diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 6f2aba5ac..0121a7764 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     writeannotations:  Write the video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
     writethumbnail:    Write the thumbnail image to a file
     write_all_thumbnails:  Write all thumbnail formats to files
+    writestoryboards:  Write all storyboards (grid of video frames) to a file
     writesubtitles:    Write the video subtitles to a file
     writeautomaticsub: Write the automatically generated subtitles to a file
     allsubtitles:      Downloads all the subtitles of the video
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                        [sleep_interval; max_sleep_interval].
     listformats:       Print an overview of available video formats and exit.
     list_thumbnails:   Print a table of all thumbnails and exit.
+    list_storyboards:  Print a table of all storyboards and exit.
     match_filter:      A function that gets called with the info_dict of
                        every video.
                        If it returns a message, the video is ignored.
@@ -1651,6 +1653,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             self.list_thumbnails(info_dict)
             return
 
+        if self.params.get('list_storyboards'):
+            self.list_thumbnails(info_dict, item_name='storyboards')
+            return
+
         thumbnail = info_dict.get('thumbnail')
         if thumbnail:
             info_dict['thumbnail'] = sanitize_url(thumbnail)
@@ -2431,17 +2437,27 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             '[info] Available formats for %s:\n%s' %
             (info_dict['id'], render_table(header_line, table)))
 
-    def list_thumbnails(self, info_dict):
-        thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
+    def list_thumbnails(self, info_dict, item_name='thumbnails'):
+        thumbnails = info_dict.get(item_name)
         if not thumbnails:
-            self.to_screen('[info] No thumbnails present for %s' % info_dict['id'])
+            self.to_screen('[info] No %s present for %s' % (item_name, info_dict['id']))
             return
 
         self.to_screen(
-            '[info] Thumbnails for %s:' % info_dict['id'])
-        self.to_screen(render_table(
-            ['ID', 'width', 'height', 'URL'],
-            [[t['id'], t.get('width', 'unknown'), t.get('height', 'unknown'), t['url']] for t in thumbnails]))
+            '[info] %s for %s:' % (item_name.title(), info_dict['id']))
+
+        columns = ['ID', 'width', 'height']
+        if item_name == 'storyboards':
+            columns += ['cols', 'rows', 'frames']
+        columns += ['URL']
+
+        table = []
+        for t in thumbnails:
+            table.append([])
+            for column in columns:
+                table[-1].append(t.get(column.lower(), 'unknown'))
+
+        self.to_screen(render_table(columns, table))
 
     def list_subtitles(self, video_id, subtitles, name='subtitles'):
         if not subtitles:
@@ -2644,12 +2660,16 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 return
 
     def _write_thumbnails(self, info_dict, filename):
+        item_name = 'thumbnail'
         if self.params.get('writethumbnail', False):
             thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
             if thumbnails:
                 thumbnails = [thumbnails[-1]]
         elif self.params.get('write_all_thumbnails', False):
             thumbnails = info_dict.get('thumbnails')
+        elif self.params.get('writestoryboards', False):
+            thumbnails = info_dict.get('storyboards')
+            item_name = 'storyboard'
         else:
             return
 
@@ -2659,22 +2679,28 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
 
         for t in thumbnails:
             thumb_ext = determine_ext(t['url'], 'jpg')
-            suffix = '_%s' % t['id'] if len(thumbnails) > 1 else ''
+            if item_name == 'thumbnails':
+                suffix = '_%s' % t['id'] if len(thumbnails) > 1 else ''
+            else:
+                suffix = '_%s_%s' % (item_name, t['id'])
             thumb_display_id = '%s ' % t['id'] if len(thumbnails) > 1 else ''
             t['filename'] = thumb_filename = replace_extension(filename + suffix, thumb_ext, info_dict.get('ext'))
 
