diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index c71831efe..86de4266d 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ typedef enum {
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_RENDER_INSPECTOR,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_DESKTOP_NOTIFICATION,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_SET_TITLE,
+  GHOSTTY_ACTION_PROMPT_TITLE,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_PWD,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_MOUSE_SHAPE,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_MOUSE_VISIBILITY,
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 09a86de1f..dc3a03e9d 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     @IBOutlet private var menuIncreaseFontSize: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuDecreaseFontSize: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuResetFontSize: NSMenuItem?
+    @IBOutlet private var menuChangeTitle: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuQuickTerminal: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuTerminalInspector: NSMenuItem?
 
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "increase_font_size:1", menuItem: self.menuIncreaseFontSize)
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "decrease_font_size:1", menuItem: self.menuDecreaseFontSize)
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "reset_font_size", menuItem: self.menuResetFontSize)
+        syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "change_title_prompt", menuItem: self.menuChangeTitle)
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "toggle_quick_terminal", menuItem: self.menuQuickTerminal)
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "toggle_visibility", menuItem: self.menuToggleVisibility)
         syncMenuShortcut(config, action: "inspector:toggle", menuItem: self.menuTerminalInspector)
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
index 4a01d5c62..22211cabe 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         <customObject id="-3" userLabel="Application" customClass="NSObject"/>
         <customObject id="bbz-4X-AYv" userLabel="AppDelegate" customClass="AppDelegate" customModule="Ghostty" customModuleProvider="target">
             <connections>
+                <outlet property="menuChangeTitle" destination="24I-xg-qIq" id="kg6-kT-jNL"/>
                 <outlet property="menuCheckForUpdates" destination="GEA-5y-yzH" id="0nV-Tf-nJQ"/>
                 <outlet property="menuClose" destination="DVo-aG-piG" id="R3t-0C-aSU"/>
                 <outlet property="menuCloseAllWindows" destination="yKr-Vi-Yqw" id="Zet-Ir-zbm"/>
@@ -232,6 +233,13 @@
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
                             <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="L3L-I8-sqk"/>
+                            <menuItem title="Change Title..." id="24I-xg-qIq">
+                                <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <action selector="changeTitle:" target="-1" id="XuL-QB-Q9l"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </menuItem>
+                            <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="Vkj-tP-dMZ"/>
                             <menuItem title="Quick Terminal" id="1pv-LF-NBJ">
                                 <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
                                 <connections>
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 968debd09..ba249e3d1 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ extension Ghostty {
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_SET_TITLE:
                 setTitle(app, target: target, v: action.action.set_title)
 
+            case GHOSTTY_ACTION_PROMPT_TITLE:
+                return promptTitle(app, target: target)
+
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_PWD:
                 pwdChanged(app, target: target, v: action.action.pwd)
 
@@ -1007,6 +1010,26 @@ extension Ghostty {
             }
         }
 
+        private static func promptTitle(
+            _ app: ghostty_app_t,
+            target: ghostty_target_s) -> Bool {
+            switch (target.tag) {
+            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_APP:
+                Ghostty.logger.warning("set title prompt does nothing with an app target")
+                return false
+
+            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_SURFACE:
+                guard let surface = target.target.surface else { return false }
+                guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceView(from: surface) else { return false }
+                surfaceView.promptTitle()
+
+            default:
+                assertionFailure()
+            }
+
+            return true
+        }
+
         private static func pwdChanged(
             _ app: ghostty_app_t,
             target: ghostty_target_s,
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 0adc11fa4..daa2ccfde 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ extension Ghostty {
         // A timer to fallback to ghost emoji if no title is set within the grace period
         private var titleFallbackTimer: Timer?
 
+        // This is the title from the terminal. This is nil if we're currently using
+        // the terminal title as the main title property. If the title is set manually
+        // by the user, this is set to the prior value (which may be empty, but non-nil).
+        private var titleFromTerminal: String?
+
         /// Event monitor (see individual events for why)
         private var eventMonitor: Any? = nil
 
@@ -380,6 +385,45 @@ extension Ghostty {
             NSCursor.setHiddenUntilMouseMoves(!visible)
         }
 
