diff --git a/features/index/page_title.feature b/features/index/page_title.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7952fdb4e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/index/page_title.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Feature: Index - Page Title
+
+  Modifying the page title on the index screen
+
+  Scenario: Set a string as the title
+    Given an index configuration of:
+    """
+      ActiveAdmin.register Post do
+        index :title => "Awesome Title"
+      end
+    """
+    Then I should see the page title "Awesome Title"
diff --git a/lib/active_admin/views/pages/index.rb b/lib/active_admin/views/pages/index.rb
index aaf76ae3378..df635679116 100644
--- a/lib/active_admin/views/pages/index.rb
+++ b/lib/active_admin/views/pages/index.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ module Pages
       class Index < Base
 
         def title
-          active_admin_config.plural_resource_label
+          if config[:title].is_a? String
+            config[:title]
+          else
+            active_admin_config.plural_resource_label
+          end
         end
 
         def config