diff --git a/js/src/common/Application.js b/js/src/common/Application.js
index 008b967fd9..72a88cdf72 100644
--- a/js/src/common/Application.js
+++ b/js/src/common/Application.js
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@ export default class Application {
   }
 
   updateTitle() {
-    document.title = (this.titleCount ? `(${this.titleCount}) ` : '') + (this.title ? this.title + ' - ' : '') + this.forum.attribute('title');
+    const count = this.titleCount ? `(${this.titleCount}) ` : '';
+    const pageTitleWithSeparator = this.title && m.route() !== '/' ? this.title + ' - ' : '';
+    const title = this.forum.attribute('title');
+    document.title = count + pageTitleWithSeparator + title;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/js/src/forum/components/IndexPage.js b/js/src/forum/components/IndexPage.js
index dc6794b4ef..72f8747f1a 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/components/IndexPage.js
+++ b/js/src/forum/components/IndexPage.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default class IndexPage extends Page {
 
     extend(context, 'onunload', () => $('#app').css('min-height', ''));
 
-    app.setTitle('');
+    app.setTitle(app.translator.trans('core.forum.index.meta_title_text'));
     app.setTitleCount(0);
 
     // Work out the difference between the height of this hero and that of the
diff --git a/src/Forum/Content/Index.php b/src/Forum/Content/Index.php
index 843c25a277..1593ac147b 100644
--- a/src/Forum/Content/Index.php
+++ b/src/Forum/Content/Index.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Flarum\Http\UrlGenerator;
 use Flarum\Settings\SettingsRepositoryInterface;
 use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Translation\Translator;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
@@ -46,13 +47,15 @@ class Index
      * @param Factory $view
      * @param SettingsRepositoryInterface $settings
      * @param UrlGenerator $url
+     * @param Translator $translator
      */
-    public function __construct(Client $api, Factory $view, SettingsRepositoryInterface $settings, UrlGenerator $url)
+    public function __construct(Client $api, Factory $view, SettingsRepositoryInterface $settings, UrlGenerator $url, Translator $translator)
     {
         $this->api = $api;
         $this->view = $view;
         $this->settings = $settings;
         $this->url = $url;
+        $this->translator = $translator;
     }
 
     public function __invoke(Document $document, Request $request)
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ public function __invoke(Document $document, Request $request)
         $apiDocument = $this->getApiDocument($request->getAttribute('actor'), $params);
         $defaultRoute = $this->settings->get('default_route');
 
+        $document->title = $this->translator->trans('core.forum.index.meta_title_text');
         $document->content = $this->view->make('flarum.forum::frontend.content.index', compact('apiDocument', 'page'));
         $document->payload['apiDocument'] = $apiDocument;
         $document->canonicalUrl = $defaultRoute === '/all' ? $this->url->to('forum')->base() : $request->getUri()->withQuery('');
diff --git a/src/Frontend/Document.php b/src/Frontend/Document.php
index 0133e9768a..f938041c51 100644
--- a/src/Frontend/Document.php
+++ b/src/Frontend/Document.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
 
 /**
  * A view which renders a HTML skeleton for Flarum's frontend app.
@@ -131,14 +132,20 @@ class Document implements Renderable
      */
     protected $forumApiDocument;
 
+    /**
+     * @var Request
+     */
+    protected $request;
+
     /**
      * @param Factory $view
      * @param array $forumApiDocument
      */
-    public function __construct(Factory $view, array $forumApiDocument)
+    public function __construct(Factory $view, array $forumApiDocument, Request $request)
     {
         $this->view = $view;
         $this->forumApiDocument = $forumApiDocument;
+        $this->request = $request;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,7 +180,9 @@ protected function makeView(): View
      */
     protected function makeTitle(): string
     {
-        return ($this->title ? $this->title.' - ' : '').Arr::get($this->forumApiDocument, 'data.attributes.title');
+        $onHomePage = rtrim($this->request->getUri()->getPath(), '/') === '';
+
+        return ($this->title && ! $onHomePage ? $this->title.' - ' : '').Arr::get($this->forumApiDocument, 'data.attributes.title');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Frontend/Frontend.php b/src/Frontend/Frontend.php
index e293ef3599..63257decd1 100644
--- a/src/Frontend/Frontend.php
+++ b/src/Frontend/Frontend.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function document(Request $request): Document
     {
         $forumDocument = $this->getForumDocument($request);
 
-        $document = new Document($this->view, $forumDocument);
+        $document = new Document($this->view, $forumDocument, $request);
 
         $this->populate($document, $request);