diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 0506c132..2942685a 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -1979,6 +1979,16 @@ int buffer_number(openfilestruct *buffer)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* Set the terminal emulator's titlebar. */
+static void set_terminal_titlebar(size_t prefixlen, const char *prefix, char *path)
+{
+	printf("\033]0;nano: ");
+	if (prefixlen > 0)
+		printf("%s ", prefix);
+	printf("%s\007", path);
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
 /* If path is NULL, we're in normal editing mode, so display the current
  * version of nano, the current filename, and whether the current file
  * has been modified on the title bar.  If path isn't NULL, we're either
@@ -2100,12 +2110,15 @@ void titlebar(const char *path)
 	if (pathlen + pluglen + statelen <= COLS) {
 		caption = display_string(path, 0, pathlen, FALSE, FALSE);
 		waddstr(topwin, caption);
+		set_terminal_titlebar(prefixlen, prefix, caption);
 		free(caption);
 	} else if (5 + statelen <= COLS) {
 		waddstr(topwin, "...");
 		caption = display_string(path, 3 + pathlen - COLS + statelen,
 										COLS - statelen, FALSE, FALSE);
 		waddstr(topwin, caption);
+		caption = display_string(path, 0, pathlen, FALSE, FALSE);
+		set_terminal_titlebar(prefixlen, prefix, caption);
 		free(caption);
 	}