diff --git a/react/features/base/dialog/components/AbstractDialog.js b/react/features/base/dialog/components/AbstractDialog.js
index ae75ea57c..328fedadb 100644
--- a/react/features/base/dialog/components/AbstractDialog.js
+++ b/react/features/base/dialog/components/AbstractDialog.js
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ export default class AbstractDialog extends Component {
         /**
          * Key to use for showing a title.
          */
-        titleKey: React.PropTypes.string
+        titleKey: React.PropTypes.string,
+
+        /**
+         * The string to use as a title instead of {@code titleKey}. If a truthy
+         * value is specified, it takes precedence over {@code titleKey} i.e.
+         * the latter is unused.
+         */
+        titleString: React.PropTypes.string
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/react/features/base/dialog/components/Dialog.web.js b/react/features/base/dialog/components/Dialog.web.js
index ba67dbd09..5a19ac0ae 100644
--- a/react/features/base/dialog/components/Dialog.web.js
+++ b/react/features/base/dialog/components/Dialog.web.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Dialog extends AbstractDialog {
         return (
             <header>
                 <h2>
-                    { t(this.props.titleKey) }
+                    { this.props.titleString || t(this.props.titleKey) }
                 </h2>
             </header>
         );