diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index edfa105c..66cd2ba5 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var config = {
     autoplay: false,
     loop: false,
     allowMutedAutoPlay: true,
+    updateAudioDescriptionLabels: true,
     muted: false,
     pictureInPicture: true,
     options: {
@@ -792,6 +793,7 @@ var config = {
 >  loop: boolean,
 >  autopause: boolean,
 >  allowMutedAutoPlay: boolean,
+>  updateAudioDescriptionLabels: boolean,
 >  muted: boolean,
 >  pictureInPicture: boolean,
 >  options: PKPlaybackOptionsObject,
@@ -818,6 +820,7 @@ var config = {
 >  autoplay: false,
 >  loop: false,
 >  allowMutedAutoPlay: true,
+>  updateAudioDescriptionLabels: true,
 >  muted: false,
 >  pictureInPicture: true,
 >  playAdsWithMSE: false,
@@ -1078,6 +1081,16 @@ var config = {
 >
 > ##
 >
+> > ### config.playback.updateAudioDescriptionLabels
+> >
+> > ##### Type: `boolean`
+> >
+> > ##### Default: `true`
+> >
+> > ##### Description: Updates audio flavors that has "audio_description" tag
+>
+> ##
+>
 > > ### config.playback.autopause
 > >
 > > ##### Type: `boolean`
diff --git a/flow-typed/types/playback-config.js b/flow-typed/types/playback-config.js
index 41dd0eff..916fafad 100644
--- a/flow-typed/types/playback-config.js
+++ b/flow-typed/types/playback-config.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ declare type PKPlaybackConfigObject = {
   preload: string,
   autoplay: PKAutoPlayTypes,
   allowMutedAutoPlay: boolean,
+  updateAudioDescriptionLabels: boolean,
   muted: boolean,
   pictureInPicture: boolean,
   streamPriority: Array<PKStreamPriorityObject>,
diff --git a/src/player-config.js b/src/player-config.js
index 4e712ef4..15e212c6 100644
--- a/src/player-config.js
+++ b/src/player-config.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const DefaultConfig = {
     loop: false,
     autopause: false,
     allowMutedAutoPlay: true,
+    updateAudioDescriptionLabels: true,
     muted: false,
     pictureInPicture: true,
     options: {
diff --git a/src/player.ts b/src/player.ts
index ebf5ee0a..13697590 100644
--- a/src/player.ts
+++ b/src/player.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import getLogger, { getLogLevel, LogLevel, LogLevelType, setLogHandler, setLogLe
 import StateManager from './state/state-manager';
 import Track from './track/track';
 import VideoTrack from './track/video-track';
-import AudioTrack from './track/audio-track';
+import AudioTrack, { audioDescriptionTrackHandler } from './track/audio-track';
 import { PKTextTrack } from './track/text-track';
 import TextStyle from './track/text-style';
 import { processCues } from './track/text-track-display';
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    * @returns {void}
    * @public
    */
-  public changeQuality(track: any | string): void{
+  public changeQuality(track: any | string): void {
     if (track === 'auto') {
       this.enableAdaptiveBitrate();
     } else {
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
     if (window.self !== window.top) {
       const head = Utils.Dom.getElementBySelector('head');
       let title = head.querySelector('title');
-      if (!title){
+      if (!title) {
         title = Utils.Dom.createElement('title');
         head.appendChild(title);
       }
@@ -2470,6 +2470,11 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    */
   public _updateTracks(tracks: Array<Track>): void {
     Player._logger.debug('Tracks changed', tracks);
+
+    if (this.config.playback.updateAudioDescriptionLabels) {
+      audioDescriptionTrackHandler(tracks, this._sources.metadata?.audioFlavors);
+    }
+
     this._tracks = tracks?.concat(this._externalCaptionsHandler.getExternalTracks(tracks));
     this._applyABRRestriction(this._config);
     this._addTextTrackOffOption();
diff --git a/src/track/audio-track.ts b/src/track/audio-track.ts
index b7ebabd0..d6b038d3 100644
--- a/src/track/audio-track.ts
+++ b/src/track/audio-track.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,35 @@
-//@flow
 import Track from './track';
 
+enum FlavorAssetTags {
+  AUDIO_ONLY = 'audio_only',
+  AUDIO_DESCRIPTION = 'audio_description'
+}
+
 /**
  * Audio track representation of the player.
  * @classdesc
  */
 class AudioTrack extends Track {}
 
+export function audioDescriptionTrackHandler(tracks: AudioTrack[], audioFlavors?: Array<any>): void {
+  if (tracks?.length && audioFlavors?.length) {
+    let audioTracksIndex = 0;
+    // iterate over the audio tracks and set the isAudioDescription flag based on the audioFlavors tags
+    tracks.forEach((track) => {
+      if (track instanceof AudioTrack) {
+        const isAudioDescription = audioFlavors[audioTracksIndex]?.tags?.includes(FlavorAssetTags.AUDIO_DESCRIPTION);
+        if (isAudioDescription) {
+          // set the language to ad-<language> for audio description tracks
+          track.language = `ad-${track.language}`;
+          if (!audioFlavors?.[audioTracksIndex]?.label) {
+            // add "Audio Description" to the label if custom label is not provided
+            track.label = `${track.label} - Audio Description`;
+          }
+        }
+        audioTracksIndex++;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 export default AudioTrack;
diff --git a/src/track/track.ts b/src/track/track.ts
index 48bb3f6a..bd8d1a03 100644
--- a/src/track/track.ts
+++ b/src/track/track.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ export default class Track {
     this._available = isAvailable;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Setter for the language of the track.
+   * @public
+   * @param {string} value - The language of the track.
+   */
+  public set language(value: string) {
+    this._language = value;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @constructor
    * @param {Object} settings - The track settings object.
diff --git a/src/types/metadata-config.ts b/src/types/metadata-config.ts
index cc620d0a..5007729b 100644
--- a/src/types/metadata-config.ts
+++ b/src/types/metadata-config.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export type PKMetadataConfigObject = {
   tags?: Object,
   epgId?: string,
   recordingId?: string
+  audioFlavors?: Array<any>,
 };
diff --git a/src/types/playback-config.ts b/src/types/playback-config.ts
index d085badc..d38eb14d 100644
--- a/src/types/playback-config.ts
+++ b/src/types/playback-config.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export type PKPlaybackConfigObject = {
   preload: string,
   autoplay: PKAutoPlayTypes,
   allowMutedAutoPlay: boolean,
+  updateAudioDescriptionLabels: boolean,
   muted: boolean,
   pictureInPicture: boolean,
   streamPriority: Array<PKStreamPriorityObject>,