diff --git a/gst/hls/Makefile.am b/gst/hls/Makefile.am
index 7a8297545f..05f0ac89f1 100644
--- a/gst/hls/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/hls/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ libgstfragmented_la_SOURCES =			\
 	m3u8.c					\
 	gsthlsdemux.c				\
 	gstfragment.c				\
+	gsturidownloader.c			\
 	gstfragmentedplugin.c
 
 libgstfragmented_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_PLUGINS_BAD_CFLAGS) $(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) $(GST_CFLAGS) $(SOUP_CFLAGS)
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = 			\
 	gstfragmented.h		\
 	gstfragment.h				\
 	gsthlsdemux.h			\
+	gsturidownloader.h			\
 	m3u8.h
 
 Android.mk: Makefile.am $(BUILT_SOURCES)
diff --git a/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.c b/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e34401554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Andoni Morales Alastruey <ylatuya@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * gstfragment.c:
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include "gstfragmented.h"
+#include "gstfragment.h"
+#include "gsturidownloader.h"
+
+GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (uridownloader_debug);
+#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (uridownloader_debug)
+
+#define GST_URI_DOWNLOADER_GET_PRIVATE(obj)  \
+   (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((obj), \
+    GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER, GstUriDownloaderPrivate))
+
+struct _GstUriDownloaderPrivate
+{
+  /* Fragments fetcher */
+  GstElement *urisrc;
+  GstBus *bus;
+  GstPad *pad;
+  GstTask *task;
+  GTimeVal *timeout;
+  GstFragment *download;
+  GMutex *lock;
+  GCond *cond;
+};
+
+static void gst_uri_downloader_finalize (GObject * object);
+static void gst_uri_downloader_dispose (GObject * object);
+
+static GstFlowReturn gst_uri_downloader_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf);
+static gboolean gst_uri_downloader_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event);
+static GstBusSyncReply gst_uri_downloader_bus_handler (GstBus * bus,
+    GstMessage * message, gpointer data);
+
+static GstStaticPadTemplate sinkpadtemplate = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
+    GST_PAD_SINK,
+    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);
+
+#define _do_init \
+{ \
+  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (uridownloader_debug, "uridownloader", 0, "URI downloader"); \
+}
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstUriDownloader, gst_uri_downloader, GST_TYPE_OBJECT,
+    _do_init);
+
+static void
+gst_uri_downloader_class_init (GstUriDownloaderClass * klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
+
+  gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+
+  g_type_class_add_private (klass, sizeof (GstUriDownloaderPrivate));
+
+  gobject_class->dispose = gst_uri_downloader_dispose;
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_uri_downloader_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+gst_uri_downloader_init (GstUriDownloader * downloader)
+{
+  downloader->priv = GST_URI_DOWNLOADER_GET_PRIVATE (downloader);
+
+  /* Initialize the sink pad. This pad will be connected to the src pad of the
+   * element created with gst_element_make_from_uri and will handle the download */
+  downloader->priv->pad =
+      gst_pad_new_from_static_template (&sinkpadtemplate, "sink");
+  gst_pad_set_chain_function (downloader->priv->pad,
+      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_uri_downloader_chain));
+  gst_pad_set_event_function (downloader->priv->pad,
+      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_uri_downloader_sink_event));
+  gst_pad_set_element_private (downloader->priv->pad, downloader);
+  gst_pad_activate_push (downloader->priv->pad, TRUE);
+
+  /* Create a bus to handle error and warning message from the source element */
+  downloader->priv->bus = gst_bus_new ();
+
+  downloader->priv->lock = g_mutex_new ();
+  downloader->priv->cond = g_cond_new ();
+}
+
+static void
+gst_uri_downloader_dispose (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstUriDownloader *downloader = GST_URI_DOWNLOADER (object);
+
+  if (downloader->priv->urisrc != NULL) {
+    gst_object_unref (downloader->priv->urisrc);
+    downloader->priv->urisrc = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (downloader->priv->bus != NULL) {
+    gst_object_unref (downloader->priv->bus);
+    downloader->priv->bus = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (downloader->priv->pad) {
+    gst_object_unref (downloader->priv->pad);
+    downloader->priv->pad = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (downloader->priv->download) {
+    g_object_unref (downloader->priv->download);
