diff --git a/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md b/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
index 3be1c6f9e..94966343a 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/content-management/shortcodes.md
@@ -345,10 +345,10 @@ Using the preceding `vimeo` example, the following HTML will be added to your re
 {{< /output >}}
 
 {{% tip %}}
-If you want to further customize the visual styling of the YouTube or Vimeo output, add a `class` named parameter when calling the shortcode. The new `class` will be added to the `<div>` that wraps the `<iframe>` *and* will remove the inline styles. Note that you will need to call the `id` as a named parameter as well.
+If you want to further customize the visual styling of the YouTube or Vimeo output, add a `class` named parameter when calling the shortcode. The new `class` will be added to the `<div>` that wraps the `<iframe>` *and* will remove the inline styles. Note that you will need to call the `id` as a named parameter as well. You can also give the vimeo video a descriptive title with `title`. 
 
 ```
-{{</* vimeo id="146022717" class="my-vimeo-wrapper-class" */>}}
+{{</* vimeo id="146022717" class="my-vimeo-wrapper-class" title="My vimeo video" */>}}
 ```
 {{% /tip %}}
 
diff --git a/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go b/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
index b34a767ca..64f2203e9 100644
--- a/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/embedded_shortcodes_test.go
@@ -212,17 +212,27 @@ func TestShortcodeVimeo(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			`{{< vimeo 146022717 >}}`,
-			"(?s)\n<div style=\".*?\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" style=\".*?\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>\n",
+			"(?s)\n<div style=\".*?\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" style=\".*?\" title=\"vimeo video\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>\n",
 		},
 		// set class
 		{
 			`{{< vimeo 146022717 video >}}`,
-			"(?s)\n<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>\n",
+			"(?s)\n<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" title=\"vimeo video\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>\n",
+		},
+		// set vimeo title
+		{
+			`{{< vimeo 146022717 video my-title >}}`,
+			"(?s)\n<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" title=\"my-title\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>\n",
 		},
 		// set class (using named params)
 		{
 			`{{< vimeo id="146022717" class="video" >}}`,
-			"(?s)^<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>",
+			"(?s)^<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" title=\"vimeo video\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>",
+		},
+		// set vimeo title (using named params)
+		{
+			`{{< vimeo id="146022717" class="video" title="my vimeo video" >}}`,
+			"(?s)^<div class=\"video\">.*?<iframe src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/146022717\" title=\"my vimeo video\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>.*?</iframe>.*?</div>",
 		},
 	} {
 		var (
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
index 50016764f..2bdb56b5b 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ if (!doNotTrack) {
 {{ template "_internal/shortcodes/vimeo_simple.html" . }}
 {{- else -}}
 {{ if .IsNamedParams }}<div {{ if .Get "class" }}class="{{ .Get "class" }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
+  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}{{ if .Get "title"}}title="{{ .Get "title" }}"{{ else }}title="vimeo video"{{ end }} webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
  </div>{{ else }}
-<div {{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}class="{{ .Get 1 }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get 0 }}" {{ if len .Params | eq 1 }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
+<div {{ if gt (len .Params) 1 }}class="{{ .Get 1 }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
+  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get 0 }}" {{ if len .Params | eq 1 }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}{{ if len .Params | eq 3 }}title="{{ .Get 2 }}"{{ else }}title="vimeo video"{{ end }} webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
  </div>
 {{ end }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
index 94f03470e..1680c1694 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 {{ template "_internal/shortcodes/vimeo_simple.html" . }}
 {{- else -}}
 {{ if .IsNamedParams }}<div {{ if .Get "class" }}class="{{ .Get "class" }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
+  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}{{ if .Get "title"}}title="{{ .Get "title" }}"{{ else }}title="vimeo video"{{ end }} webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
  </div>{{ else }}
-<div {{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}class="{{ .Get 1 }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
-  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get 0 }}" {{ if len .Params | eq 1 }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
+<div {{ if gt (len .Params) 1 }}class="{{ .Get 1 }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
+  <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get 0 }}" {{ if len .Params | eq 1 }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" {{ end }}{{ if len .Params | eq 3 }}title="{{ .Get 2 }}"{{ else }}title="vimeo video"{{ end }} webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
  </div>
 {{ end }}
 {{- end -}}