diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index 8467a921c..25a35036d 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ struct CLIArgs {
     /// because zip generation is done in memory and cannot be sent on the fly
     #[structopt(short = "z", long = "enable-zip")]
     enable_zip: bool,
+
+    /// Shown instead of host in page title and heading
+    #[structopt(short = "t", long = "title")]
+    title: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Checks wether an interface is valid, i.e. it can be parsed into an IP address
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ pub fn parse_args() -> crate::MiniserveConfig {
         file_upload: args.file_upload,
         tar_enabled: args.enable_tar,
         zip_enabled: args.enable_zip,
+        title: args.title,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/listing.rs b/src/listing.rs
index a70e237a2..d14a188d8 100644
--- a/src/listing.rs
+++ b/src/listing.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use percent_encoding::{percent_decode_str, utf8_percent_encode, AsciiSet, CONTRO
 use qrcodegen::{QrCode, QrCodeEcc};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::io;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 use strum_macros::{Display, EnumString};
 
@@ -123,6 +123,21 @@ impl Entry {
     }
 }
 
+/// One entry in the path to the listed directory
+pub struct Breadcrumb {
+    /// Name of directory
+    pub name: String,
+
+    /// Link to get to directory, relative to listed directory
+    pub link: String,
+}
+
+impl Breadcrumb {
+    fn new(name: String, link: String) -> Self {
+        Breadcrumb { name, link }
+    }
+}
+
 pub async fn file_handler(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<actix_files::NamedFile> {
     let path = &req.app_data::<crate::MiniserveConfig>().unwrap().path;
     actix_files::NamedFile::open(path).map_err(Into::into)
@@ -143,6 +158,7 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
     upload_route: String,
     tar_enabled: bool,
     zip_enabled: bool,
+    title: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<ServiceResponse, io::Error> {
     use actix_web::dev::BodyEncoding;
     let serve_path = req.path();
@@ -163,23 +179,52 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
     }
 
     let base = Path::new(serve_path);
-    let random_route = format!("/{}", random_route.unwrap_or_default());
-    let is_root = base.parent().is_none() || Path::new(&req.path()) == Path::new(&random_route);
+    let random_route_abs = format!("/{}", random_route.clone().unwrap_or_default());
+    let is_root = base.parent().is_none() || Path::new(&req.path()) == Path::new(&random_route_abs);
 
-    let encoded_dir = match base.strip_prefix(random_route) {
+    let encoded_dir = match base.strip_prefix(random_route_abs) {
         Ok(c_d) => Path::new("/").join(c_d),
         Err(_) => base.to_path_buf(),
     }
     .display()
     .to_string();
 
-    let display_dir = {
+    let breadcrumbs = {
+        let title = title.unwrap_or_else(|| req.connection_info().host().into());
+
         let decoded = percent_decode_str(&encoded_dir).decode_utf8_lossy();
-        if is_root {
-            decoded.to_string()
-        } else {
-            format!("{}/", decoded)
+
+        let mut res: Vec<Breadcrumb> = Vec::new();
+        let mut link_accumulator =
+            format!("/{}", random_route.map(|r| r + "/").unwrap_or_default());
+
+        let mut components = Path::new(&*decoded).components().peekable();
+
+        while let Some(c) = components.next() {
+            let name;
+
+            match c {
+                Component::RootDir => {
+                    name = title.clone();
+                }
+                Component::Normal(s) => {
+                    name = s.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                    link_accumulator
+                        .push_str(&(utf8_percent_encode(&name, FRAGMENT).to_string() + "/"));
+                }
+                _ => unreachable!(),
+            };
+
+            res.push(Breadcrumb::new(
+                name,
+                if components.peek().is_some() {
+                    link_accumulator.clone()
+                } else {
+                    ".".to_string()
+                },
+            ));
         }
+        res
     };
 
     let query_params = extract_query_parameters(req);
@@ -360,7 +405,7 @@ pub fn directory_listing(
                         &upload_route,
                         &favicon_route,
                         &encoded_dir,
-                        &display_dir,
+                        breadcrumbs,
                         tar_enabled,
                         zip_enabled,
                     )
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7cda9756e..1830a70b7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ pub struct MiniserveConfig {
 
     /// If false, creation of zip archives is disabled
     pub zip_enabled: bool,
+
+    /// Shown instead of host in page title and heading
+    pub title: Option<String>,
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ fn configure_app(app: &mut web::ServiceConfig, conf: &MiniserveConfig) {
         let file_upload = conf.file_upload;
         let tar_enabled = conf.tar_enabled;
         let zip_enabled = conf.zip_enabled;
+        let title = conf.title.clone();
         upload_route = if let Some(random_route) = conf.random_route.clone() {
             format!("/{}/upload", random_route)
         } else {
@@ -315,6 +319,7 @@ fn configure_app(app: &mut web::ServiceConfig, conf: &MiniserveConfig) {
                             u_r.clone(),
                             tar_enabled,
                             zip_enabled,
+                            title.clone(),
                         )
                     })
                     .default_handler(web::to(error_404)),
diff --git a/src/renderer.rs b/src/renderer.rs
index 11fe8e347..43cb22268 100644
--- a/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::time::SystemTime;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
 use crate::archive::CompressionMethod;
-use crate::listing::{Entry, SortingMethod, SortingOrder};
+use crate::listing::{Breadcrumb, Entry, SortingMethod, SortingOrder};
 use crate::themes::ColorScheme;
 
