diff --git a/www/common/sframe-common.js b/www/common/sframe-common.js
index 40759403b..75f563beb 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-common.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-common.js
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ define([
         return ctx.cpNfInner.metadataMgr.getPrivateData().accountName;
     };
 
-    funcs.setTitle = function (title /*:string*/, cb) {
-
+    funcs.setPadTitleInDrive = function (title, cb) {
+        ctx.sframeChan.query('Q_SET_PAD_TITLE_IN_DRIVE', title, function (err) {
+            if (cb) { cb(err); }
+        });
     };
 
     Object.freeze(funcs);
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ define([
         nThen(function (waitFor) {
             SFrameChannel.create(window.top, waitFor(function (sfc) { ctx.sframeChan = sfc; }));
             // CpNfInner.start() should be here....
-        }).nThen(function (waitFor) {
+        }).nThen(function () {
             cb(funcs);
         });
     } };
diff --git a/www/common/sframe-protocol.js b/www/common/sframe-protocol.js
index ea7557fc7..1893182ff 100644
--- a/www/common/sframe-protocol.js
+++ b/www/common/sframe-protocol.js
@@ -34,5 +34,11 @@ define({
     // Called from the outside, this informs the inside whenever the user's data has been changed.
     // The argument is the object representing the content of the user profile minus the netfluxID
     // which changes per-reconnect.
-    'EV_METADATA_UPDATE': true
+    'EV_METADATA_UPDATE': true,
+
+    // Takes one argument only, the title to set for the CURRENT pad which the user is looking at.
+    // This changes the pad title in drive ONLY, the pad title needs to be changed inside of the
+    // iframe and synchronized with the other users. This will not trigger a EV_METADATA_UPDATE
+    // because the metadata contained in EV_METADATA_UPDATE does not contain the pad title.
+    'Q_SET_PAD_TITLE_IN_DRIVE': true,
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/www/pad2/main.js b/www/pad2/main.js
index 8a46d12a4..6dc173da1 100644
--- a/www/pad2/main.js
+++ b/www/pad2/main.js
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ define([
             $(waitFor(function () {
                 Cryptpad.addLoadingScreen();
             }));
-            SFCommon.create(waitFor(function (c) { common = c; }));
+            SFCommon.create(waitFor(function (c) { module.common = common = c; }));
         }).nThen(function (waitFor) {
             Ckeditor.config.toolbarCanCollapse = true;
             if (screen.height < 800) {
diff --git a/www/pad2/outer.js b/www/pad2/outer.js
index 2e7793cfc..035e02186 100644
--- a/www/pad2/outer.js
+++ b/www/pad2/outer.js
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ define([
             }
         });
 
+        sframeChan.on('Q_SET_PAD_TITLE_IN_DRIVE', function (newTitle, cb) {
+            Cryptpad.renamePad(newTitle, undefined, function (err) {
+                if (err) { cb('ERROR'); } else { cb(); }
+            });
+        });
+
         CpNfOuter.start({
             sframeChan: sframeChan,
             channel: secret.channel,