+    downloader->priv->download = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (downloader->priv->task) {
+    g_object_unref (downloader->priv->task);
+    downloader->priv->download = NULL;
+  }
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_uri_downloader_parent_class)->dispose (object);
+}
+
+static void
+gst_uri_downloader_finalize (GObject * object)
+{
+  GstUriDownloader *downloader = GST_URI_DOWNLOADER (object);
+
+  g_mutex_free (downloader->priv->lock);
+  g_cond_free (downloader->priv->cond);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (gst_uri_downloader_parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+GstUriDownloader *
+gst_uri_downloader_new (void)
+{
+  return g_object_new (GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER, NULL);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_uri_downloader_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event)
+{
+  GstUriDownloader *downloader =
+      (GstUriDownloader *) (gst_pad_get_element_private (pad));
+
+  switch (event->type) {
+    case GST_EVENT_EOS:{
+      GST_OBJECT_LOCK (downloader);
+      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Got EOS on the fetcher pad");
+      if (downloader->priv->download != NULL) {
+        /* signal we have fetched the URI */
+        downloader->priv->download->completed = TRUE;
+        downloader->priv->download->download_stop_time = g_get_real_time ();
+        GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+        GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Signaling chain funtion");
+        g_cond_signal (downloader->priv->cond);
+      } else {
+        GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+
+  gst_event_unref (event);
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+static GstBusSyncReply
+gst_uri_downloader_bus_handler (GstBus * bus,
+    GstMessage * message, gpointer data)
+{
+  GstUriDownloader *downloader = (GstUriDownloader *) (data);
+
+  if (GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message) == GST_MESSAGE_ERROR ||
+      GST_MESSAGE_TYPE (message) == GST_MESSAGE_WARNING) {
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (downloader,
+        "Received error in bus from the source element, "
+        "the download will be cancelled");
+    /* remove the sync handler to avoid duplicated messages */
+    gst_bus_set_sync_handler (downloader->priv->bus, NULL, NULL);
+    gst_uri_downloader_cancel (downloader);
+  }
+
+  gst_message_unref (message);
+  return GST_BUS_DROP;
+}
+
+static GstFlowReturn
+gst_uri_downloader_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
+{
+  GstUriDownloader *downloader =
+      (GstUriDownloader *) gst_pad_get_element_private (pad);
+
+  /* HTML errors (404, 500, etc...) are also pushed through this pad as
+   * response but the source element will also post a warning or error message
+   * in the bus, which is handled synchronously cancelling the download.
+   */
+  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (downloader);
+  if (downloader->priv->download == NULL) {
+    /* Download cancelled, quit */
+    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+    goto done;
+  }
+
+  GST_LOG_OBJECT (downloader,
+      "The uri fetcher received a new buffer of size %u",
+      GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf));
+  if (!gst_fragment_add_buffer (downloader->priv->download, buf))
+    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (downloader, "Could not add buffer to fragment");
+  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+
+done:
+  {
+    return GST_FLOW_OK;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+gst_uri_downloader_stop (GstUriDownloader * downloader)
+{
+  GstPad *pad;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Stopping source element");
+
+  /* remove the bus' sync handler */
+  gst_bus_set_sync_handler (downloader->priv->bus, NULL, NULL);
+  /* unlink the source element from the internal pad */
+  pad = gst_pad_get_peer (downloader->priv->pad);
+  if (pad) {
+    gst_pad_unlink (pad, downloader->priv->pad);
+    gst_object_unref (pad);
+  }
+  /* set the element state to NULL */
+  gst_element_set_state (downloader->priv->urisrc, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_element_get_state (downloader->priv->urisrc, NULL, NULL,
+      GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
+}
+
+void
+gst_uri_downloader_cancel (GstUriDownloader * downloader)
+{
+  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (downloader);
+  if (downloader->priv->download != NULL) {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Cancelling download");
+    g_object_unref (downloader->priv->download);
+    downloader->priv->download = NULL;
+    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Signaling chain funtion");
+    g_cond_signal (downloader->priv->cond);
