diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
index 05da7f4a44..55a7f65f2b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ def items(self):
                     if match:
                         extra.append(match.group(1))
                     elif not match_user(url) and not match_subreddit(url):
+                        if "preview" in data:
+                            data["_fallback"] = self._previews(data)
                         yield Message.Queue, text.unescape(url), data
+                        if "_fallback" in data:
+                            del data["_fallback"]
 
             if not extra or depth == max_depth:
                 return
@@ -165,6 +169,13 @@ def _extract_video(self, submission):
         submission["_ytdl_extra"] = {"title": submission["title"]}
         return submission["url"]
 
+    def _previews(self, post):
+        try:
+            for image in post["preview"]["images"]:
+                yield image["source"]["url"]
+        except Exception as exc:
+            self.log.debug("%s: %s", exc.__class__.__name__, exc)
+
 
 class RedditSubredditExtractor(RedditExtractor):
     """Extractor for URLs from subreddits on reddit.com"""
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index af9241515e..5adb030cff 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -388,10 +388,23 @@ def handle_queue(self, url, kwdict):
                 try:
                     if pextr.config("parent-skip"):
                         job._skipcnt = self._skipcnt
-                        self.status |= job.run()
+                        status = job.run()
                         self._skipcnt = job._skipcnt
                     else:
-                        self.status |= job.run()
+                        status = job.run()
+
+                    if status:
+                        self.status |= status
+                        if "_fallback" in kwdict and self.fallback:
+                            fallback = kwdict["_fallback"] = \
+                                iter(kwdict["_fallback"])
+                            try:
+                                url = next(fallback)
+                            except StopIteration:
+                                pass
+                            else:
+                                text.nameext_from_url(url, kwdict)
+                                self.handle_url(url, kwdict)
                     break
                 except exception.RestartExtraction:
                     pass