diff --git a/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
index 54d296548..345650732 100644
--- a/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
+++ b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Mutter.ScreenCast.xml
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
                            compositor coordinate space.
         * "size" (ii): Size of the source of the stream in the compositor
                        coordinate space.
+        * "output-name" s: Xrandr name of the output in case of X11 and
+                           wl_output.name in case of Wayland. Available only
+                           for monitor streams.
     -->
     <property name="Parameters" type="a{sv}" access="read" />
 
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-monitor-stream.c b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-monitor-stream.c
index ada9bc95f..5d54d6168 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-monitor-stream.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-monitor-stream.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ meta_screen_cast_monitor_stream_set_parameters (MetaScreenCastStream *stream,
   MetaScreenCastMonitorStream *monitor_stream =
     META_SCREEN_CAST_MONITOR_STREAM (stream);
   MetaRectangle logical_monitor_layout;
+  const char *output_name;
 
   logical_monitor_layout =
     meta_logical_monitor_get_layout (monitor_stream->logical_monitor);
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ meta_screen_cast_monitor_stream_set_parameters (MetaScreenCastStream *stream,
                          g_variant_new ("(ii)",
                                         logical_monitor_layout.width,
                                         logical_monitor_layout.height));
+
+  output_name = meta_monitor_get_connector (monitor_stream->monitor);
+  g_variant_builder_add (parameters_builder, "{sv}", "output-name",
+                         g_variant_new ("s", output_name));
 }
 
 static gboolean