diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/OptGroup.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/OptGroup.java
index 03c6a395c..5f2e2ace2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/OptGroup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/components/OptGroup.java
@@ -150,4 +150,9 @@ public class OptGroup extends Component {
     public void setListCssStyle(String listCssStyle) {
         internalUiBean.setListCssStyle(listCssStyle);
     }
+
+    @StrutsTagAttribute(description = "Property of list objects to get title from")
+    public void setListTitle(String listTitle) {
+        internalUiBean.setListTitle(listTitle);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTag.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTag.java
index 870c754bc..bd90ff5a3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTag.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTag.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class OptGroupTag extends ComponentTagSupport {
     protected String listValue;
     protected String listCssClass;
     protected String listCssStyle;
+    protected String listTitle;
 
     public Component getBean(ValueStack stack, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
         return new OptGroup(stack, req, res);
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public class OptGroupTag extends ComponentTagSupport {
         optGroup.setListValue(listValue);
         optGroup.setListCssClass(listCssClass);
         optGroup.setListCssStyle(listCssStyle);
+        optGroup.setListTitle(listTitle);
     }
 
     public void setList(String list) {
@@ -83,4 +85,8 @@ public class OptGroupTag extends ComponentTagSupport {
     public void setListCssStyle(String listCssStyle) {
         this.listCssStyle = listCssStyle;
     }
+
+    public void setListTitle(String listTitle) {
+        this.listTitle = listTitle;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/optgroup.ftl b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/optgroup.ftl
index 0f04f2130..a424fe776 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/optgroup.ftl
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/template/simple/optgroup.ftl
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 			<#assign optGroupItemCssStyle= stack.findString(optGroupInternalListUiBean.parameters.listCssStyle)/>
 		</#if>
 	</#if>
+	<#assign optGroupItemTitle = ''/>
+	<#if optGroupInternalListUiBean.parameters.listTitle??>
+		<#if stack.findString(optGroupInternalListUiBean.parameters.listTitle)??>
+			<#assign optGroupItemTitle= stack.findString(optGroupInternalListUiBean.parameters.listTitle)/>
+		</#if>
+	</#if>
 	<option value="${tmpKeyStr?html}"<#rt>
 	<#if tag.contains(parameters.nameValue, tmpKey) == true>
 	selected="selected"<#rt>
@@ -57,6 +63,9 @@
 	<#if optGroupItemCssStyle?has_content>
 	style="${optGroupItemCssStyle?html}"<#rt/>
 	</#if>
+	<#if optGroupItemTitle?has_content>
+	title="${optGroupItemTitle?html}"<#rt/>
+	</#if>
 	>${tmpValue?html}<#t>
 	</option><#lt>
 <#assign trash=stack.pop() />
diff --git a/core/src/site/resources/tags/optgroup.html b/core/src/site/resources/tags/optgroup.html
index 111fdae28..5a57e954d 100644
--- a/core/src/site/resources/tags/optgroup.html
+++ b/core/src/site/resources/tags/optgroup.html
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ Please do not edit it directly.
 					<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">Set the listKey attribute.</td>
 				</tr>
+				<tr>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">listTitle</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>
+					<td align="left" valign="top">Property of list objects to get title from</td>
+				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">listValue</td>
 					<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTest.java
index 4505c5bbe..07da6f698 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroupTest.java
@@ -260,12 +260,14 @@ public class OptGroupTest extends AbstractUITagTest {
         selectTag.setList("%{#{'ONE':'one','TWO':'two','THREE':'three'}}");
         selectTag.setListCssClass("'option-css-class'");
         selectTag.setListCssStyle("'background-color: green;'");
+        selectTag.setListTitle("'option-title'");
 
         OptGroupTag optGroupTag1 = new OptGroupTag();
         optGroupTag1.setLabel("My Label 1");
         optGroupTag1.setList("%{#{'AAA':'aaa','BBB':'bbb','CCC':'ccc'}}");
         optGroupTag1.setListCssClass("'optgroup-option-css-class'");
         optGroupTag1.setListCssStyle("'background-color: blue;'");
+        optGroupTag1.setListTitle("'optgroup-option-title'");
 
         OptGroupTag optGroupTag2 = new OptGroupTag();
         optGroupTag2.setLabel("My Label 2");
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroup-8.txt b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroup-8.txt
index 52de2926e..fbde2bcc8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroup-8.txt
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/org/apache/struts2/views/jsp/ui/OptGroup-8.txt
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@
     <td class="tdLabel"><label for="mySelection" class="label">My Selection:</label></td>
     <td class="tdInput">
 <select name="mySelection" id="mySelection">
-    <option value="ONE" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;">one</option>
-    <option value="TWO" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;">two</option>
-    <option value="THREE" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;">three</option>
+    <option value="ONE" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;" title="option-title">one</option>
+    <option value="TWO" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;" title="option-title">two</option>
+    <option value="THREE" class="option-css-class" style="background-color: green;" title="option-title">three</option>
 
 <optgroup 
     label="My Label 1"
 >
 
-    <option value="AAA" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;"
+    <option value="AAA" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;" title="optgroup-option-title"
     >aaa
     </option>
-    <option value="BBB" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;"
+    <option value="BBB" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;" title="optgroup-option-title"
     >bbb
     </option>
-    <option value="CCC" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;"
+    <option value="CCC" class="optgroup-option-css-class" style="background-color: blue;" title="optgroup-option-title" 
     >ccc
     </option>
 </optgroup>