diff --git a/doc/manual/index.docbook b/doc/manual/index.docbook
--- a/doc/manual/index.docbook
+++ b/doc/manual/index.docbook
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@
 <listitem><para>%D : current directory (long)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>%h : local host (short)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>%u : user name</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>%B : user's Bourne prompt sigil ($, or # for superuser)</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>%w : window title set by shell</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>%# : session number</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
diff --git a/src/Session.cpp b/src/Session.cpp
--- a/src/Session.cpp
+++ b/src/Session.cpp
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@
      * <br>
      * The markers recognized are:
      * <ul>
+     * <li> %B - User's Bourne prompt sigil ($, or # for superuser). </li>
      * <li> %u - Name of the user which owns the process. </li>
      * <li> %n - Replaced with the name of the process.   </li>
      * <li> %d - Replaced with the last part of the path name of the
@@ -1128,6 +1129,20 @@
      */
     QString title = tabTitleFormat(Session::LocalTabTitle);
     // search for and replace known marker
+
+    int UID = process->userId(&ok);
+    if(!ok) {
+        title.replace(QLatin1String("%B"), QStringLiteral("-"));
+    } else {
+        //title.replace(QLatin1String("%I"), QString::number(UID));
+        if (UID == 0) {
+            title.replace(QLatin1String("%B"), QStringLiteral("#"));
+        } else {
+            title.replace(QLatin1String("%B"), QStringLiteral("$"));
+        }
+    }
+
+
     title.replace(QLatin1String("%u"), process->userName());
     title.replace(QLatin1String("%h"), Konsole::ProcessInfo::localHost());
     title.replace(QLatin1String("%n"), process->name(&ok));
@@ -1143,17 +1158,15 @@
         title.replace(QLatin1String("%d"), QStringLiteral("-"));
         title.replace(QLatin1String("%D"), QStringLiteral("-"));
     } else {
-        if (title.contains(QLatin1String("%D"))) {
-            const QString homeDir = process->userHomeDir();
-            if (!homeDir.isEmpty()) {
-                // Change User's Home Dir w/ ~ only at the beginning
-                if (dir.startsWith(homeDir)) {
-                    dir.remove(0, homeDir.length());
-                    dir.prepend(QLatin1Char('~'));
-                }
+        // allow for shortname to have the ~ as homeDir
+        const QString homeDir = process->userHomeDir();
+        if (!homeDir.isEmpty()) {
+            if (dir.startsWith(homeDir)) {
+                dir.remove(0, homeDir.length());
+                dir.prepend(QLatin1Char('~'));
             }
-            title.replace(QLatin1String("%D"), dir);
         }
+        title.replace(QLatin1String("%D"), dir);
         title.replace(QLatin1String("%d"), process->formatShortDir(dir));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/TabTitleFormatButton.cpp b/src/TabTitleFormatButton.cpp
--- a/src/TabTitleFormatButton.cpp
+++ b/src/TabTitleFormatButton.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     { QStringLiteral("%w"), I18N_NOOP("Window Title Set by Shell: %w") },
     { QStringLiteral("%#"), I18N_NOOP("Session Number: %#") },
     { QStringLiteral("%u"), I18N_NOOP("User Name: %u") },
-    { QStringLiteral("%h"), I18N_NOOP("Local Host: %h") }
+    { QStringLiteral("%h"), I18N_NOOP("Local Host: %h") },
+    { QStringLiteral("%B"), I18N_NOOP("User's Bourne prompt sigil: %B") } //  ($, or # for superuser)
 };
 const int TabTitleFormatButton::_localElementCount
     = sizeof(_localElements) / sizeof(TabTitleFormatButton::Element);