diff --git a/core/server/helpers/index.js b/core/server/helpers/index.js
index 262f614403..c28ecd756b 100644
--- a/core/server/helpers/index.js
+++ b/core/server/helpers/index.js
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ coreHelpers.content = function (options) {
     return new hbs.handlebars.SafeString(this.html);
 };
 
+coreHelpers.title = function () {
+    return  new hbs.handlebars.SafeString(hbs.handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(this.title || ''));
+};
+
 // ### Excerpt Helper
 //
 // *Usage example:*
@@ -787,6 +791,8 @@ registerHelpers = function (adminHbs, assetHash) {
 
     registerThemeHelper('content', coreHelpers.content);
 
+    registerThemeHelper('title', coreHelpers.title);
+
     registerThemeHelper('date', coreHelpers.date);
 
     registerThemeHelper('encode', coreHelpers.encode);
diff --git a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
index 82760535d0..3c3ad49d4d 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/server_helpers_index_spec.js
@@ -169,6 +169,38 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('Title Helper', function () {
+        it('has loaded title helper', function () {
+            should.exist(handlebars.helpers.title);
+        });
+
+        it('can render title', function () {
+            var title = 'Hello World',
+                rendered = helpers.title.call({title: title});
+
+            should.exist(rendered);
+            rendered.string.should.equal(title);
+        });
+
+        it('escapes correctly', function () {
+            var rendered = helpers.title.call({'title': '<h1>I am a title</h1>'});
+
+            rendered.string.should.equal('&lt;h1&gt;I am a title&lt;/h1&gt;');
+        });
+
+        it('returns a blank string where title is missing', function () {
+            var rendered = helpers.title.call({'title': null});
+
+            rendered.string.should.equal('');
+        });
+
+        it('returns a blank string where data missing', function () {
+            var rendered = helpers.title.call({});
+
+            rendered.string.should.equal('');
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('Author Helper', function () {
 
         it('has loaded author helper', function () {
@@ -215,7 +247,7 @@ describe('Core Helpers', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    
+
 
     describe('Plural Helper', function () {