diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/ExternalApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/ExternalApi.kt
index ab63bebc0..b8107dd46 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/ExternalApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/ExternalApi.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.github.libretube.api
 import com.github.libretube.api.obj.DeArrowBody
 import com.github.libretube.api.obj.PipedInstance
 import com.github.libretube.api.obj.SubmitSegmentResponse
+import com.github.libretube.api.obj.VoteInfo
 import com.github.libretube.obj.update.UpdateInfo
 import retrofit2.http.Body
 import retrofit2.http.GET
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import retrofit2.http.Url
 
 private const val GITHUB_API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/libre-tube/LibreTube/releases/latest"
 private const val SB_API_URL = "https://sponsor.ajay.app"
+private const val RYD_API_URL = "https://returnyoutubedislikeapi.com"
 
 interface ExternalApi {
     // only for fetching servers list
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ interface ExternalApi {
     @GET(GITHUB_API_URL)
     suspend fun getLatestRelease(): UpdateInfo
 
+    @GET("$RYD_API_URL/votes")
+    suspend fun getVotes(@Query("videoId") videoId: String): VoteInfo
+
     @POST("$SB_API_URL/api/skipSegments")
     suspend fun submitSegment(
         @Query("videoID") videoId: String,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/StreamsExtractor.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/StreamsExtractor.kt
index e1e10d951..236ee7d36 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/StreamsExtractor.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/StreamsExtractor.kt
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ object StreamsExtractor {
             category = resp.category,
             views = resp.viewCount,
             likes = resp.likeCount,
+            dislikes = if (PlayerHelper.localRYD) runCatching {
+                RetrofitInstance.externalApi.getVotes(videoId).dislikes
+            }.getOrElse { -1 } else -1,
             license = resp.licence,
             hls = resp.hlsUrl,
             dash = resp.dashMpdUrl,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/obj/VoteInfo.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/obj/VoteInfo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6c8bcc26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/api/obj/VoteInfo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.github.libretube.api.obj
+
+import android.os.Parcelable
+import kotlinx.parcelize.Parcelize
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+
+@Serializable
+@Parcelize
+data class VoteInfo(
+    val likes: Long,
+    val rawDislikes: Long,
+    val rawLikes: Long,
+    val dislikes: Long,
+    val rating: Float,
+    val viewCount: Long,
+    val deleted: Boolean
+) : Parcelable
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/constants/PreferenceKeys.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/constants/PreferenceKeys.kt
index 7f0ae3674..14c7160b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/constants/PreferenceKeys.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/constants/PreferenceKeys.kt
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ object PreferenceKeys {
     const val MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS = "max_parallel_downloads"
     const val EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD_PROVIDER = "external_download_provider"
     const val DISABLE_VIDEO_IMAGE_PROXY = "disable_video_image_proxy"
+    const val LOCAL_RYD = "local_return_youtube_dislikes"
     const val LOCAL_STREAM_EXTRACTION = "local_stream_extraction"
 
     // History
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/helpers/PlayerHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/helpers/PlayerHelper.kt
index 40a762c9b..22ff62a93 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/helpers/PlayerHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/helpers/PlayerHelper.kt
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ object PlayerHelper {
             true
         )
 
+    val localRYD: Boolean
+        get() = PreferenceHelper.getBoolean(
+            PreferenceKeys.LOCAL_RYD,
+            true
+        )
+
     val useHlsOverDash: Boolean
         get() = PreferenceHelper.getBoolean(
             PreferenceKeys.USE_HLS_OVER_DASH,
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b427dd1bc..4fcae4f37 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@
     <string name="external_download_provider_summary">Enter the package name of the app you want to use for downloading videos. Leave blank to use LibreTube\'s inbuilt downloader.</string>
     <string name="local_stream_extraction">Local stream extraction</string>
     <string name="local_stream_extraction_summary">Directly fetch video playback information from YouTube without using Piped.</string>
+    <string name="local_ryd">Local Return Youtube Dislikes</string>
+    <string name="local_ryd_summary">Directly fetch dislike information from https://returnyoutubedislikeapi.com</string>
 
     <!-- Notification channel strings -->
     <string name="download_channel_name">Download Service</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
index 578e36d75..37034dc1a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
             android:dependency="disable_video_image_proxy"
             app:key="local_stream_extraction" />
 
+        <SwitchPreferenceCompat
+            android:defaultValue="true"
+            android:icon="@drawable/ic_dislike"
+            android:summary="@string/local_ryd_summary"
+            android:title="@string/local_ryd"
+            android:dependency="local_stream_extraction"
+            app:key="local_return_youtube_dislikes" />
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
 
 </PreferenceScreen>
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