diff --git a/modules/behavior/hash.js b/modules/behavior/hash.js
index fad6d43cf..d68bb6c22 100644
--- a/modules/behavior/hash.js
+++ b/modules/behavior/hash.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function behaviorHash(context) {
 
     function computedTitle(includeChangeCount) {
 
-        var baseTitle = 'iD';
+        var baseTitle = context.documentTitleBase() || 'iD';
         var contextual;
         var changeCount;
         var titleID;
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ export function behaviorHash(context) {
     }
 
     function updateTitle(includeChangeCount) {
+        if (!context.setsDocumentTitle()) return;
+
         var newTitle = computedTitle(includeChangeCount);
         if (document.title !== newTitle) {
             document.title = newTitle;
diff --git a/modules/core/context.js b/modules/core/context.js
index 0b54db23a..011960358 100644
--- a/modules/core/context.js
+++ b/modules/core/context.js
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ export function coreContext() {
     return context;
   };
 
+  /* Document title */
+  /* (typically shown as the label for the browser window/tab) */
+
+  // If true, iD will update the title based on what the user is doing
+  let _setsDocumentTitle = true;
+  context.setsDocumentTitle = function(val) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return _setsDocumentTitle;
+    _setsDocumentTitle = val;
+    return context;
+  };
+  // The part of the title that is always the same
+  let _documentTitleBase = document.title;
+  context.documentTitleBase = function(val) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return _documentTitleBase;
+    _documentTitleBase = val;
+    return context;
+  };
+
 
   /* User interface and keybinding */
   let _ui;