diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 1e9d1ca2a..611ba6f65 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -1081,11 +1081,10 @@ sub htmllink ($$$;@) {
 	}
 
 	my @attrs;
-	if (defined $opts{rel}) {
-		push @attrs, ' rel="'.$opts{rel}.'"';
-	}
-	if (defined $opts{class}) {
-		push @attrs, ' class="'.$opts{class}.'"';
+	foreach my $attr (qw{rel class title}) {
+		if (defined $opts{$attr}) {
+			push @attrs, " $attr=\"".$opts{attr}.'"';
+		}
 	}
 
 	return "<a href=\"$bestlink\"@attrs>$linktext</a>";
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 10fcebbec..e31928223 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ikiwiki (3.20091114) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * date: New plugin that allows inserting date directives that expand to
     pretty-printed dates, using the same formatting as used for page
     modification date display, etc.
+  * htmllink: Allow a title attribute to be specified.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:46:45 -0500
 
diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
index 2f179d46f..45f083b42 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ control some options. These are:
 * anchor - set to make the link include an anchor
 * rel - set to add a rel attribute to the link
 * class - set to add a css class to the link
+* title - set to add a title attribute to the link
 
 #### `readfile($;$)`