diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 92e2e4f438..8da70ae144 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -763,13 +763,13 @@ def _twitter_search_player(self, html):
         return self._html_search_meta('twitter:player', html,
                                       'twitter card player')
 
-    def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, fatal=True):
+    def _search_json_ld(self, html, video_id, **kwargs):
         json_ld = self._search_regex(
             r'(?s)<script[^>]+type=(["\'])application/ld\+json\1[^>]*>(?P<json_ld>.+?)</script>',
-            html, 'JSON-LD', fatal=fatal, group='json_ld')
+            html, 'JSON-LD', group='json_ld', **kwargs)
         if not json_ld:
             return {}
-        return self._json_ld(json_ld, video_id, fatal=fatal)
+        return self._json_ld(json_ld, video_id, fatal=kwargs.get('fatal', True))
 
     def _json_ld(self, json_ld, video_id, fatal=True):
         if isinstance(json_ld, compat_str):