diff --git a/incorporealcms/pages.py b/incorporealcms/pages.py
index b426f7e..27c6182 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/pages.py
+++ b/incorporealcms/pages.py
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ def display_page(path):
 
         parent_navs = generate_parent_navs(resolved_path)
 
-        page_title = (get_meta_str(md, 'title') if md.Meta.get('title') else
-                      f'/{instance_resource_path_to_request_path(resolved_path)}')
+        page_name = (get_meta_str(md, 'title') if md.Meta.get('title') else
+                     f'/{instance_resource_path_to_request_path(resolved_path)}')
+        page_title = f'{page_name} - {app.config["TITLE_SUFFIX"]}' if page_name else app.config['TITLE_SUFFIX']
         logger.debug("title (potentially derived): %s", page_title)
 
         return render('base.html', title=page_title, description=get_meta_str(md, 'description'),
diff --git a/incorporealcms/templates/base.html b/incorporealcms/templates/base.html
index b19814f..d2772ab 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/templates/base.html
+++ b/incorporealcms/templates/base.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!doctype html>
 <html lang="en">
-<title>{{ title }}{% if title %} - {% endif %}{{ config.TITLE_SUFFIX }}</title>
+<title>{{ title }}</title>
 {% if title %}<meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}">{% endif %}
 {% if description %}<meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}">{% endif %}
 {% if image %}<meta property="og:image" content="{{ image }}">{% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests.py b/tests/functional_tests.py
index 47de777..bb6ef20 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def test_page_with_card_metadata(client):
     """Test that a page with opengraph metadata."""
     response = client.get('/more-metadata')
     assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert b'<meta property="og:title" content="title for the page">' in response.data
+    assert b'<meta property="og:title" content="title for the page - incorporeal.org">' in response.data
     assert b'<meta property="og:description" content="description of this page made even longer">' in response.data
     assert b'<meta property="og:image" content="http://buh.com/test.img">' in response.data
 
@@ -61,11 +61,18 @@ def test_page_with_card_title_even_when_no_metadata(client):
     """Test that a page without metadata still has a card with the derived title."""
     response = client.get('/no-title')
     assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert b'<meta property="og:title" content="/no-title">' in response.data
+    assert b'<meta property="og:title" content="/no-title - incorporeal.org">' in response.data
     assert b'<meta property="og:description"' not in response.data
     assert b'<meta property="og:image"' not in response.data
 
 
+def test_page_with_forced_empty_title_just_shows_suffix(client):
+    """Test that if a page specifies a blank Title meta tag explicitly, only the suffix is used in the title."""
+    response = client.get('/forced-no-title')
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert b'<title>incorporeal.org</title>' in response.data
+
+
 def test_page_has_modified_timestamp(client):
     """Test that pages have modified timestamps in them."""
     response = client.get('/')
diff --git a/tests/instance/pages/forced-no-title.md b/tests/instance/pages/forced-no-title.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9db5b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/instance/pages/forced-no-title.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Title:
+
+some words are here
