diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c8767f15..447909d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ncmpc 0.45 - not yet released
 * make "tagtypes" errors non-fatal
 * check which tag types are supported by MPD (fixes MPD 0.21 support)
+* lyrics: update page title after loading has finished
 * lyrics: fix path injection bug
 * lyrics: load cached lyrics without plugin
 * lyrics: use $XDG_CACHE_HOME/ncmpc/lyrics instead of ~/.lyrics
diff --git a/src/LyricsPage.cxx b/src/LyricsPage.cxx
index d0422d62..9045f15f 100644
--- a/src/LyricsPage.cxx
+++ b/src/LyricsPage.cxx
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ LyricsPage::OnPluginSuccess(const char *_plugin_name,
 	plugin_timeout.Cancel();
 
 	StopPluginCycle();
+
+	/* schedule a full repaint so the page title gets updated */
+	screen.SchedulePaint();
 }
 
 void
@@ -219,6 +222,9 @@ LyricsPage::OnPluginError(std::string error) noexcept
 
 	plugin_timeout.Cancel();
 	StopPluginCycle();
+
+	/* schedule a full repaint so the page title gets updated */
+	screen.SchedulePaint();
 }
 
 void
@@ -228,6 +234,9 @@ LyricsPage::OnTimeout() noexcept
 
 	screen_status_printf(_("Lyrics timeout occurred after %d seconds"),
 			     (int)std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(options.lyrics_timeout).count());
+
+	/* schedule a full repaint so the page title gets updated */
+	screen.SchedulePaint();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/screen.hxx b/src/screen.hxx
index 3d672bdf..29e7d57b 100644
--- a/src/screen.hxx
+++ b/src/screen.hxx
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ public:
 		     Point p, mmask_t bstate);
 #endif
 
-private:
-	void NextMode(struct mpdclient &c, int offset) noexcept;
-
 	void SchedulePaint() noexcept {
 		paint_event.Schedule();
 	}
 
+private:
+	void NextMode(struct mpdclient &c, int offset) noexcept;
+
 	void Paint() noexcept;
 };