diff --git a/xterm/charproc.c b/xterm/charproc.c
index 54d6dca..e64e41c 100644
--- a/xterm/charproc.c
+++ b/xterm/charproc.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static XtResource resources[] =
     Bres(XtNcjkWidth, XtCCjkWidth, misc.cjk_width, False),
     Bres(XtNmkWidth, XtCMkWidth, misc.mk_width, False),
     Bres(XtNutf8Latin1, XtCUtf8Latin1, screen.utf8_latin1, False),
-    Bres(XtNutf8Title, XtCUtf8Title, screen.utf8_title, False),
+    Bres(XtNutf8Title, XtCUtf8Title, screen.utf8_title, True),
     Bres(XtNvt100Graphics, XtCVT100Graphics, screen.vt100_graphics, True),
     Bres(XtNwideChars, XtCWideChars, screen.wide_chars, False),
     Ires(XtNcombiningChars, XtCCombiningChars, screen.max_combining, 2),
diff --git a/xterm/xterm.man b/xterm/xterm.man
index b5f11b0..97fa4bb 100644
--- a/xterm/xterm.man
+++ b/xterm/xterm.man
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ Set this resource to ``true'' to allow UTF-8 encoded title strings.
 That cancels the translation to UTF-8,
 allowing UTF-8 strings to be displayed as is.
 .IP
-The default is ``false.''
+The default is ``true.''
 .TP 8
 .B "veryBoldColors (\fPclass\fB VeryBoldColors)"
 Specifies whether to combine video attributes with colors specified by