SINGAPORE - An advertisement put up by McDonald's Singapore for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan has gone viral internationally, with netizens praising the ad.

The video ad, which is 1min 52sec long in its full version, was put up on May 14.

It follows a McDonald's delivery rider who wakes up before dawn and has his suhur, or pre-dawn meal, with his family.

The camera then follows him on his day as he makes deliveries, overcomes difficulties and helps a man whose car has broken down.

Towards the end of the advertisement, he makes a delivery to a man, who looks at the time and stops him from leaving.

"Adik," the man says, using the Malay term for "younger brother". "It's time to break your fast right?"

He offers a McDonald's happy sharing box to him and the ad ends with the tagline: "Share the spirit of Ramadan."

A tweet showing the clip went viral with more than 23,000 likes and 26,000 retweets.

The YouTube clip has been watched more than 265,000 times and was featured in an article by BuzzFeed.

User Maheen Ajaz wrote: "Watching from America and wow wish there were ads like this here!"

A commenter on BuzzFeed's article, Jerika Layne, wrote: "Yeah I teared up a bit."

Others were surprised that McDonald's delivery exists.

A spokesman for McDonald's Singapore told The Straits Times on Wednesday (May 23) that the ad was developed by advertising company DDB.

"We're truly humbled and encouraged by the positive response received from our latest video," said McDonald's Singapore's senior director of marketing and digital innovation Agatha Yap.

"We wanted to celebrate Singapore's community spirit of human kindness, sharing and togetherness during this Ramadan month, and what better way than to do it through the lens of our McDelivery riders - who connect our brand with our customers, door to door," she said.