diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6b726e06..54034d9a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 byobu (5.28) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: LP: #1031925
+    - 'byobu-screen -t foo' was hanging
+    - seems that screen's shelltitle command in our common profile
+      conflicts with the -t option on the command line
+    - add a hack to byobu that detects this, and avoids hanging
+    - set title to . otherwise (seems we need one printable character here)
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:27:36 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu b/usr/bin/byobu
index d2624467..1c18de85 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu
@@ -136,8 +136,22 @@ case $BYOBU_BACKEND in
 		BYOBU_SESSION_NAME="-S $PKG"
 		# Zero out $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME if user has specified a session name
 		for i in "$@"; do
-			case $i in -*r*|-*d*|-*D*|-*S*|-ls|-list) BYOBU_SESSION_NAME= ;; esac
+			case $i in
+				-*r*|-*d*|-*D*|-*S*|-ls|-list)
+					BYOBU_SESSION_NAME=
+				;;
+				-t)
+					shelltitle=1
+				;;
+			esac
 		done
+		if [ -n "$shelltitle" ]; then
+			unset shelltitle
+			unset BYOBU_SHELL_TITLE
+		else
+			BYOBU_SHELL_TITLE="-t ."
+
+		fi
 		sessions=$($BYOBU_BACKEND -wipe 2>/dev/null) || true
 	;;
 esac
@@ -150,7 +164,7 @@ esac
 if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
 	if [ "$CUSTOM_WINDOW_SET" = "1" ]; then
 		# Start new custom window set session
-		exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE
+		exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE $BYOBU_SHELL_TITLE
 	else
 		case "$sessions" in
 			*\(*\)*)
@@ -159,13 +173,13 @@ if [ "$#" = "0" ]; then
 			;;
 			*)
 				# Start new default session
-				exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE $DEFAULT_WINDOW
+				exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE $BYOBU_SHELL_TITLE $DEFAULT_WINDOW
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi
 else
 	# Launch with command line args
-	exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE "$@"
+	exec $BYOBU_BACKEND $SCREEN_TERM $BYOBU_SESSION_NAME $BYOBU_PROFILE $BYOBU_SHELL_TITLE "$@"
 fi
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
index bce08937..074ae588 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ activity ""
 # Fit to the current window size, useful with F5/reloads of the profile
 fit
 
-# Empty shell title by default, maximizes number of windows we can fit, F8 renames easily
-shelltitle ""
-
 # Maintain SSH_AUTH_SOCK link
 setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.ssh-agent