diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/styles.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/styles.xml
index 847aefdd67ce6..ee77d210add5c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -958,6 +958,16 @@
         <item name="android:textAlignment">center</item>
     </style>
 
+    <!-- We explicitly overload this because we don't have control over the style or layout for
+         the cast dialog items, as it's in `@android:layout/media_route_list_item. -->
+    <style name="TextAppearance.CastItem" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Medium">
+        <item name="android:fontFamily">@*android:string/config_headlineFontFamily</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <style name="Theme.SystemUI.Dialog.Cast">
+        <item name="android:textAppearanceMedium">@style/TextAppearance.CastItem</item>
+    </style>
+    <!-- ************************************************************************************* -->
 
     <style name="Widget" />
     <style name="Widget.Dialog" />
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/tiles/CastTile.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/tiles/CastTile.java
index 5d6bbae1f14a3..4afd39e36ce35 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/tiles/CastTile.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/qs/tiles/CastTile.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class CastTile extends QSTileImpl<BooleanState> {
                         mActivityStarter
                                 .postStartActivityDismissingKeyguard(getLongClickIntent(), 0,
                                         controller);
-                    }, R.style.Theme_SystemUI_Dialog, false /* showProgressBarWhenEmpty */);
+                    }, R.style.Theme_SystemUI_Dialog_Cast, false /* showProgressBarWhenEmpty */);
             holder.init(dialog);
             SystemUIDialog.setShowForAllUsers(dialog, true);
             SystemUIDialog.registerDismissListener(dialog);