diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
index bb66b5305d7..430784bfebc 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
@@ -2280,4 +2280,36 @@ EOF;
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check that the page title contains a given string.
+     *
+     * @Given the page title should contain ":title"
+     * @param string $title The string that should be present on the page title.
+     */
+    public function the_page_title_should_contain(string $title): void {
+        $session = $this->getSession();
+        if ($this->running_javascript()) {
+            // When running on JS, the page title can be changed via JS, so it's more reliable to get the actual page title via JS.
+            $actualtitle = $session->evaluateScript("return document.title");
+        } else {
+            $titleelement = $session->getPage()->find('css', 'head title');
+            if ($titleelement === null) {
+                // Throw an exception if a page title is not present on the page.
+                throw new ElementNotFoundException(
+                    $this->getSession(),
+                    '<title> element',
+                    'css',
+                    'head title'
+                );
+            }
+            $actualtitle = $titleelement->getText();
+        }
+
+        if (strpos($actualtitle, $title) === false) {
+            throw new ExpectationException(
+                "'$title' was not found from the current page title '$actualtitle'",
+                $session
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/upgrade.txt b/lib/upgrade.txt
index 3aa954890d1..4b84ea50cff 100644
--- a/lib/upgrade.txt
+++ b/lib/upgrade.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ information provided here is intended especially for developers.
   If it's necessary to override this, pass `false` to its new optional parameter `$appendsitename`.
 * New page title separator constant `moodle_page:TITLE_SEPARATOR` has been created to help standardise the separators used in page
   titles.
+* New Behat step \behat_general::the_page_title_should_contain() has been added to allow checking of page titles. You can use this
+  when writing feature files to check that the page title contains the expected string.
+  e.g. `And the page title should contain "Some title"`
 
 === 4.1.5 ===
 * Added a new render of caption for the table in render_caption. It can be used by