diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 94b3e37a4..e1821e108 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -571,8 +571,11 @@ exports.extractTranscludes = function(parseTreeRoot, title) {
 					} else if(parseTreeNode.attributes.tiddler && parseTreeNode.attributes.tiddler.type === "string") {
 						value = parseTreeNode.attributes.tiddler.value;
 					}
-					// ignore empty value (like `{{!!field}}`), and deduplicate
-					if(value && transcludes.indexOf(value) === -1 && value !== title) {
+					if (!value) {
+						value = title;
+					}
+					// Empty value (like `{{!!field}}`) means self-referential transclusion. Also deduplicate the result.
+					if(transcludes.indexOf(value) === -1) {
 						transcludes.push(value);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-backtranscludes.js b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-backtranscludes.js
index d9aa0277f..bae0e83ee 100644
--- a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-backtranscludes.js
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-backtranscludes.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe('Backtranscludes and transclude filter tests', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('ignore self transclusion', function() {
+	describe('include implicit self transclusion', function() {
 		var wiki = new $tw.Wiki();
 
 		wiki.addTiddler({
@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@ describe('Backtranscludes and transclude filter tests', function() {
 			text: "{{!!created}}\n\nAn implicit self-referential transclude to <$transclude $field='created'/> and <$transclude field='created'/>"});
 
 		it('should have no transclude', function() {
-			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[transcludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('');
+			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[transcludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('TestOutgoing');
 		});
 
 		it('should have no back transcludes', function() {
-			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[backtranscludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('');
+			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[backtranscludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('TestOutgoing');
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('Explicit self transclusion', function() {
+	describe('include explicit self transclusion', function() {
 		var wiki = new $tw.Wiki();
 
 		wiki.addTiddler({
@@ -206,15 +206,15 @@ describe('Backtranscludes and transclude filter tests', function() {
 			text: "{{TestOutgoing!!created}}\n\n<$transclude $tiddler='TestOutgoing' $field='created'/> and <$transclude tiddler='TestOutgoing' field='created'/>"});
 
 			it('should have no transclude', function() {
-			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[transcludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('');
+			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[transcludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('TestOutgoing');
 		});
 
 		it('should have no back transcludes', function() {
-			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[backtranscludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('');
+			expect(wiki.filterTiddlers('TestOutgoing +[backtranscludes[]]').join(',')).toBe('TestOutgoing');
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('recognize soft transclusion defined by widget', function() {
+	describe('recognize transclusion defined by widget', function() {
 		var wiki = new $tw.Wiki();
 
 		wiki.addTiddler({