diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/data.js b/core/modules/widgets/data.js
index c3da00919..5d76f5abd 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/data.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/data.js
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ DataWidget.prototype.computeDataTiddlerValues = function() {
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Apply the item fields to each of the tiddlers
-		delete item.title; // Do not overwrite the title
 		if(Object.keys(item).length > 0) {
 			$tw.utils.each(tiddlers,function(tiddler,index) {
 				tiddlers[index] = new $tw.Tiddler(tiddler,item);
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/data-widget/ImportCustomTitle.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/data-widget/ImportCustomTitle.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34029ae32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/data-widget/ImportCustomTitle.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+title: Data/ImportCustomTitle
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+description: Importing a payload tiddler and overwriting the title
+
+title: Description
+text: Importing a payload tiddler and overwriting the title
++
+title: Output
+
+\whitespace trim
+<$testcase template="$:/core/ui/testcases/RawJSONTemplate">
+<$data $tiddler="HelloThere" title="RealTitle"/>
+</$testcase>
++
+title: HelloThere
+tags: Definitions
+
+This is the tiddler HelloThere
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p><div><div>[{"title":"RealTitle","tags":"Definitions","text":"This is the tiddler HelloThere"}]</div></div></p>
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diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/testcases/DataWidget/ImportCustomTitle.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/testcases/DataWidget/ImportCustomTitle.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eb48cde4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/testcases/DataWidget/ImportCustomTitle.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+title: TestCases/DataWidget/ImportCustomTitle
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+description: Importing a payload tiddler and overwriting the title
+display-format: plaintext
+
+title: Narrative
+
+Importing a payload tiddler and overwriting the title
++
+title: Output
+
+\whitespace trim
+<$data $tiddler="HelloThere" title="RealTitle"/>
++
+title: HelloThere
+tags: Definitions
+
+This is the tiddler HelloThere
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p>[
+    {
+        "title": "RealTitle",
+        "tags": "Definitions",
+        "text": "This is the tiddler HelloThere"
+    }
+]</p>
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