diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b1291567b..783f0024d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 - Wayland: Fix a freeze in rare circumstances when having multiple OS Windows
   (:iss:`2307` and :iss:`1722`)
 
+- Wayland: Fix window titles being set to very long strings on the order of 8KB
+  causing a crash (:iss:`1526`)
+
 - Add an option :opt:`force_ltr` to turn off the display of text in RTL scripts
   in right-to-left order (:pull:`2293`)
 
diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index 86d4cdfd5..2c32adf1b 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -958,8 +958,12 @@ void _glfwPlatformSetWindowTitle(_GLFWwindow* window, const char* title)
     if (window->wl.title)
         free(window->wl.title);
     window->wl.title = _glfw_strdup(title);
+    // Wayland cannot handle requests larger than ~8200 bytes. Sending
+    // on causes an abort(). Since titles this large are meaningless anyway
+    // ensure they do not happen.
+    if (title && strnlen(title, 2048) >= 2048) window->wl.title[2048] = 0;
     if (window->wl.xdg.toplevel)
-        xdg_toplevel_set_title(window->wl.xdg.toplevel, title);
+        xdg_toplevel_set_title(window->wl.xdg.toplevel, window->wl.title);
 }
 
 void _glfwPlatformSetWindowIcon(_GLFWwindow* window UNUSED,