 /// Renders the file listing
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn page(
     upload_route: &str,
     favicon_route: &str,
     encoded_dir: &str,
-    display_dir: &str,
+    breadcrumbs: Vec<Breadcrumb>,
     tar_enabled: bool,
     zip_enabled: bool,
 ) -> Markup {
@@ -37,10 +37,16 @@ pub fn page(
         default_color_scheme,
     );
 
+    let title_path = breadcrumbs
+        .iter()
+        .map(|el| el.name.clone())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("/");
+
     html! {
         (DOCTYPE)
         html {
-            (page_header(display_dir, color_scheme, file_upload, favicon_route, false))
+            (page_header(&title_path, color_scheme, file_upload, favicon_route))
             body#drop-container {
                 @if file_upload {
                     div.drag-form {
@@ -52,7 +58,19 @@ pub fn page(
                 (color_scheme_selector(sort_method, sort_order, color_scheme, default_color_scheme, serve_path, show_qrcode))
                 div.container {
                     span#top { }
-                    h1.title { "Index of " (display_dir) }
+                    h1.title {
+                        @for el in breadcrumbs {
+                            @if el.link == "." {
+                                // wrapped in span so the text doesn't shift slightly when it turns into a link
+                                span { (el.name) }
+                            } @else {
+                                a.directory href=(parametrized_link(&el.link, sort_method, sort_order, color_scheme, default_color_scheme)) {
+                                    (el.name)
+                                }
+                            }
+                            "/"
+                        }
+                    }
                     div.toolbar {
                         @if tar_enabled || zip_enabled {
                             div.download {
@@ -446,7 +464,7 @@ fn css(color_scheme: ColorScheme) -> Markup {
     }}
     nav > div {{
         position: relative;
-        margin-left: 0.5rem;  
+        margin-left: 0.5rem;
     }}
     nav p {{
         padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
@@ -836,11 +854,10 @@ fn chevron_down() -> Markup {
 
 /// Partial: page header
 fn page_header(
-    serve_path: &str,
+    title: &str,
     color_scheme: ColorScheme,
     file_upload: bool,
     favicon_route: &str,
-    is_error: bool,
 ) -> Markup {
     html! {
         head {
@@ -848,11 +865,8 @@ fn page_header(
             meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge";
             meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1";
             link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href={ "/" (favicon_route) };
-            @if is_error {
-                title { (serve_path) }
-            } @else {
-                title { "Index of " (serve_path) }
-            }
+            title { (title) }
+
             style { (css(color_scheme)) }
             @if file_upload {
                 (PreEscaped(r#"
@@ -944,7 +958,7 @@ pub fn render_error(
     html! {
         (DOCTYPE)
         html {
-            (page_header(&error_code.to_string(), color_scheme, false, favicon_route, true))
+            (page_header(&error_code.to_string(), color_scheme, false, favicon_route))
             body {
                 div.error {
                     p { (error_code.to_string()) }
diff --git a/tests/navigation.rs b/tests/navigation.rs
index 7320f060a..0826aa088 100644
--- a/tests/navigation.rs
+++ b/tests/navigation.rs
@@ -120,3 +120,63 @@ fn can_navigate_deep_into_dirs_and_back(tmpdir: TempDir, port: u16) -> Result<()
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[rstest(use_custom_title, case(true), case(false))]
+/// We can use breadcrumbs to navigate.
+fn can_navigate_using_breadcrumbs(
+    tmpdir: TempDir,
+    port: u16,
+    use_custom_title: bool,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut command_base = Command::cargo_bin("miniserve")?;
+    let mut command = command_base.arg("-p").arg(port.to_string());
+
+    if use_custom_title {
+        command = command.arg("--title").arg("some title")
+    }
+
+    let mut child = command.arg(tmpdir.path()).stdout(Stdio::null()).spawn()?;
+
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    // Create a vector of directory names. We don't need to fetch the file and so we'll
+    // remove that part.
+    let dir: String = {
+        let mut comps = DEEPLY_NESTED_FILE
+            .split("/")
+            .map(|d| format!("{}/", d))
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+        comps.pop();
+        comps.join("")
+    };
+
+    let base_url = Url::parse(&format!("http://localhost:{}/", port))?;
+    let nested_url = base_url.join(&dir)?;
+
+    let resp = reqwest::blocking::get(nested_url.as_str())?;
+    let body = resp.error_for_status()?;
+    let parsed = Document::from_read(body)?;
+
+    let title_name = if use_custom_title {
+        "some title".to_string()
+    } else {
+        format!("localhost:{}", port)
+    };
+
+    // can go back to root dir by clicking title
+    let title_link = get_link_from_text(&parsed, &title_name).expect("Root dir link not found.");
+    assert_eq!("/", title_link);
+
+    // can go to intermediate dir
+    let intermediate_dir_link =
+        get_link_from_text(&parsed, "very").expect("Intermediate dir link not found.");
+    assert_eq!("/very/", intermediate_dir_link);
+
+    // current dir is not linked
+    let current_dir_link = get_link_from_text(&parsed, "nested");
+    assert_eq!(None, current_dir_link);
+
+    child.kill()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}