diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26abe762..fdfe8c96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Added
 
 - `Player.getAudioTrack` and `Player.getSubtitleTrack` APIs to get currently selected audio and subtitle tracks
+- `SourceConfig.description` property to allow setting a description for the source
 
 ## [0.10.0] (2023-09-04)
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/bitmovin/player/reactnative/converter/JsonConverter.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/bitmovin/player/reactnative/converter/JsonConverter.kt
index 931fad64..1a552350 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/bitmovin/player/reactnative/converter/JsonConverter.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/bitmovin/player/reactnative/converter/JsonConverter.kt
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ class JsonConverter {
             }
             val config = SourceConfig(url, toSourceType(type))
             config.title = json.getString("title")
+            config.description = json.getString("description")
             config.posterSource = json.getString("poster")
             if (json.hasKey("isPosterPersistent")) {
                 config.isPosterPersistent = json.getBoolean("isPosterPersistent")
diff --git a/ios/RCTConvert+BitmovinPlayer.swift b/ios/RCTConvert+BitmovinPlayer.swift
index 7147b8ef..e9b2f900 100644
--- a/ios/RCTConvert+BitmovinPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/RCTConvert+BitmovinPlayer.swift
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ extension RCTConvert {
         if let title = json["title"] as? String {
             sourceConfig.title = title
         }
+        if let description = json["description"] as? String {
+            sourceConfig.sourceDescription = description
+        }
         if let poster = json["poster"] as? String {
             sourceConfig.posterSource = RCTConvert.nsurl(poster)
         }
diff --git a/src/source.ts b/src/source.ts
index 134bf9ad..15e341de 100644
--- a/src/source.ts
+++ b/src/source.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ export interface SourceConfig extends NativeInstanceConfig {
    * The title of the video source.
    */
   title?: string;
+  /**
+   * The description of the video source.
+   */
+  description?: string;
   /**
    * The URL to a preview image displayed until the video starts.
    */