diff --git a/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index 7013c965d5c6..58a4434d47ab 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class BaseTheme {
function header($title = "") {
$output = "\n";
- $output .= "". variable_get(site_name, "drupal") ."";
+ $output .= "". $title ? $title : variable_get(site_name, "drupal") ."";
$output .= theme_head($main);
$output .= "background\" text=\"$this->foreground". theme_onload_attribute(). "\">";
$output .= "