diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.cpp b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
index dfe02317..fb98f4ce 100644
--- a/app/browsemainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
@@ -558,4 +558,31 @@ QToolButton* BrowseMainPage::toggleSideBarButton() const
     return d->mToggleSideBarButton;
 }
 
+QString BrowseMainPage::windowTitle(const QUrl& url) const
+{
+    // loosely based on DolphinMainWindow::setUrlAsCaption
+
+    const auto& matchedPlaces = d->mFilePlacesModel->match(d->mFilePlacesModel->index(0,0),
+                                                           KFilePlacesModel::UrlRole, url,
+                                                           1, Qt::MatchExactly);
+    if (!matchedPlaces.isEmpty()) {
+        return d->mFilePlacesModel->text(matchedPlaces.first());
+    }
+
+    QString schemePrefix;
+    if (!url.isLocalFile()) {
+        schemePrefix += url.scheme() + QStringLiteral(": ");
+        if (!url.host().isEmpty()) {
+            schemePrefix += url.host() + QStringLiteral(" - ");
+        }
+    }
+
+    QString fileName = url.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash).fileName();
+    if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
+        fileName = QLatin1Char('/');
+    }
+
+    return schemePrefix + fileName;
+}
+
 } // namespace
diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.h b/app/browsemainpage.h
index f2b70a5f..cbe01d24 100644
--- a/app/browsemainpage.h
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public:
 
     QToolButton* toggleSideBarButton() const;
 
+    QString windowTitle(const QUrl& url) const;
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void editLocation();
     void addFolderToPlaces();
diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
index 9d6bf58a..29a25ecf 100644
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -959,7 +959,11 @@ void MainWindow::setActiveViewModeAction(QAction* action)
         // Switching to browse mode
         d->mViewStackedWidget->setCurrentWidget(d->mBrowseMainPage);
         d->mViewMainPage->reset();
-        setCaption(QString());
+
+        // ContextManager::currentDirUrl is only set when the directory supports listing.
+        // Therefore use ContextManager::currentUrl here, which also works for http://example.com/example.png
+        const QUrl dirUrl = d->mContextManager->currentUrl().adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
+        setCaption(d->mBrowseMainPage->windowTitle(dirUrl));
     }
     d->autoAssignThumbnailProvider();
     toggleSideBar(d->sideBarVisibility()); 
@@ -1213,6 +1217,10 @@ void MainWindow::slotCurrentDirUrlChanged(const QUrl &url)
     } else {
         d->mGoUpAction->setEnabled(false);
     }
+
+    if (d->mCurrentMainPageId == BrowseMainPageId) {
+        setCaption(d->mBrowseMainPage->windowTitle(url));
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::slotDirModelNewItems()