diff --git a/include/ghostty.h b/include/ghostty.h
index 3d3973084..735b1d467 100644
--- a/include/ghostty.h
+++ b/include/ghostty.h
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ typedef enum {
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_SEARCH_TOTAL,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_SEARCH_SELECTED,
   GHOSTTY_ACTION_READONLY,
+  GHOSTTY_ACTION_COPY_TITLE,
 } ghostty_action_tag_e;
 
 typedef union {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
index 183dca544..7d593d6df 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.App.swift
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ extension Ghostty {
             case GHOSTTY_ACTION_SHOW_CHILD_EXITED:
                 Ghostty.logger.info("known but unimplemented action action=\(action.tag.rawValue)")
                 return false
+            case GHOSTTY_ACTION_COPY_TITLE:
+                return copyTitle(app, target: target)
             default:
                 Ghostty.logger.warning("unknown action action=\(action.tag.rawValue)")
                 return false
@@ -1506,6 +1508,25 @@ extension Ghostty {
             }
         }
 
+        private static func copyTitle(
+            _ app: ghostty_app_t,
+            target: ghostty_target_s) -> Bool {
+            switch (target.tag) {
+            case GHOSTTY_TARGET_SURFACE:
+                guard let surface = target.target.surface else { return false }
+                guard let surfaceView = self.surfaceView(from: surface) else { return false }
+                let title = surfaceView.title
+                if title.isEmpty { return false }
+                let pasteboard = NSPasteboard.general
+                pasteboard.clearContents()
+                pasteboard.setString(title, forType: .string)
+                return true
+
+            default:
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+
         private static func promptTitle(
             _ app: ghostty_app_t,
             target: ghostty_target_s,
diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 64a995265..9a4a8c3b0 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -5398,20 +5398,11 @@ pub fn performBindingAction(self: *Surface, action: input.Binding.Action) !bool
             return false;
         },
 
-        .copy_title_to_clipboard => {
-            const title = self.rt_surface.getTitle() orelse return false;
-            if (title.len == 0) return false;
-
-            self.rt_surface.setClipboard(.standard, &.{.{
-                .mime = "text/plain",
-                .data = title,
-            }}, false) catch |err| {
-                log.err("error copying title to clipboard err={}", .{err});
-                return true;
-            };
-
-            return true;
-        },
+        .copy_title_to_clipboard => return try self.rt_app.performAction(
+            .{ .surface = self },
+            .copy_title,
+            {},
+        ),
 
         .paste_from_clipboard => return try self.startClipboardRequest(
             .standard,
diff --git a/src/apprt/action.zig b/src/apprt/action.zig
index 78f4bef54..766ad7bf7 100644
--- a/src/apprt/action.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/action.zig
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ pub const Action = union(Key) {
     /// The readonly state of the surface has changed.
     readonly: Readonly,
 
+    /// Copy the effective title of the surface to the clipboard.
+    /// The effective title is the user-overridden title if set,
+    /// otherwise the terminal-set title.
+    copy_title,
+
     /// Sync with: ghostty_action_tag_e
     pub const Key = enum(c_int) {
         quit,
@@ -395,6 +400,7 @@ pub const Action = union(Key) {
         search_total,
         search_selected,
         readonly,
+        copy_title,
     };
 
     /// Sync with: ghostty_action_u
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/class/application.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/class/application.zig
index 403f94599..e362e7f00 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/class/application.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/class/application.zig
@@ -649,6 +649,8 @@ pub const Application = extern struct {
             .close_tab => return Action.closeTab(target, value),
             .close_window => return Action.closeWindow(target),
 
+            .copy_title => return Action.copyTitle(target),
+
             .config_change => try Action.configChange(
                 self,
                 target,
@@ -1896,6 +1898,21 @@ const Action = struct {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn copyTitle(target: apprt.Target) bool {
+        return switch (target) {
+            .app => false,
+            .surface => |v| surface: {
+                const title = v.rt_surface.surface.getEffectiveTitle() orelse break :surface false;
+                if (title.len == 0) break :surface false;
+                v.rt_surface.surface.setClipboard(.standard, &.{.{
+                    .mime = "text/plain",
+                    .data = title,
+                }}, false);
+                break :surface true;
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
     pub fn configChange(
         self: *Application,
         target: apprt.Target,
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
index 26009ef79..4ca54c52c 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/class/surface.zig
@@ -1982,6 +1982,13 @@ pub const Surface = extern struct {
         return self.private().title;
     }
 
+    /// Returns the effective title: the user-overridden title if set,
+    /// otherwise the terminal-set title.
+    pub fn getEffectiveTitle(self: *Self) ?[:0]const u8 {
+        const priv = self.private();
+        return priv.title_override orelse priv.title;
+    }
+
     /// Set the title for this surface, copies the value. This should always
     /// be the title as set by the terminal program, not any manually set
     /// title. For manually set titles see `setTitleOverride`.