diff --git a/src/avfoundation.cs b/src/avfoundation.cs
index 780632ec1b..5351406b12 100644
--- a/src/avfoundation.cs
+++ b/src/avfoundation.cs
@@ -10453,6 +10453,7 @@ namespace XamCore.AVFoundation {
 	[BaseType (typeof (NSUrlSession), Name = "AVAssetDownloadURLSession")]
 	interface AVAssetDownloadUrlSession {
 		[Static]
+		[ForcedType]
 		[Export ("sessionWithConfiguration:assetDownloadDelegate:delegateQueue:")]
 		AVAssetDownloadUrlSession CreateSession (NSUrlSessionConfiguration configuration, [NullAllowed] IAVAssetDownloadDelegate @delegate, [NullAllowed] NSOperationQueue delegateQueue);
 
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/AVFoundation/AVAssetDownloadUrlSessionTests.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/AVFoundation/AVAssetDownloadUrlSessionTests.cs
index 21ea0de680..ca9aa4c6a8 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/AVFoundation/AVAssetDownloadUrlSessionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/AVFoundation/AVAssetDownloadUrlSessionTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #if !__WATCHOS__ && !__TVOS__
 
 using System;
+using ObjCRuntime;
 
 #if XAMCORE_2_0
 using Foundation;
@@ -38,6 +39,20 @@ namespace monotouchtest {
 			Assert.Throws <NotSupportedException> (() => AVAssetDownloadUrlSession.FromWeakConfiguration (NSUrlSessionConfiguration.DefaultSessionConfiguration, new NSObject (), null), "FromWeakConfiguration should throw NotSupportedException");
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void CreateSessionTest ()
+		{
+			if (!TestRuntime.CheckXcodeVersion (7, 0))
+				Assert.Ignore ("Ignoring AVAssetDownloadUrlSession tests: Requires iOS9+");
+
+			if (Runtime.Arch == Arch.DEVICE)
+				Assert.Ignore ("Ignoring CreateSessionTest tests: Requires com.apple.developer.media-asset-download entitlement");
+
+			using (var backgroundConfiguration = NSUrlSessionConfiguration.CreateBackgroundSessionConfiguration ("HLS-Identifier")) {
+				Assert.DoesNotThrow (() => AVAssetDownloadUrlSession.CreateSession (backgroundConfiguration, null, NSOperationQueue.MainQueue), "Should not throw InvalidCastException");
+			}
+		}
+
 		// FIXME: Disabling this test from now, will reenable once apple releases docs on what is ecpected to have this entitlement key
 		// Reason: Creating an AVAssetDownloadURLSession requires the com.apple.developer.media-asset-download entitlement
 //		[Test]