+  } else {
+    GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader,
+        "Trying to cancell a download that was alredy cancelled");
+  }
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gst_uri_downloader_set_uri (GstUriDownloader * downloader, const gchar * uri)
+{
+  GstPad *pad;
+
+  if (!gst_uri_is_valid (uri))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Creating source element for the URI:%s", uri);
+  downloader->priv->urisrc = gst_element_make_from_uri (GST_URI_SRC, uri, NULL);
+  if (!downloader->priv->urisrc)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* add a sync handler for the bus messages to detect errors in the download */
+  gst_element_set_bus (GST_ELEMENT (downloader->priv->urisrc),
+      downloader->priv->bus);
+  gst_bus_set_sync_handler (downloader->priv->bus,
+      gst_uri_downloader_bus_handler, downloader);
+
+  pad = gst_element_get_static_pad (downloader->priv->urisrc, "src");
+  if (!pad)
+    return FALSE;
+  gst_pad_link (pad, downloader->priv->pad);
+  gst_object_unref (pad);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+GstFragment *
+gst_uri_downloader_fetch_uri (GstUriDownloader * downloader, const gchar * uri)
+{
+  GstStateChangeReturn ret;
+  GstFragment *download = NULL;
+
+  g_mutex_lock (downloader->priv->lock);
+
+  if (!gst_uri_downloader_set_uri (downloader, uri)) {
+    goto quit;
+  }
+
+  downloader->priv->download = gst_fragment_new ();
+
+  ret = gst_element_set_state (downloader->priv->urisrc, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+  if (ret == GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE) {
+    g_object_unref (downloader->priv->download);
+    downloader->priv->download = NULL;
+    goto quit;
+  }
+
+  /* wait until:
+   *   - the download succeed (EOS in the src pad)
+   *   - the download failed (Error message on the fetcher bus)
+   *   - the download was canceled
+   */
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (downloader, "Waiting to fetch the URI");
+  g_cond_wait (downloader->priv->cond, downloader->priv->lock);
+
+  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (downloader);
+  download = downloader->priv->download;
+  downloader->priv->download = NULL;
+  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (downloader);
+
+  if (download != NULL)
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (downloader, "URI fetched successfully");
+  else
+    GST_INFO_OBJECT (downloader, "Error fetching URI");
+
+quit:
+  {
+    gst_uri_downloader_stop (downloader);
+    g_mutex_unlock (downloader->priv->lock);
+    return download;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.h b/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfb5157507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst/hls/gsturidownloader.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Andoni Morales Alastruey <ylatuya@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * gsturidownloader.h:
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * Youshould have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GSTURI_DOWNLOADER_H__
+#define __GSTURI_DOWNLOADER_H__
+
+#include <glib-object.h>
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+#include "gstfragment.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#define GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER (gst_uri_downloader_get_type())
+#define GST_URI_DOWNLOADER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST((obj),GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER,GstUriDownloader))
+#define GST_URI_DOWNLOADER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST((klass),GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER,GstUriDownloaderClass))
+#define GST_IS_URI_DOWNLOADER(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE((obj),GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER))
+#define GST_IS_URI_DOWNLOADER_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE((klass),GST_TYPE_URI_DOWNLOADER))
+
+typedef struct _GstUriDownloader GstUriDownloader;
+typedef struct _GstUriDownloaderPrivate GstUriDownloaderPrivate;
+typedef struct _GstUriDownloaderClass GstUriDownloaderClass;
+
+struct _GstUriDownloader
+{
+  GstObject parent;
+
+  GstUriDownloaderPrivate *priv;
+};
+
+struct _GstUriDownloaderClass
+{
+  GstObjectClass parent_class;
+
+  /*< private >*/
+  gpointer _gst_reserved[GST_PADDING];
+};
+
+GType gst_uri_downloader_get_type (void);
+
+GstUriDownloader * gst_uri_downloader_new (void);
+GstFragment * gst_uri_downloader_fetch_uri (GstUriDownloader * downloader, const gchar * uri);
+void gst_uri_downloader_cancel (GstUriDownloader *downloader);
+void gst_uri_downloader_free (GstUriDownloader *downloader);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+#endif /* __GSTURIDOWNLOADER_H__ */