diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 8790b326b..01ca4fc69 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1839,6 +1839,18 @@ def process_ie_result(self, ie_result, download=True, extra_info=None):
         result_type = ie_result.get('_type', 'video')
 
         if result_type in ('url', 'url_transparent'):
+            if self.params.get('max_extraction_depth', -1) > 0:
+                if 'extraction_depth' in extra_info:
+                    extra_info['extraction_depth'] = 1 + extra_info.get('extraction_depth', 0)
+                else:
+                    extra_info['extraction_depth'] = 0
+
+                if extra_info['extraction_depth'] >= self.params.get('max_extraction_depth'):
+                    raise ExtractorError(
+                        f"Reached maximum extraction depth for URL: {ie_result['url']}",
+                        expected=True,
+                    )
+
             ie_result['url'] = sanitize_url(
                 ie_result['url'], scheme='http' if self.params.get('prefer_insecure') else 'https')
             if ie_result.get('original_url') and not extra_info.get('original_url'):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 7d8f10047..ac4364d74 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def parse_retries(name, value):
     opts.retries = parse_retries('download', opts.retries)
     opts.fragment_retries = parse_retries('fragment', opts.fragment_retries)
     opts.extractor_retries = parse_retries('extractor', opts.extractor_retries)
+    opts.max_extraction_depth = parse_retries('extractor', opts.max_extraction_depth)
     opts.file_access_retries = parse_retries('file access', opts.file_access_retries)
 
     # Retry sleep function
@@ -848,6 +849,7 @@ def parse_options(argv=None):
         'file_access_retries': opts.file_access_retries,
         'fragment_retries': opts.fragment_retries,
         'extractor_retries': opts.extractor_retries,
+        'max_extraction_depth': opts.max_extraction_depth,
         'retry_sleep_functions': opts.retry_sleep,
         'skip_unavailable_fragments': opts.skip_unavailable_fragments,
         'keep_fragments': opts.keep_fragments,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 91c2635a7..a934c3e50 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1892,6 +1892,11 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
         '--extractor-retries',
         dest='extractor_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=3,
         help='Number of retries for known extractor errors (default is %default), or "infinite"')
+    extractor.add_option(
+        '--max-extraction-depth',
+        dest='max_extraction_depth', default='inf',
+        help='Maximum depth when recursing into non-video url chains (default is unlimited)',
+    )
     extractor.add_option(
         '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
         action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,