai-foundry.com, imagefap,com, imgth.com, imgur.com,
     tumblr.com
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Authentication
 ==============
 
 Some extractors require you to provide valid login-credentials.
-This currently includes ``pixiv``, ``exhentai`` and ``nijie``.
+This currently includes ``pixiv``, ``exhentai``, ``nijie`` and ``seiga``.
 
 You can set the necessary information in your configuration file
 (cf. gallery-dl.conf_)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index ca53c0b6..79cde535 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ modules = [
     "powermanga",
     "safebooru",
     "sankaku",
+    "seiga",
     "senmanga",
     "spectrumnexus",
     "tumblr",
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/seiga.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/seiga.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd8a04ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/seiga.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2016 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Extract images from http://seiga.nicovideo.jp"""
+
+from .common import Extractor, Message
+from .. import config, exception
+from ..cache import cache
+
+class SeigaImageExtractor(Extractor):
+    """Extract a single image from seiga.nicovideo.jp"""
+    category = "seiga"
+    subcategory = "image"
+    directory_fmt = ["{category}"]
+    filename_fmt = "{category}_{image-id}.jpg"
+    pattern = [r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.|seiga\.)?nicovideo\.jp/seiga/im(\d+)"]
+    test = [("http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/seiga/im5977527", {
+        "keyword": "e2ea59186c47beb71484ba35d550cf6511ac185a",
+        "content": "d9202292012178374d57fb0126f6124387265297",
+    })]
+
+    def __init__(self, match):
+        Extractor.__init__(self)
+        self.image_id = match.group(1)
+
+    def items(self):
+        self.session.cookies = self.login(
+            config.interpolate(("extractor", self.category, "username")),
+            config.interpolate(("extractor", self.category, "password")),
+        )
+        data = self.get_job_metadata()
+        url  = self.get_image_url(self.image_id)
+        yield Message.Version, 1
+        yield Message.Directory, data
+        yield Message.Url, url, data
+
+    def get_job_metadata(self):
+        """Collect metadata for extractor-job"""
+        return {
+            "category": self.category,
+            "image-id": self.image_id,
+        }
+
+    def get_image_url(self, image_id):
+        """Get url for an image with id 'image_id'"""
+        url = "http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/image/source/" + image_id
+        response = self.session.head(url)
+        return response.headers["Location"].replace("/o/", "/priv/", 1)
+
+    @cache(maxage=30*24*60*60, keyarg=1)
+    def login(self, username, password):
+        """Login and obtain session cookie"""
+        url = "https://account.nicovideo.jp/api/v1/login"
+        params = {"mail_tel": username, "password": password}
+        self.session.post(url, data=params).close()
+        if "user_session" not in self.session.cookies:
+            raise exception.AuthenticationError()
+        del self.session.cookies["nicosid"]
+        return self.session.cookies