diff --git a/gallery/src/pages/components/ha-selector.ts b/gallery/src/pages/components/ha-selector.ts
index afa9d15e4c..ea4a892015 100644
--- a/gallery/src/pages/components/ha-selector.ts
+++ b/gallery/src/pages/components/ha-selector.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class DemoHaSelector extends LitElement implements ProvideHassElement {
           can_play: true,
           can_expand: false,
           children_media_class: null,
-          thumbnail: null,
+          thumbnail: "https://brands.home-assistant.io/_/image/logo.png",
         },
         {
           title: "movie.mp4",
diff --git a/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-media.ts b/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-media.ts
index bbfb203050..212f20c706 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-media.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-selector/ha-selector-media.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../data/media-player";
 import type { MediaSelector, MediaSelectorValue } from "../../data/selector";
 import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
+import { brandsUrl, extractDomainFromBrandUrl } from "../../util/brands-url";
 import "../ha-alert";
 import "../ha-form/ha-form";
 import type { HaFormSchema } from "../ha-form/types";
@@ -50,6 +51,18 @@ export class HaMediaSelector extends LitElement {
         getSignedPath(this.hass, thumbnail).then((signedPath) => {
           this._thumbnailUrl = signedPath.path;
         });
+      } else if (
+        thumbnail &&
+        thumbnail.startsWith("https://brands.home-assistant.io")
+      ) {
+        // The backend is not aware of the theme used by the users,
+        // so we rewrite the URL to show a proper icon
+        this._thumbnailUrl = brandsUrl({
+          domain: extractDomainFromBrandUrl(thumbnail),
+          type: "icon",
+          useFallback: true,
+          darkOptimized: this.hass.themes?.darkMode,
+        });
       } else {
         this._thumbnailUrl = thumbnail;
       }
diff --git a/src/components/media-player/ha-media-player-browse.ts b/src/components/media-player/ha-media-player-browse.ts
index 882673175e..3de84c431d 100644
--- a/src/components/media-player/ha-media-player-browse.ts
+++ b/src/components/media-player/ha-media-player-browse.ts
@@ -34,23 +34,24 @@ import {
   MediaPickedEvent,
   MediaPlayerBrowseAction,
 } from "../../data/media-player";
+import { browseLocalMediaPlayer } from "../../data/media_source";
+import { isTTSMediaSource } from "../../data/tts";
 import { showAlertDialog } from "../../dialogs/generic/show-dialog-box";
 import { installResizeObserver } from "../../panels/lovelace/common/install-resize-observer";
 import { haStyle } from "../../resources/styles";
 import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../types";
+import { brandsUrl, extractDomainFromBrandUrl } from "../../util/brands-url";
 import { documentationUrl } from "../../util/documentation-url";
 import "../entity/ha-entity-picker";
 import "../ha-button-menu";
 import "../ha-card";
 import type { HaCard } from "../ha-card";
 import "../ha-circular-progress";
+import "../ha-fab";
 import "../ha-icon-button";
 import "../ha-svg-icon";
-import "../ha-fab";
-import { browseLocalMediaPlayer } from "../../data/media_source";
-import { isTTSMediaSource } from "../../data/tts";
-import type { TtsMediaPickedEvent } from "./ha-browse-media-tts";
 import "./ha-browse-media-tts";
+import type { TtsMediaPickedEvent } from "./ha-browse-media-tts";
 
 declare global {
   interface HASSDomEvents {
@@ -681,6 +682,17 @@ export class HaMediaPlayerBrowse extends LitElement {
                 // Thumbnails served by local API require authentication
                 const signedPath = await getSignedPath(this.hass, thumbnailUrl);
                 thumbnailUrl = signedPath.path;
+              } else if (
+                thumbnailUrl.startsWith("https://brands.home-assistant.io")
+              ) {
+                // The backend is not aware of the theme used by the users,
+                // so we rewrite the URL to show a proper icon
+                thumbnailUrl = brandsUrl({
+                  domain: extractDomainFromBrandUrl(thumbnailUrl),
+                  type: "icon",
+                  useFallback: true,
+                  darkOptimized: this.hass.themes?.darkMode,
+                });
               }
               thumbnailCard.style.backgroundImage = `url(${thumbnailUrl})`;
               observer.unobserve(thumbnailCard); // loaded, so no need to observe anymore
diff --git a/src/util/brands-url.ts b/src/util/brands-url.ts
index 0d39127baf..479cd5eb50 100644
--- a/src/util/brands-url.ts
+++ b/src/util/brands-url.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ export const brandsUrl = (options: BrandsOptions): string =>
   `https://brands.home-assistant.io/${options.useFallback ? "_/" : ""}${
     options.domain
   }/${options.darkOptimized ? "dark_" : ""}${options.type}.png`;
+
+export const extractDomainFromBrandUrl = (url: string) => url.split("/")[4];