diff --git a/wp-includes/class-oembed.php b/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
index 9b46720229..fda17389d5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-oembed.php
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class WP_oEmbed {
 			'http://wordpress.tv/*'                         => array( 'http://wordpress.tv/oembed/',              false ),
 			'#http://(.+\.)?polldaddy\.com/.*#i'            => array( 'http://polldaddy.com/oembed/',             true  ),
 			'#http://(www\.)?funnyordie\.com/videos/.*#i'   => array( 'http://www.funnyordie.com/oembed',         true  ),
+			'#https?://(www\.)?twitter.com/.+?/status(es)?/.*#i' => array( 'http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/oembed.{format}', true ),
 		) );
 
 		// Fix any embeds that contain new lines in the middle of the HTML which breaks wpautop().