diff --git a/extensions/cast/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverter.java b/extensions/cast/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverter.java
index a1a78e91d7..cf76c988ae 100644
--- a/extensions/cast/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverter.java
+++ b/extensions/cast/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverter.java
@@ -126,11 +126,14 @@ public final class DefaultMediaItemConverter implements MediaItemConverter {
     if (mediaItem.mediaMetadata.trackNumber != null) {
       metadata.putInt(MediaMetadata.KEY_TRACK_NUMBER, mediaItem.mediaMetadata.trackNumber);
     }
-
+    String contentUrl = mediaItem.localConfiguration.uri.toString();
+    String contentId =
+        mediaItem.mediaId.equals(MediaItem.DEFAULT_MEDIA_ID) ? contentUrl : mediaItem.mediaId;
     MediaInfo mediaInfo =
-        new MediaInfo.Builder(mediaItem.localConfiguration.uri.toString())
+        new MediaInfo.Builder(contentId)
             .setStreamType(MediaInfo.STREAM_TYPE_BUFFERED)
             .setContentType(mediaItem.localConfiguration.mimeType)
+            .setContentUrl(contentUrl)
             .setMetadata(metadata)
             .setCustomData(getCustomData(mediaItem))
             .build();
diff --git a/extensions/cast/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverterTest.java b/extensions/cast/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverterTest.java
index 1092ecd8da..e4b9771a8a 100644
--- a/extensions/cast/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverterTest.java
+++ b/extensions/cast/src/test/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ext/cast/DefaultMediaItemConverterTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class DefaultMediaItemConverterTest {
     MediaItem.Builder builder = new MediaItem.Builder();
     MediaItem item =
         builder
+            .setMediaId("fooBar")
             .setUri(Uri.parse("http://example.com"))
             .setMediaMetadata(MediaMetadata.EMPTY)
             .setMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MPD)
@@ -66,4 +67,45 @@ public class DefaultMediaItemConverterTest {
 
     assertThat(reconstructedItem).isEqualTo(item);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toMediaQueueItem_nonDefaultMediaId_usedAsContentId() {
+    MediaItem.Builder builder = new MediaItem.Builder();
+    MediaItem item =
+        builder
+            .setMediaId("fooBar")
+            .setUri("http://example.com")
+            .setMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MPD)
+            .build();
+
+    DefaultMediaItemConverter converter = new DefaultMediaItemConverter();
+    MediaQueueItem queueItem = converter.toMediaQueueItem(item);
+
+    assertThat(queueItem.getMedia().getContentId()).isEqualTo("fooBar");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toMediaQueueItem_defaultMediaId_uriAsContentId() {
+    DefaultMediaItemConverter converter = new DefaultMediaItemConverter();
+    MediaItem mediaItem =
+        new MediaItem.Builder()
+            .setUri("http://example.com")
+            .setMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MPD)
+            .build();
+
+    MediaQueueItem queueItem = converter.toMediaQueueItem(mediaItem);
+
+    assertThat(queueItem.getMedia().getContentId()).isEqualTo("http://example.com");
+
+    MediaItem secondMediaItem =
+        new MediaItem.Builder()
+            .setMediaId(MediaItem.DEFAULT_MEDIA_ID)
+            .setUri("http://example.com")
+            .setMimeType(MimeTypes.APPLICATION_MPD)
+            .build();
+
+    MediaQueueItem secondQueueItem = converter.toMediaQueueItem(secondMediaItem);
+
+    assertThat(secondQueueItem.getMedia().getContentId()).isEqualTo("http://example.com");
+  }
 }