diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 38740abd04..b15a160bd1 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -893,9 +893,16 @@ void WebContents::DidFinishNavigation(
   }
 }
 
-void WebContents::TitleWasSet(content::NavigationEntry* entry,
-                              bool explicit_set) {
+void WebContents::TitleWasSet(content::NavigationEntry* entry) {
   auto title = entry ? entry->GetTitle() : base::string16();
+  bool explicit_set;
+  if (entry && entry->GetURL().SchemeIsFile() && title.empty()) {
+    final_title = base::UTF8ToUTF16(entry->GetURL().ExtractFileName());
+    explicit_set = false;
+  } else {
+    base::TrimWhitespace(title, base::TRIM_ALL, &final_title);
+    explicit_set = true;
+  }
   Emit("page-title-updated", title, explicit_set);
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
index 5cd7101491..00e4b5a84a 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class WebContents : public mate::TrackableObject<WebContents>,
   void WebContentsDestroyed() override;
   void NavigationEntryCommitted(
       const content::LoadCommittedDetails& load_details) override;
-  void TitleWasSet(content::NavigationEntry* entry, bool explicit_set) override;
+  void TitleWasSet(content::NavigationEntry* entry) override;
   void DidUpdateFaviconURL(
       const std::vector<content::FaviconURL>& urls) override;
   void PluginCrashed(const base::FilePath& plugin_path,