--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/content/content-sessionStore.js
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/content/content-sessionStore.js
@@ -260,31 +260,38 @@ let SessionHistoryListener = {
     // a delay.
     docShell.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIWebNavigation).sessionHistory.
       addSHistoryListener(this);
 
     // Collect data if we start with a non-empty shistory.
     if (!SessionHistory.isEmpty(docShell)) {
       this.collect();
     }
+
+    // Listen for page title changes.
+    addEventListener("DOMTitleChanged", this);
   },
 
   uninit: function () {
     let sessionHistory = docShell.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIWebNavigation).sessionHistory;
     if (sessionHistory) {
       sessionHistory.removeSHistoryListener(this);
     }
   },
 
   collect: function () {
     if (docShell) {
       MessageQueue.push("history", () => SessionHistory.collect(docShell));
     }
   },
 
+  handleEvent(event) {
+    this.collect();
+  },
+
   onFrameTreeCollected: function () {
     this.collect();
   },
 
   onFrameTreeReset: function () {
     this.collect();
   },
 

--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser.ini
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser.ini
@@ -83,16 +83,17 @@ skip-if = buildapp == 'mulet'
 [browser_formdata_format.js]
 [browser_formdata_xpath.js]
 [browser_frametree.js]
 [browser_frame_history.js]
 [browser_global_store.js]
 [browser_history_persist.js]
 [browser_label_and_icon.js]
 [browser_merge_closed_tabs.js]
+[browser_page_title.js]
 [browser_pageStyle.js]
 [browser_privatetabs.js]
 [browser_replace_load.js]
 [browser_restore_redirect.js]
 [browser_scrollPositions.js]
 [browser_sessionHistory.js]
 # Disabled because of bug 1077581
 skip-if = e10s

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser_page_title.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const URL = "data:text/html,<title>initial title</title>";
+
+add_task(function* () {
+  // Create a new tab.
+  let tab = gBrowser.addTab(URL);
+  yield promiseBrowserLoaded(tab.linkedBrowser);
+
+  // Remove the tab.
+  yield promiseRemoveTab(tab);
+
+  // Check the title.
+  let [{state: {entries}}] = JSON.parse(ss.getClosedTabData(window));
+  is(entries[0].title, "initial title", "correct title");
+});
+
+add_task(function* () {
+  // Create a new tab.
+  let tab = gBrowser.addTab(URL);
+  let browser = tab.linkedBrowser;
+  yield promiseBrowserLoaded(browser);
+
+  // Flush to ensure we collected the initial title.
+  TabState.flush(browser);
+
+  // Set a new title.
+  yield ContentTask.spawn(browser, null, function* () {
+    content.document.title = "new title";
+  });
+
+  // Remove the tab.
+  yield promiseRemoveTab(tab);
+
+  // Check the title.
+  let [{state: {entries}}] = JSON.parse(ss.getClosedTabData(window));
+  is(entries[0].title, "new title", "correct title");
+});

--- a/browser/components/sessionstore/test/head.js
+++ b/browser/components/sessionstore/test/head.js
@@ -523,11 +523,13 @@ const FORM_HELPERS = [
   "getFileNameArray", "setFileNameArray",
 ];
 
 for (let name of FORM_HELPERS) {
   let msg = "ss-test:" + name;
   this[name] = (browser, data) => sendMessage(browser, msg, data);
 }
 
+// Removes the given tab immediately and returns a promise that resolves when
+// all pending status updates (messages) of the closing tab have been received.
 function promiseRemoveTab(tab) {
   return BrowserTestUtils.removeTab(tab);
 }