diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
index e3d919dfd..e265e9e62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/RedditRipper.java
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ else if (kind.equals("t3")) {
             } else if (!data.isNull("gallery_data") && !data.isNull("media_metadata")) {
                 handleGallery(data.getJSONObject("gallery_data").getJSONArray("items"), data.getJSONObject("media_metadata"), data.getString("id"), data.getString("title"));
             } else {
-                // Get link
-                handleURL(data.getString("url"), data.getString("id"), data.getString("title"));
+                // Reddit may set url to a still-image preview for video posts. Prefer
+                // the actual video URL when Reddit exposes it in secure_media.
+                handleURL(getPostMediaURL(data), data.getString("id"), data.getString("title"));
             }
             if (data.has("replies") && data.get("replies") instanceof JSONObject) {
                 JSONArray replies = data.getJSONObject("replies")
@@ -268,6 +269,22 @@ else if (kind.equals("t3")) {
         }
     }
 
+    private String getPostMediaURL(JSONObject data) {
+        if (data.optBoolean("is_video", false)) {
+            JSONObject secureMedia = data.optJSONObject("secure_media");
+            if (secureMedia != null) {
+                JSONObject redditVideo = secureMedia.optJSONObject("reddit_video");
+                if (redditVideo != null) {
+                    String fallbackUrl = redditVideo.optString("fallback_url", "");
+                    if (!fallbackUrl.isEmpty()) {
+                        return fallbackUrl;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return data.getString("url");
+    }
+
     private void handleBody(String body, String id, String title) {
         Pattern p = RipUtils.getURLRegex();
         Matcher m = p.matcher(body);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
index ae64055d0..ba59983d6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/RedditRipperTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.RedditRipper;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
@@ -20,6 +22,35 @@
 
 public class RedditRipperTest extends RippersTest {
 
+    @Test
+    public void testVideoPostUsesRedditVideoURLInsteadOfPreview() throws Exception {
+        RedditRipper ripper = new RedditRipper(new URI("https://www.reddit.com/r/test/").toURL());
+        Method getPostMediaURL = RedditRipper.class.getDeclaredMethod("getPostMediaURL", JSONObject.class);
+        getPostMediaURL.setAccessible(true);
+
+        JSONObject post = new JSONObject("{" +
+                "\"url\":\"https://preview.redd.it/still-image.jpg\"," +
+                "\"is_video\":true," +
+                "\"secure_media\":{" +
+                "\"reddit_video\":{" +
+                "\"fallback_url\":\"https://v.redd.it/example/DASH_720.mp4?source=fallback\"" +
+                "}}}");
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("https://v.redd.it/example/DASH_720.mp4?source=fallback",
+                getPostMediaURL.invoke(ripper, post));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNonVideoPostKeepsOriginalURL() throws Exception {
+        RedditRipper ripper = new RedditRipper(new URI("https://www.reddit.com/r/test/").toURL());
+        Method getPostMediaURL = RedditRipper.class.getDeclaredMethod("getPostMediaURL", JSONObject.class);
+        getPostMediaURL.setAccessible(true);
+
+        JSONObject post = new JSONObject("{\"url\":\"https://i.imgur.com/image.jpg\"}");
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("https://i.imgur.com/image.jpg", getPostMediaURL.invoke(ripper, post));
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Tag("flaky") // https://github.com/RipMeApp/ripme/issues/253
     public void testRedditSubredditRip() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {