diff --git a/extensions/tags/js/src/forum/addTagFilter.tsx b/extensions/tags/js/src/forum/addTagFilter.tsx
index 13875b15e6..98430ce3f0 100644
--- a/extensions/tags/js/src/forum/addTagFilter.tsx
+++ b/extensions/tags/js/src/forum/addTagFilter.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ export default function addTagFilter() {
     }
   });
 
+  // Name the current tag in the index title control. The nav dropdown only falls
+  // back to this label when none of its items is active, so it surfaces exactly
+  // when the current tag has no item in the sidebar nav, which is the case for
+  // any secondary tag outside the 3 most discussed ones.
+  extend(IndexPage.prototype, 'view', function () {
+    const tag = app.currentTag();
+
+    if (tag) app.current.set('titleControlLabel', tag.name());
+  });
+
   // If currently viewing a tag, restyle the 'new discussion' button to use
   // the tag's color, and disable if the user isn't allowed to edit.
   extend(IndexSidebar.prototype, 'items', function (items) {
diff --git a/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/IndexSidebar.tsx b/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/IndexSidebar.tsx
index e89badd0dc..a1f383377f 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/IndexSidebar.tsx
+++ b/framework/core/js/src/forum/components/IndexSidebar.tsx
@@ -47,12 +47,18 @@ export default class IndexSidebar<CustomAttrs extends IndexSidebarAttrs = IndexS
       </Button>
     );
 
+    // `SelectDropdown` labels its button with the active child, and falls back to
+    // `defaultLabel` when none of them is active. That happens whenever a page
+    // filters the discussion list without contributing a nav item of its own, so
+    // such a page can name itself here by setting `titleControlLabel` on
+    // `app.current`. Otherwise we are on the unfiltered index.
     items.add(
       'nav',
       <SelectDropdown
         buttonClassName="Button"
         className="App-titleControl"
         accessibleToggleLabel={app.translator.trans('core.forum.index.toggle_sidenav_dropdown_accessible_label')}
+        defaultLabel={app.current.get('titleControlLabel') ?? app.translator.trans('core.forum.index.all_discussions_link')}
       >
         {this.navItems().toArray()}
       </SelectDropdown>
diff --git a/framework/core/js/tests/integration/forum/components/IndexSidebar.test.ts b/framework/core/js/tests/integration/forum/components/IndexSidebar.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d56c94f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/js/tests/integration/forum/components/IndexSidebar.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import bootstrapForum from '@flarum/jest-config/src/bootstrap/forum';
+import IndexSidebar from '../../../../src/forum/components/IndexSidebar';
+import { app } from '../../../../src/forum';
+import mq from 'mithril-query';
+import m from 'mithril';
+
+beforeAll(() => bootstrapForum());
+
+const titleControlLabel = (sidebar: any): string | undefined =>
+  sidebar.rootEl.querySelector('.App-titleControl > .Dropdown-toggle .Button-labelText')?.textContent;
+
+const navItemLabel = (sidebar: any, item: string): string | undefined =>
+  sidebar.rootEl.querySelector(`.Dropdown-menu .item-${item} .Button-labelText`)?.textContent;
+
+describe('IndexSidebar', () => {
+  beforeAll(() => app.boot());
+
+  afterEach(() => app.current.set('titleControlLabel', undefined));
+
+  test('renders', () => {
+    const sidebar = mq(IndexSidebar, {});
+
+    expect(sidebar).toHaveElement('.App-titleControl');
+  });
+
+  test('labels the title control with the index link when no nav item is active', () => {
+    const sidebar = mq(IndexSidebar, {});
+
+    expect(titleControlLabel(sidebar)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(titleControlLabel(sidebar)).toBe(navItemLabel(sidebar, 'allDiscussions'));
+  });
+
+  test('labels the title control from app.current when a page provides a label', () => {
+    app.current.set('titleControlLabel', 'Support');
+
+    const sidebar = mq(IndexSidebar, {});
+
+    expect(titleControlLabel(sidebar)).toBe('Support');
+  });
+
+  test('prefers an active nav item over the label from app.current', () => {
+    class SidebarWithActiveItem extends IndexSidebar {
+      navItems() {
+        const items = super.navItems();
+
+        items.add('active', m('button', { active: true }, 'Active item'), 200);
+
+        return items;
+      }
+    }
+
+    app.current.set('titleControlLabel', 'Support');
+
+    const sidebar = mq(SidebarWithActiveItem, {});
+
+    expect(titleControlLabel(sidebar)).toBe('Active item');
+  });
+});