diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b4c288372..5762e921e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Completions
 
 Improved terminal support
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Fish now checks for the ``ts`` capability in terminfo to determine if a terminal supports setting the window title.
 
 Other improvements
 ------------------
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/curses.rs b/fish-rust/src/curses.rs
index 977690ede..ca03669b2 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/curses.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/curses.rs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ pub struct Term {
     pub set_a_background: Option<CString>,
     pub set_background: Option<CString>,
     pub exit_attribute_mode: Option<CString>,
+    pub set_title: Option<CString>,
 
     // Number capabilities
     pub max_colors: Option<i32>,
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ impl Term {
             set_a_background: get_str_cap("AB"),
             set_background: get_str_cap("Sb"),
             exit_attribute_mode: get_str_cap("me"),
+            set_title: get_str_cap("ts"),
 
             // Number capabilities
             max_colors: get_num_cap("Co"),
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/env_dispatch.rs b/fish-rust/src/env_dispatch.rs
index a7b0d7528..dc9915686 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/env_dispatch.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/env_dispatch.rs
@@ -612,6 +612,10 @@ fn does_term_support_setting_title(vars: &EnvStack) -> bool {
     };
     let term: &wstr = term.as_ref();
 
+    if curses::term().is_some_and(|term| term.set_title.is_some()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     let recognized = TITLE_TERMS.contains(&term)
         || term.starts_with(L!("xterm-"))
         || term.starts_with(L!("screen-"))