diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 0a26472aa5..f3f1e861a3 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ This release includes the following changes since the
     *   Improve interoperability behavior, so that a Media3 browser that is
         connected to a legacy `MediaBrowserService` doesn't request the children
         of a `parentId` twice when subscribing to a parent.
+    *   Add 'Context' as a parameter to
+        'MediaButtonReceiver.shouldStartForegroundService`
+        ([#1887](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/1887)).
 *   UI:
     *   Make the stretched/cropped video in
         `PlayerView`-in-Compose-`AndroidView` workaround opt-in, due to issues
diff --git a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaButtonReceiver.java b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaButtonReceiver.java
index ab1774458d..c71dd52f7b 100644
--- a/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaButtonReceiver.java
+++ b/libraries/session/src/main/java/androidx/media3/session/MediaButtonReceiver.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class MediaButtonReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
       ComponentName mediaButtonServiceComponentName = getServiceComponentByAction(context, action);
       if (mediaButtonServiceComponentName != null) {
         intent.setComponent(mediaButtonServiceComponentName);
-        if (!shouldStartForegroundService(intent)) {
+        if (!shouldStartForegroundService(context, intent)) {
           Log.i(
               TAG,
               "onReceive(Intent) does not start the media button event target service into the"
@@ -186,13 +186,15 @@ public class MediaButtonReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    * playback to get into the foreground or the system will crash the service with a {@code
    * ForegroundServiceDidNotStartInTimeException} or an {@link IllegalStateException}.
    *
+   * @param context The {@link Context} that {@linkplain #onReceive(Context, Intent) was received by
+   *     the media button event receiver}.
    * @param intent The intent that {@linkplain #onReceive(Context, Intent) was received by the media
    *     button event receiver}.
    * @return true if the service should be {@linkplain ContextCompat#startForegroundService(Context,
    *     Intent) started as a foreground service}. If false is returned the service is not started
    *     and the receiver call is a no-op.
    */
-  protected boolean shouldStartForegroundService(Intent intent) {
+  protected boolean shouldStartForegroundService(Context context, Intent intent) {
     return true;
   }