diff --git a/lib/text/ui_text_displayer.js b/lib/text/ui_text_displayer.js
index e37e792ac8..43ecd0aae0 100644
--- a/lib/text/ui_text_displayer.js
+++ b/lib/text/ui_text_displayer.js
@@ -372,6 +372,25 @@ shaka.text.UITextDisplayer = class {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Compute a unique internal id:
+   * Regions can reuse the id but have different dimensions, we need to
+   * consider those differences
+   * @param {shaka.extern.CueRegion} region
+   * @private
+   */
+  generateRegionId_(region) {
+    const percentageUnit = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+    const heightUnit = region.heightUnits == percentageUnit ? '%' : 'px';
+    const viewportAnchorUnit =
+        region.viewportAnchorUnits == percentageUnit ? '%' : 'px';
+    const uniqueRegionId = `${region.id}_${
+      region.width}x${region.height}${heightUnit}-${
+      region.viewportAnchorX}x${region.viewportAnchorY}${viewportAnchorUnit}`;
+
+    return uniqueRegionId;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get or create a region element corresponding to the cue region.  These are
    * cached by ID.
@@ -383,8 +402,9 @@ shaka.text.UITextDisplayer = class {
   getRegionElement_(cue) {
     const region = cue.region;
 
-    if (this.regionElements_.has(region.id)) {
-      return this.regionElements_.get(region.id);
+    const regionId = this.generateRegionId_(region);
+    if (this.regionElements_.has(regionId)) {
+      return this.regionElements_.get(regionId);
     }
 
     const regionElement = shaka.util.Dom.createHTMLElement('span');
@@ -395,7 +415,7 @@ shaka.text.UITextDisplayer = class {
     const viewportAnchorUnit =
         region.viewportAnchorUnits == percentageUnit ? '%' : 'px';
 
-    regionElement.id = 'shaka-text-region---' + region.id;
+    regionElement.id = 'shaka-text-region---' + regionId;
     regionElement.classList.add('shaka-text-region');
 
     regionElement.style.height = region.height + heightUnit;
@@ -416,7 +436,7 @@ shaka.text.UITextDisplayer = class {
       regionElement.style.justifyContent = 'flex-end';
     }
 
-    this.regionElements_.set(region.id, regionElement);
+    this.regionElements_.set(regionId, regionElement);
     return regionElement;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/text/ui_text_displayer_unit.js b/test/text/ui_text_displayer_unit.js
index 5b3e0678f3..49dec5923d 100644
--- a/test/text/ui_text_displayer_unit.js
+++ b/test/text/ui_text_displayer_unit.js
@@ -537,4 +537,74 @@ describe('UITextDisplayer', () => {
         '.shaka-text-region');
     expect(allRegionElements.length).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  it('creates separate regions when dimensions differ but id same', () => {
+    const identicalRegionId = 'regionId';
+
+    const cueRegion1 = new shaka.text.CueRegion();
+    const cueRegion2 = new shaka.text.CueRegion();
+    cueRegion1.id = identicalRegionId;
+    cueRegion2.id = identicalRegionId;
+
+    cueRegion1.height = 80;
+    cueRegion1.heightUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+    cueRegion1.width = 80;
+    cueRegion1.widthUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+
+    cueRegion2.height = 160; // the only difference!
+    cueRegion2.heightUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+    cueRegion2.width = 80;
+    cueRegion2.widthUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+
+    cueRegion1.viewportAnchorX = 10;
+    cueRegion1.viewportAnchorY = 10;
+    cueRegion1.viewportAnchorUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+
+    cueRegion2.viewportAnchorX = 10;
+    cueRegion2.viewportAnchorY = 10;
+    cueRegion2.viewportAnchorUnits = shaka.text.CueRegion.units.PERCENTAGE;
+
+    // These all attach to the same region, but only one region element should
+    // be created.
+    const firstBatchOfCues = [
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+    ];
+    for (const cue of firstBatchOfCues) {
+      cue.displayAlign = shaka.text.Cue.displayAlign.CENTER;
+      cue.region = cueRegion1;
+    }
+
+    // Another batch for the other region
+    const secondBatchOfCues = [
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+      new shaka.text.Cue(0, 100, ''),
+    ];
+    for (const cue of secondBatchOfCues) {
+      cue.displayAlign = shaka.text.Cue.displayAlign.CENTER;
+      cue.region = cueRegion2;
+    }
+
+    textDisplayer.setTextVisibility(true);
+    textDisplayer.append(firstBatchOfCues);
+    textDisplayer.append(secondBatchOfCues);
+    updateCaptions();
+
+    const textContainer = videoContainer.querySelector('.shaka-text-container');
+    const allRegionElements = textContainer.querySelectorAll(
+        '.shaka-text-region');
+
+    // Verify that the nested cues are attached to respective region element.
+    expect(allRegionElements.length).toBe(2);
+
+    const childrenOfOne = Array.from(allRegionElements[0].childNodes).filter(
+        (e) => e.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
+    expect(childrenOfOne.length).toBe(3);
+
+    const childrenOfTwo = Array.from(allRegionElements[1].childNodes).filter(
+        (e) => e.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE);
+    expect(childrenOfTwo.length).toBe(3);
+  });
 });