diff --git a/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md b/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
index a298bc425..2b4d0d632 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
@@ -398,6 +398,13 @@ Furthermore, you can automatically start playback of the embedded video by setti
 {{</* youtube id="w7Ft2ymGmfc" autoplay="true" */>}}
 {{< /code >}}
 
+For [accessibility reasons](https://dequeuniversity.com/tips/provide-iframe-titles), it's best to provide a title for your YouTube video.  You  can do this using the shortcode by providing a `title` parameter. If no title is provided, a default of "YouTube Video" will be used.
+
+{{< code file="example-youtube-input-with-title.md" >}}
+{{</* youtube id="w7Ft2ymGmfc" title="A New Hugo Site in Under Two Minutes" */>}}
+{{< /code >}}
+
+
 #### Example `youtube` Output
 
 Using the preceding `youtube` example, the following HTML will be added to your rendered website's markup:
diff --git a/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go b/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
index a998b85b7..b8acb2d80 100644
--- a/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ func TestShortcodeYoutube(t *testing.T) {
 			`{{< youtube id="w7Ft2ymGmfc" class="video" autoplay="true" >}}`,
 			"(?s)\n<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7Ft2ymGmfc\\?autoplay=1\".*?allowfullscreen title=\"YouTube Video\">.*?</iframe>.*?</div>",
 		},
+		// set custom title for accessability)
+		{
+			`{{< youtube id="w7Ft2ymGmfc" title="A New Hugo Site in Under Two Minutes" >}}`,
+			"(?s)\n<div style=\".*?\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7Ft2ymGmfc\" style=\".*?\" allowfullscreen title=\"A New Hugo Site in Under Two Minutes\">.*?</iframe>.*?</div>",
+		},
 	} {
 		var (
 			cfg, fs = newTestCfg()
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
index 1bed51420..3af86cb6c 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ if (!doNotTrack) {
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{- $ytHost := cond $pc.PrivacyEnhanced  "www.youtube-nocookie.com" "www.youtube.com" -}}
 {{- $id := .Get "id" | default (.Get 0) -}}
-{{- $class := .Get "class" | default (.Get 1) }}
+{{- $class := .Get "class" | default (.Get 1) -}}
+{{- $title := .Get "title" | default "YouTube Video" }}
 <div {{ with $class }}class="{{ . }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://{{ $ytHost }}/embed/{{ $id }}{{ with .Get "autoplay" }}{{ if eq . "true" }}?autoplay=1{{ end }}{{ end }}" {{ if not $class }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}allowfullscreen title="YouTube Video"></iframe>
+  <iframe src="https://{{ $ytHost }}/embed/{{ $id }}{{ with .Get "autoplay" }}{{ if eq . "true" }}?autoplay=1{{ end }}{{ end }}" {{ if not $class }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}allowfullscreen title="{{ $title }}"></iframe>
 </div>
-{{ end -}}
-`},
+{{ end -}}`},
 	{`twitter_cards.html`, `{{- with $.Params.images -}}
 <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/>
 <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ index . 0 | absURL }}"/>
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
index 9e8477659..93fed2326 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{- $ytHost := cond $pc.PrivacyEnhanced  "www.youtube-nocookie.com" "www.youtube.com" -}}
 {{- $id := .Get "id" | default (.Get 0) -}}
-{{- $class := .Get "class" | default (.Get 1) }}
+{{- $class := .Get "class" | default (.Get 1) -}}
+{{- $title := .Get "title" | default "YouTube Video" }}
 <div {{ with $class }}class="{{ . }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://{{ $ytHost }}/embed/{{ $id }}{{ with .Get "autoplay" }}{{ if eq . "true" }}?autoplay=1{{ end }}{{ end }}" {{ if not $class }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}allowfullscreen title="YouTube Video"></iframe>
+  <iframe src="https://{{ $ytHost }}/embed/{{ $id }}{{ with .Get "autoplay" }}{{ if eq . "true" }}?autoplay=1{{ end }}{{ end }}" {{ if not $class }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}allowfullscreen title="{{ $title }}"></iframe>
 </div>
 {{ end -}}