diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/mlflow_to_datahub.dhub.yaml b/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/mlflow_to_datahub.dhub.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..07e9ed5d786cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/examples/recipes/mlflow_to_datahub.dhub.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source:
+  type: mlflow
+  config:
+    tracking_uri: "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
+
+sink:
+  type: datahub-rest
+  config:
+    server: "http://localhost:8080"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/mcp.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/mcp.py
index c6fcfad2e0aba..75a7dc4e8740c 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/mcp.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/mcp.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     SystemMetadataClass,
     _Aspect,
 )
-from datahub.utilities.urns.urn import guess_entity_type
+from datahub.utilities.urns.urn import Urn, guess_entity_type
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from datahub.ingestion.api.workunit import MetadataWorkUnit
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ class MetadataChangeProposalWrapper:
     systemMetadata: Union[None, SystemMetadataClass] = None
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        if self.entityUrn and self.entityType == _ENTITY_TYPE_UNSET:
+        if isinstance(self.entityUrn, Urn):
+            if self.entityType == _ENTITY_TYPE_UNSET:
+                self.entityType = self.entityUrn.entity_type
+            self.entityUrn = str(self.entityUrn)
+        elif self.entityUrn and self.entityType == _ENTITY_TYPE_UNSET:
             self.entityType = guess_entity_type(self.entityUrn)
         elif self.entityUrn and self.entityType:
             guessed_entity_type = guess_entity_type(self.entityUrn).lower()
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ def construct_many(
         return [cls(entityUrn=entityUrn, aspect=aspect) for aspect in aspects if aspect]
 
     def _make_mcp_without_aspects(self) -> MetadataChangeProposalClass:
+        assert self.entityUrn is None or isinstance(self.entityUrn, str)
         return MetadataChangeProposalClass(
             entityType=self.entityType,
             entityUrn=self.entityUrn,