diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43ddddc866..beaea34b0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,12 +146,14 @@
 					"enum": [
 						"template",
 						"commit",
+						"branchName",
 						"none",
 						"Copilot"
 					],
 					"enumDescriptions": [
 						"%githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.template%",
 						"%githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.commit%",
+						"%githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.branchName%",
 						"%githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.none%",
 						"%githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.copilot%"
 					],
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index aa5358921e..66088edc78 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.description": "The description used when creating pull requests.",
 	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.template": "Use a pull request template and commit description, or just use the commit description if no templates were found.",
 	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.commit": "Use the latest commit message only.",
+	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.branchName": "Use the branch name as the pull request title",
 	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.none": "Do not have a default description.",
 	"githubPullRequests.pullRequestDescription.copilot": "Generate a pull request title and description from GitHub Copilot. Requires that the GitHub Copilot extension is installed and authenticated. Will fall back to `commit` if Copilot is not set up.",
 	"githubPullRequests.defaultCreateOption.description": "The create option that the \"Create\" button will default to when creating a pull request.",
diff --git a/src/github/createPRViewProvider.ts b/src/github/createPRViewProvider.ts
index 13f49701a5..89c89b441c 100644
--- a/src/github/createPRViewProvider.ts
+++ b/src/github/createPRViewProvider.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCreatePullRequestViewProvider<T extends BasePullReques
 		}
 		commands.setContext(contexts.CREATE_PR_PERMISSIONS, viewerPermission);
 
-		const useCopilot: boolean = !!this.getTitleAndDescriptionProvider('Copilot') && (vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE).get<'commit' | 'template' | 'none' | 'Copilot'>(PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION) === 'Copilot');
+		const useCopilot: boolean = !!this.getTitleAndDescriptionProvider('Copilot') && (vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE).get<'commit' | 'template' | 'branchName' | 'none' | 'Copilot'>(PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION) === 'Copilot');
 		const defaultTitleAndDescriptionProvider = this.getTitleAndDescriptionProvider()?.title;
 		if (defaultTitleAndDescriptionProvider) {
 			/* __GDPR__
@@ -709,8 +709,21 @@ export class CreatePullRequestViewProvider extends BaseCreatePullRequestViewProv
 	protected async getTitleAndDescription(compareBranch: Branch, baseBranch: string): Promise<{ title: string, description: string }> {
 		let title: string = '';
 		let description: string = '';
-		const descrptionSource = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE).get<'commit' | 'template' | 'none' | 'Copilot'>(PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION);
-		if (descrptionSource === 'none') {
+		const descriptionSource = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE).get<'commit' | 'template' | 'branchName' | 'none' | 'Copilot'>(PULL_REQUEST_DESCRIPTION);
+		if (descriptionSource === 'none') {
+			return { title, description };
+		}
+
+		const name = compareBranch.name;
+		const branchNameTitle = (name: string) => {
+			return `${name.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${name.slice(1)}`;
+		};
+
+		// If branchName is selected, use the branch name as the title
+		if (descriptionSource === 'branchName') {
+			if (name) {
+				title = branchNameTitle(name);
+			}
 			return { title, description };
 		}
 
@@ -722,11 +735,10 @@ export class CreatePullRequestViewProvider extends BaseCreatePullRequestViewProv
 		let useBranchName = this._pullRequestDefaults.base === compareBranch.name;
 		Logger.debug(`Compare branch name: ${compareBranch.name}, Base branch name: ${this._pullRequestDefaults.base}`, CreatePullRequestViewProvider.ID);
 		try {
-			const name = compareBranch.name;
 			const [totalCommits, lastCommit, pullRequestTemplate] = await Promise.all([
 				this.getTotalGitHubCommits(compareBranch, baseBranch),
 				name ? titleAndBodyFrom(promiseWithTimeout(this._folderRepositoryManager.getTipCommitMessage(name), 5000)) : undefined,
-				descrptionSource === 'template' ? this.getPullRequestTemplate() : undefined
+				descriptionSource === 'template' ? this.getPullRequestTemplate() : undefined
 			]);
 			const totalNonMergeCommits = totalCommits?.filter(commit => commit.parents.length < 2);
 
@@ -748,7 +760,7 @@ export class CreatePullRequestViewProvider extends BaseCreatePullRequestViewProv
 			}
 			// Set title
 			if (useBranchName && name) {
-				title = `${name.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${name.slice(1)}`;
+				title = branchNameTitle(name);
 			} else if (name && lastCommit) {
 				title = lastCommit.title;
 			}