diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Controller/BatchController.php b/core/modules/system/src/Controller/BatchController.php
index ccafd85fd9f670109a2e144d175400920625c09d..9a0e8f0bc2f3d835a99a09b696140b344e947807 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Controller/BatchController.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Controller/BatchController.php
@@ -75,4 +75,15 @@ public function batchPage(Request $request) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The _title_callback for the system.batch_page.normal route.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The page title.
+   */
+  public function batchPageTitle() {
+    $current_set = _batch_current_set();
+    return !empty($current_set['title']) ? $current_set['title'] : '';
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Batch/PageTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Batch/PageTest.php
index 1dd76281907d811716f41eee93b9f94b51864212..ad5d83ab07698f91f1e99f24cbfa257797aa23e1 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Batch/PageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Batch/PageTest.php
@@ -47,4 +47,18 @@ function testBatchProgressPageTheme() {
     // page.
     $this->assertEqual(batch_test_stack(), array('seven'), 'A progressive batch correctly uses the theme of the page that started the batch.');
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the batch API progress page shows the title correctly.
+   */
+  function testBatchProgressPageTitle() {
+    // Visit an administrative page that runs a test batch, and check that the
+    // title shown during batch execution (which the batch callback function
+    // saved as a variable) matches the theme used on the administrative page.
+    $this->drupalGet('batch-test/test-title');
+    // The stack should contain the title shown on the progress page.
+    $this->assertEqual(batch_test_stack(), ['Batch Test'], 'The batch title is shown on the batch page.');
+    $this->assertText('Redirection successful.', 'Redirection after batch execution is correct.');
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.routing.yml b/core/modules/system/system.routing.yml
index 798cc899de3baf7c5fca507d84017842dac8d1a5..2bb9e62c836a210552cf69a41763682babd6d545 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.routing.yml
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.routing.yml
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ system.batch_page.html:
   path: '/batch'
   defaults:
     _controller: '\Drupal\system\Controller\BatchController::batchPage'
+    _title_callback: '\Drupal\system\Controller\BatchController::batchPageTitle'
   requirements:
     _access: 'TRUE'
     _format: 'html'
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.module
index 3cf5f20cc72504e5de77ace31f8d29320aa04fd3..e3d1c953a83f9d0189981d1be2e8766d6233743a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.module
@@ -166,6 +166,21 @@ function _batch_test_theme_callback() {
   batch_test_stack($theme);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Tests the title on the progress page by performing a batch callback.
+ */
+function _batch_test_title_callback() {
+  // Because drupalGet() steps through the full progressive batch before
+  // returning control to the test function, we cannot test that the correct
+  // title is being used on the batch processing page by viewing that page
+  // directly. Instead, we save the title being used in a variable here, so
+  // that it can be loaded and inspected in the thread running the test.
+  $request = \Drupal::request();
+  $route_match = \Drupal::routeMatch();
+  $title = \Drupal::service('title_resolver')->getTitle($request, $route_match->getRouteObject());
+  batch_test_stack($title);
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function: Stores or retrieves traced execution data.
  */
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.routing.yml b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.routing.yml
index 67362896fdf2dbeff11ae4db02b8ac386e43ff7e..638d6fe9494da61db59c6e870e07a85dad1cb88a 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.routing.yml
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/batch_test.routing.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,10 @@ batch_test.test_theme:
     _controller: '\Drupal\batch_test\Controller\BatchTestController::testThemeBatch'
   requirements:
     _access: 'TRUE'
+
+batch_test.test_title:
+  path: '/batch-test/test-title'
+  defaults:
+    _controller: '\Drupal\batch_test\Controller\BatchTestController::testTitleBatch'
+  requirements:
+    _access: 'TRUE'
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/src/Controller/BatchTestController.php b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/src/Controller/BatchTestController.php
index df3a67249ab2030f9408fd529ceb3983baec0681..19ea6e9bf346609e04760000190d551218fc0763 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/src/Controller/BatchTestController.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/batch_test/src/Controller/BatchTestController.php
@@ -113,4 +113,22 @@ public function testThemeBatch() {
     return batch_process('batch-test/redirect');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Runs a batch for testing the title shown on the progress page.
+   *
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse|null
+   *   A redirect response if the batch is progressive. No return value otherwise.
+   */
+  public function testTitleBatch() {
+    batch_test_stack(NULL, TRUE);
+    $batch = [
+      'title' => 'Batch Test',
+      'operations' => [
+        ['_batch_test_title_callback', []],
+      ],
+    ];
+    batch_set($batch);
+    return batch_process('batch-test/redirect');
+  }
+
 }