diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
index fdbcb3fc1b1144b6f0f247f66b91b891205cbaca..b196d48a05b894e7b8a1c68f56c660254ac4fc56 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ class VirtualMachine(object):
         #: UUID string of domain
         self.uuid = dom.UUIDString()
         self.name = dom.name()
+
+        # Get title of VM
+        try:
+            self.title = dom.metadata(libvirt.VIR_DOMAIN_METADATA_TITLE, None)
+        except (libvirt.libvirtError, AttributeError):
+            # libvirtError handle the case where the title is not defined on the
+            # vm, AttributeError handle the case where the libvirt is too old
+            # to allow metadata handling
+            self.title = None
         #: state of VM: started, stoped, paused
         self._state = STATE[dom.info()[0]]
         #: tags for this VM
diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
index 83c4e362ec16adcd84c9a53e8cfbfaa0b18224f2..518c84786c524fe3846a0f138d5b600bdd263f62 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ def h(dom):
     return dom.name
 
 
+def t(dom):
+    """Title of the VM (or name if title is not defined)."""
+    if dom.title is None:
+        return dom.name
+    else:
+        return dom.title
+
+
 @_vir_tag
 def cpu(dom):
     """Number of CPU of the VM."""