diff --git a/mod/lesson/locallib.php b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
index c65a6cafb14..c38dbe9e162 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/locallib.php
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ abstract class lesson_add_page_form_base extends moodleform {
      * and then calls custom_definition();
      */
     public final function definition() {
+        global $CFG;
         $mform = $this->_form;
         $editoroptions = $this->_customdata['editoroptions'];
 
@@ -1334,8 +1335,12 @@ abstract class lesson_add_page_form_base extends moodleform {
             $mform->setType('qtype', PARAM_INT);
 
             $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string('pagetitle', 'lesson'), array('size'=>70));
-            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
             $mform->addRule('title', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');
+            if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+                $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+            } else {
+                $mform->setType('title', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+            }
 
             $this->editoroptions = array('noclean'=>true, 'maxfiles'=>EDITOR_UNLIMITED_FILES, 'maxbytes'=>$this->_customdata['maxbytes']);
             $mform->addElement('editor', 'contents_editor', get_string('pagecontents', 'lesson'), null, $this->editoroptions);
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/branchtable.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/branchtable.php
index dec96a9bd09..98380698944 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/branchtable.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/branchtable.php
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_branchtable extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
     protected $standard = false;
 
     public function custom_definition() {
-        global $PAGE;
+        global $PAGE, $CFG;
 
         $mform = $this->_form;
         $lesson = $this->_customdata['lesson'];
@@ -338,8 +338,12 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_branchtable extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
         $mform->setType('qtype', PARAM_INT);
 
         $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string("pagetitle", "lesson"), array('size'=>70));
-        $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
         $mform->addRule('title', null, 'required', null, 'server');
+        if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        } else {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+        }
 
         $this->editoroptions = array('noclean'=>true, 'maxfiles'=>EDITOR_UNLIMITED_FILES, 'maxbytes'=>$PAGE->course->maxbytes);
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'contents_editor', get_string("pagecontents", "lesson"), null, $this->editoroptions);
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/cluster.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/cluster.php
index 31c01b3ae59..c093c07f912 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/cluster.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/cluster.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_cluster extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
     protected $standard = false;
 
     public function custom_definition() {
-        global $PAGE;
+        global $PAGE, $CFG;
 
         $mform = $this->_form;
         $lesson = $this->_customdata['lesson'];
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_cluster extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
         $mform->setType('qtype', PARAM_TEXT);
 
         $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string("pagetitle", "lesson"), array('size'=>70));
-        $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        } else {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+        }
 
         $this->editoroptions = array('noclean'=>true, 'maxfiles'=>EDITOR_UNLIMITED_FILES, 'maxbytes'=>$PAGE->course->maxbytes);
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'contents_editor', get_string("pagecontents", "lesson"), null, $this->editoroptions);
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofbranch.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofbranch.php
index 97a64835331..568f58a1421 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofbranch.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofbranch.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_endofbranch extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
     protected $standard = false;
 
     public function custom_definition() {
-        global $PAGE;
+        global $PAGE, $CFG;
 
         $mform = $this->_form;
         $lesson = $this->_customdata['lesson'];
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_endofbranch extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
         $mform->setType('qtype', PARAM_TEXT);
 
         $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string("pagetitle", "lesson"), array('size'=>70));
-        $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        } else {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+        }
 
         $this->editoroptions = array('noclean'=>true, 'maxfiles'=>EDITOR_UNLIMITED_FILES, 'maxbytes'=>$PAGE->course->maxbytes);
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'contents_editor', get_string("pagecontents", "lesson"), null, $this->editoroptions);
diff --git a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofcluster.php b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofcluster.php
index 8a0aaade21d..207297a835c 100644
--- a/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofcluster.php
+++ b/mod/lesson/pagetypes/endofcluster.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_endofcluster extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
     protected $standard = false;
 
     public function custom_definition() {
-        global $PAGE;
+        global $PAGE, $CFG;
 
         $mform = $this->_form;
         $lesson = $this->_customdata['lesson'];
@@ -117,7 +117,11 @@ class lesson_add_page_form_endofcluster extends lesson_add_page_form_base {
         $mform->setType('qtype', PARAM_TEXT);
 
         $mform->addElement('text', 'title', get_string("pagetitle", "lesson"), array('size'=>70));
-        $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        if (!empty($CFG->formatstringstriptags)) {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_TEXT);
+        } else {
+            $mform->setType('title', PARAM_CLEANHTML);
+        }
 
         $this->editoroptions = array('noclean'=>true, 'maxfiles'=>EDITOR_UNLIMITED_FILES, 'maxbytes'=>$PAGE->course->maxbytes);
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'contents_editor', get_string("pagecontents", "lesson"), null, $this->editoroptions);