diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12c5deca..fb89d94d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ label-title-padding = 2
 label-title-foreground = ${colors.primary}
 label-title-maxlen = 30
 
+; Defaults to 'Desktop'
+label-title-default = "Desktop"
+
 ; Symbol of current layout
 ; Available tokens:
 ;   %symbol%
diff --git a/include/modules/dwm.hpp b/include/modules/dwm.hpp
index 67de3d33..a23e1e80 100644
--- a/include/modules/dwm.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/dwm.hpp
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ namespace modules {
      */
     label_t m_title_label;
 
+    /**
+     * The default value displayed when m_title_label is false
+     */
+
+    std::string m_title_label_default{"Desktop"};
+
     /**
      * Connection to DWM
      */
diff --git a/src/modules/dwm.cpp b/src/modules/dwm.cpp
index 4f0ac7c3..9ced52fe 100644
--- a/src/modules/dwm.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/dwm.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace modules {
       m_title_label = load_optional_label(m_conf, name(), "label-title", "%title%");
     }
 
+    m_title_label_default = m_conf.get(name(), "label-title-default", m_title_label_default);
     m_tags_click = m_conf.get(name(), "enable-tags-click", m_tags_click);
     m_layout_click = m_conf.get(name(), "enable-layout-click", m_layout_click);
     m_layout_scroll = m_conf.get(name(), "enable-layout-scroll", m_layout_scroll);
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ namespace modules {
 
   void dwm_module::update_title_label(const string& title) {
     m_title_label->reset_tokens();
-    m_title_label->replace_token("%title%", title);
+    m_title_label->replace_token("%title%", title == "" ? m_title_label_default : title );
   }
 
   void dwm_module::update_title_label() {