             if self.params.get('nooverwrites', False) and os.path.exists(encodeFilename(thumb_filename)):
-                self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Thumbnail %sis already present' %
-                               (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'], thumb_display_id))
+                self.to_screen('[%s] %s: %s %sis already present' %
+                               (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'],
+                                item_name.title(), thumb_display_id))
             else:
-                self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Downloading thumbnail %s...' %
-                               (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'], thumb_display_id))
+                self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Downloading %s %s...' %
+                               (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'],
+                                item_name, thumb_display_id))
                 try:
                     uf = self.urlopen(t['url'])
                     with open(encodeFilename(thumb_filename), 'wb') as thumbf:
                         shutil.copyfileobj(uf, thumbf)
-                    self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Writing thumbnail %sto: %s' %
-                                   (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'], thumb_display_id, thumb_filename))
+                    self.to_screen('[%s] %s: Writing %s %sto: %s' %
+                                   (info_dict['extractor'], info_dict['id'],
+                                    item_name, thumb_display_id, thumb_filename))
                 except (compat_urllib_error.URLError, compat_http_client.HTTPException, socket.error) as err:
-                    self.report_warning('Unable to download thumbnail "%s": %s' %
-                                        (t['url'], error_to_compat_str(err)))
+                    self.report_warning('Unable to download %s "%s": %s' %
+                                        (t['url'], item_name, error_to_compat_str(err)))
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index cc8285eba..37560cd68 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'writeinfojson': opts.writeinfojson,
         'writethumbnail': opts.writethumbnail,
         'write_all_thumbnails': opts.write_all_thumbnails,
+        'writestoryboards': opts.writestoryboards,
         'writesubtitles': opts.writesubtitles,
         'writeautomaticsub': opts.writeautomaticsub,
         'allsubtitles': opts.allsubtitles,
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'max_sleep_interval': opts.max_sleep_interval,
         'external_downloader': opts.external_downloader,
         'list_thumbnails': opts.list_thumbnails,
+        'list_storyboards': opts.list_storyboards,
         'playlist_items': opts.playlist_items,
         'xattr_set_filesize': opts.xattr_set_filesize,
         'match_filter': match_filter,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7fae9e57b..9f6b56897 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                                         deprecated)
                         * "filesize" (optional, int)
     thumbnail:      Full URL to a video thumbnail image.
+    storyboards:    A list of dictionaries representing storyboards.
+                    A storyboard is an image grid made of frames from the video.
+                    This has the same structure as the thumbnails list, plus:
+                        * "cols" (optional, int)
+                        * "rows" (optional, int)
+                        * "frames" (optional, int)
     description:    Full video description.
     uploader:       Full name of the video uploader.
     license:        License name the video is licensed under.
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index db840fc45..e1f04039b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os.path
 import random
 import re
 import traceback
+import math
 
 from .common import InfoExtractor, SearchInfoExtractor
 from ..compat import (
@@ -2258,6 +2259,58 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             if thumbnail:
                 thumbnails = [{'url': thumbnail}]
 
+        storyboards = []
+        sb_spec = try_get(player_response,
+                          lambda x: x['storyboards']['playerStoryboardSpecRenderer']['spec'],
+                          compat_str)
+        if sb_spec:
+            s_parts = sb_spec.split('|')
+            base_url = s_parts[0]
+            for i, params in enumerate(s_parts[1:]):
+                storyboard_attrib = params.split('#')
+                if len(storyboard_attrib) != 8:
+                    self._downloader.report_warning('Unable to extract storyboard')
+                    continue
+
+                frame_width = int_or_none(storyboard_attrib[0])
+                frame_height = int_or_none(storyboard_attrib[1])
+                total_frames = int_or_none(storyboard_attrib[2])
+                cols = int_or_none(storyboard_attrib[3])
+                rows = int_or_none(storyboard_attrib[4])
+                filename = storyboard_attrib[6]
+                sigh = storyboard_attrib[7]
+
+                if frame_width and frame_height and cols and rows and total_frames:
+                    frames = cols * rows
+                    width, height = frame_width * cols, frame_height * rows
+                    n_images = int(math.ceil(total_frames / float(cols * rows)))
+                else:
+                    self._downloader.report_warning('Unable to extract storyboard')
+                    continue
+
+                storyboards_url = base_url.replace('$L', compat_str(i)) + '&'
+                for j in range(n_images):
+                    url = storyboards_url.replace('$N', filename).replace('$M', compat_str(j)) + 'sigh=' + sigh
+                    if j == n_images - 1:
+                        remaining_frames = total_frames % (cols * rows)
+                        if remaining_frames != 0:
+                            frames = remaining_frames
+                            rows = int(math.ceil(float(remaining_frames) / rows))
+                            height = rows * frame_height
+                            if rows == 1:
+                                cols = remaining_frames
+                                width = cols * frame_width
+
+                    storyboards.append({
+                        'id': 'L{0}-M{1}'.format(i, j),
+                        'width': width,
+                        'height': height,
+                        'cols': cols,
+                        'rows': rows,
+                        'frames': frames,
+                        'url': url
+                    })
+
         category = microformat.get('category') or search_meta('genre')
         channel_id = self._extract_channel_id(
             webpage, videodetails=video_details, metadata=microformat)
@@ -2309,6 +2362,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             'categories': [category] if category else None,
             'tags': keywords,
             'is_live': is_live,
+            'storyboards': storyboards,
         }
 
         pctr = try_get(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 434f520d3..5ce63eb39 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -785,6 +785,14 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--list-thumbnails',
         action='store_true', dest='list_thumbnails', default=False,
         help='Simulate and list all available thumbnail formats')
+    thumbnail.add_option(
+        '--write-storyboards',
+        action='store_true', dest='writestoryboards', default=False,
+        help='Write all storyboards (grid of video frames) to disk')
+    thumbnail.add_option(
+        '--list-storyboards',
+        action='store_true', dest='list_storyboards', default=False,
+        help='Simulate and list all available storyboards')
 
     postproc = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
     postproc.add_option(