diff --git a/lisp/org-html.el b/lisp/org-html.el
index 9135c73..016a181 100644
--- a/lisp/org-html.el
+++ b/lisp/org-html.el
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ lang=\"%s\" xml:lang=\"%s\">
"")
(or charset "iso-8859-1"))
language language
- title
+ (org-html-expand title)
(or charset "iso-8859-1")
date author description keywords
style