+        /// Set the title by prompting the user.
+        func promptTitle() {
+            // Create an alert dialog
+            let alert = NSAlert()
+            alert.messageText = "Change Terminal Title"
+            alert.informativeText = "Leave blank to restore the default."
+            alert.alertStyle = .informational
+
+            // Add a text field to the alert
+            let textField = NSTextField(frame: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 250, height: 24))
+            textField.stringValue = title
+            alert.accessoryView = textField
+
+            // Add buttons
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "OK")
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "Cancel")
+
+            let response = alert.runModal()
+
+            // Check if the user clicked "OK"
+            if response == .alertFirstButtonReturn {
+                // Get the input text
+                let newTitle = textField.stringValue
+
+                if newTitle.isEmpty {
+                    // Empty means that user wants the title to be set automatically
+                    // We also need to reload the config for the "title" property to be
+                    // used again by this tab.
+                    let prevTitle = titleFromTerminal ?? "👻"
+                    titleFromTerminal = nil
+                    setTitle(prevTitle)
+                } else {
+                    // Set the title and prevent it from being changed automatically
+                    titleFromTerminal = title
+                    title = newTitle
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         func setTitle(_ title: String) {
             // This fixes an issue where very quick changes to the title could
             // cause an unpleasant flickering. We set a timer so that we can
@@ -390,6 +434,11 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 withTimeInterval: 0.075,
                 repeats: false
             ) { [weak self] _ in
+                // Set the title if it wasn't manually set.
+                guard self?.titleFromTerminal == nil else {
+                    self?.titleFromTerminal = title
+                    return
+                }
                 self?.title = title
             }
         }
@@ -1117,6 +1166,8 @@ extension Ghostty {
             menu.addItem(.separator())
             menu.addItem(withTitle: "Reset Terminal", action: #selector(resetTerminal(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
             menu.addItem(withTitle: "Toggle Terminal Inspector", action: #selector(toggleTerminalInspector(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
+            menu.addItem(.separator())
+            menu.addItem(withTitle: "Change Title...", action: #selector(changeTitle(_:)), keyEquivalent: "")
 
             return menu
         }
@@ -1189,6 +1240,10 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 AppDelegate.logger.warning("action failed action=\(action)")
             }
         }
+        
+        @IBAction func changeTitle(_ sender: Any) {
+            promptTitle()
+        }
 
         /// Show a user notification and associate it with this surface
         func showUserNotification(title: String, body: String) {
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 4f340ee41..b81a45ecb 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -4024,6 +4024,12 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
             try self.setFontSize(size);
         },
 
+        .prompt_surface_title => return try self.rt_app.performAction(
+            .{ .surface = self },
+            .prompt_title,
+            {},
+        ),
+
         .clear_screen => {
             // This is a duplicate of some of the logic in termio.clearScreen
             // but we need to do this here so we can know the answer before
diff --git a/src/apprt/action.zig b/src/apprt/action.zig
index 78f55c8a5..20b86707e 100644
--- a/src/apprt/action.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/action.zig
@@ -158,9 +158,13 @@ pub const Action = union(Key) {
     /// Show a desktop notification.
     desktop_notification: DesktopNotification,
 
-    /// Set the title of the target.
+    /// Set the title of the target to the requested value.
     set_title: SetTitle,
 
+    /// Set the title of the target to a prompted value. It is up to
+    /// the apprt to prompt.
+    prompt_title,
+
     /// The current working directory has changed for the target terminal.
     pwd: Pwd,
 
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ pub const Action = union(Key) {
         render_inspector,
         desktop_notification,
         set_title,
+        prompt_title,
         pwd,
         mouse_shape,
         mouse_visibility,
diff --git a/src/apprt/glfw.zig b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
index 39c6e058c..531269ee1 100644
--- a/src/apprt/glfw.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/glfw.zig
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ pub const App = struct {
             .pwd,
             .config_change,
             .toggle_maximize,
+            .prompt_title,
             => {
                 log.info("unimplemented action={}", .{action});
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index f9a3ab160..985ce92b3 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ pub fn performAction(
         .render_inspector,
         .renderer_health,
         .color_change,
+        .prompt_title,
         => {
             log.warn("unimplemented action={}", .{action});
             return false;
diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index bef2ef613..f91967293 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
     /// This only works with libadwaita enabled currently.
     toggle_tab_overview: void,
 
+    /// Change the title of the current focused surface via a prompt.
+    /// This only works on macOS currently.
+    prompt_surface_title: void,
+
     /// Create a new split in the given direction.
     ///
     /// Arguments:
@@ -748,6 +752,7 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
             .increase_font_size,
             .decrease_font_size,
             .reset_font_size,
+            .prompt_surface_title,
             .clear_screen,
             .select_all,
             .scroll_to_top,