diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index f39b83724..1869ddc7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Changelog
* Added consistent focus outline styles across the whole admin (Thibaud Colas)
* Removed version number from the logo link’s title. The version can now be found under the Settings menu (Thibaud Colas)
* Added "don't delete" option to confirmation screen when deleting images, documents and modeladmin models (Kevin Howbrook)
+ * Added `branding_title` template block for the admin title prefix (Dillen Meijboom)
* Fix: ModelAdmin no longer fails when filtering over a foreign key relation (Jason Dilworth, Matt Westcott)
* Fix: The Wagtail version number is now visible within the Settings menu (Kevin Howbrook)
* Fix: Scaling images now rounds values to an integer so that images render without errors (Adrian Brunyate)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index b98269e09..e8af6fa0b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ Contributors
* Alex Tomkins
* Beth Menzies
* Michael Bunsen
+* Dillen Meijboom
Translators
===========
diff --git a/docs/advanced_topics/customisation/admin_templates.rst b/docs/advanced_topics/customisation/admin_templates.rst
index c81274144..55887b503 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_topics/customisation/admin_templates.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced_topics/customisation/admin_templates.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ To replace the favicon displayed when viewing admin pages, create a template fil
{% endblock %}
+``branding_title``
+------------------
+
+To replace the title prefix (which is 'Wagtail' by default), create a template file ``dashboard/templates/wagtailadmin/admin_base.html`` that overrides the block ``branding_title``:
+
+.. code-block:: html+django
+
+ {% extends "wagtailadmin/admin_base.html" %}
+
+ {% block branding_title %}Frank's CMS{% endblock %}
+
``branding_login``
------------------
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.6.rst b/docs/releases/2.6.rst
index 79a00b17e..e66208cfb 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/2.6.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Other features
* Added consistent focus outline styles across the whole admin (Thibaud Colas)
* Removed version number from the logo link’s title. The version can now be found under the Settings menu (Thibaud Colas)
* Added "don't delete" option to confirmation screen when deleting images, documents and modeladmin models (Kevin Howbrook)
+ * Added ``branding_title`` template block for the admin title prefix (Dillen Meijboom)
Bug fixes
~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
index 18c5df8ee..69494d488 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/skeleton.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
- Wagtail - {% block titletag %}{% endblock %}
+ {% block branding_title %}Wagtail{% endblock %} - {% block titletag %}{% endblock %}