diff --git a/src/InputHandler.ts b/src/InputHandler.ts
index c3f3446ea..f34ef1452 100644
--- a/src/InputHandler.ts
+++ b/src/InputHandler.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ export class InputHandler extends Disposable implements IInputHandler {
   public get onLineFeed(): IEvent<void> { return this._onLineFeed.event; }
   private _onScroll = new EventEmitter<number>();
   public get onScroll(): IEvent<number> { return this._onScroll.event; }
+  private _onTitleChange = new EventEmitter<string>();
+  public get onTitleChange(): IEvent<string> { return this._onTitleChange.event; }
 
   constructor(
     private _terminal: IInputHandlingTerminal,
@@ -2569,7 +2571,7 @@ export class InputHandler extends Disposable implements IInputHandler {
    */
   public setTitle(data: string): void {
     this._windowTitle = data;
-    this._terminal.handleTitle(data);
+    this._onTitleChange.fire(data);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/Terminal.test.ts b/src/Terminal.test.ts
index 40e1b1415..61b40d6c3 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe('Terminal', () => {
         assert.equal(e, 'title');
         done();
       });
-      term.handleTitle('title');
+      term.write('\x1b]2;title\x07');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/Terminal.ts b/src/Terminal.ts
index dff303bb0..683437a95 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
       this._inputHandler.onRequestReset(() => this.reset());
       this._inputHandler.onCursorMove(() => this._onCursorMove.fire());
       this._inputHandler.onLineFeed(() => this._onLineFeed.fire());
+      this._inputHandler.onTitleChange(title => this._onTitleChange.fire(title));
       this.register(this._inputHandler);
     }
 
@@ -1353,14 +1354,6 @@ export class Terminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal, IInputHandlingT
   //   this._onData.fire(data);
   // }
 
-  /**
-   * Emit the 'title' event and populate the given title.
-   * @param title The title to populate in the event.
-   */
-  public handleTitle(title: string): void {
-    this._onTitleChange.fire(title);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Reset terminal.
    * Note: Calling this directly from JS is synchronous but does not clear
diff --git a/src/TestUtils.test.ts b/src/TestUtils.test.ts
index 1cdc4c493..122640ff1 100644
--- a/src/TestUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/TestUtils.test.ts
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@ export class MockInputHandlingTerminal implements IInputHandlingTerminal {
   public handler(data: string): void {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
   }
-  public handleTitle(title: string): void {
-    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-  }
 }
 
 export class MockBuffer implements IBuffer {
diff --git a/src/Types.d.ts b/src/Types.d.ts
index 2b26c0701..0aebc813f 100644
--- a/src/Types.d.ts
+++ b/src/Types.d.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export interface IInputHandlingTerminal {
   scroll(eraseAttr: IAttributeData, isWrapped?: boolean): void;
   is(term: string): boolean;
   resize(x: number, y: number): void;
-  handleTitle(title: string): void;
 }
 
 export interface ICompositionHelper {
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ export interface ICompositionHelper {
  * Calls the parser and handles actions generated by the parser.
  */
 export interface IInputHandler {
+  onTitleChange: IEvent<string>;
+
   parse(data: string | Uint8Array): void;
   print(data: Uint32Array, start: number, end: number): void;