diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bb154d07..686b9116 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 byobu (4.43) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/lib/byobu/ip_address, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - support IP_EXTERNAL fetching, LP: #873736
+    - put ip address in the terminal title bar, since we ran out of room
+      for it in tmux
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:43:57 -0500
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu b/usr/bin/byobu
index 488afede..3eb00055 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ fi
 byobu-janitor --force
 
 # Set the window title
-[ -n "$BYOBU_NO_TITLE" ] || printf "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME:-$(hostname)} - ${PKG}\007"
+[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" ] && . "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc"
+. $BYOBU_PREFIX/lib/$PKG/ip_address
+[ -n "$BYOBU_NO_TITLE" ] || printf "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME:-$(hostname)} ($(__ip_address t)) - ${PKG}\007"
 
 # Drop a symlink to the ssh socket in $HOME, since we can ensure that exists
 if [ -S "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && [ ! -h "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address b/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
index e026f722..864b42f5 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/ip_address
@@ -38,14 +38,20 @@ __ip_address() {
 	fi
 	case "$IPV6" in
 		1|true|yes)
-			ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -6 addr list dev "$interface" scope global)
-			# Print 'None' if we have no global address
-			[ -z "$ipaddr" ] && ipaddr="None"
-			ipaddr=${ipaddr#* inet6 }
-			ipaddr=${ipaddr%%/*}
+			if [ "$IP_EXTERNAL" = "1" ]; then
+				ipaddr=$(wget -O- -q http://v6.ipv6-test.com/api/myip.php)
+			else
+				ipaddr=$(LC_ALL=C /sbin/ip -6 addr list dev "$interface" scope global)
+				# Print 'None' if we have no global address
+				[ -z "$ipaddr" ] && ipaddr="None"
+				ipaddr=${ipaddr#* inet6 }
+				ipaddr=${ipaddr%%/*}
+			fi
 		;;
 		*)
-			if metadata_available; then
+			if [ "$IP_EXTERNAL" = "1" ]; then
+				ipaddr=$(wget -O- -q http://v4.ipv6-test.com/api/myip.php)
+			elif metadata_available; then
 				# We're in EC2, so get our public IP address
 				ipaddr=$(wget -q -O- http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4)
 			else
@@ -56,7 +62,11 @@ __ip_address() {
 		;;
 	esac
 	if [ -n "$ipaddr" ]; then
-		color bold2; printf "%s" "$ipaddr"; color --
+		if [ "$1" = "t" ]; then
+			printf "%s" "$ipaddr"
+		else
+			color bold2; printf "%s" "$ipaddr"; color --
+		fi
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index 609912c2..41010b5f 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Note that BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR=\fI$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/byobu\fP if defined, and \fI$HOME
 
 \fBhostname\fP \- the hostname of the system; displayed in the upper bar on the far right in bold black text on a grey background; there is a leading '@' symbol if the username status is also enabled
 
-\fBip_address\fP \- the IPv4 address of the system in dotted decimal form; displayed in the upper bar on the far right in bold black text on a grey background;  you can override and display your IPv6 address by setting 'IPV6=1' in \fI$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc\fP
+\fBip_address\fP \- the IPv4 address of the system in dotted decimal form; displayed in the upper bar on the far right in bold black text on a grey background;  you can override and display your IPv6 address by setting 'IPV6=1', and you can show your external ip address by setting 'IP_EXTERNAL=1' in \fI$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc\fP
 
 \fBload_average\fP \- the system load average over the last 1 minute; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in black text on a yellow background