diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/options.py b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
index 2b02de84e4..bea685966e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/options.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/options.py
@@ -1627,6 +1627,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         context = {
             **self.admin_site.each_context(request),
             'title': title % opts.verbose_name,
+            'subtitle': str(obj) if obj else None,
             'adminform': adminForm,
             'object_id': object_id,
             'original': obj,
@@ -1815,6 +1816,7 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
             'selection_note': _('0 of %(cnt)s selected') % {'cnt': len(cl.result_list)},
             'selection_note_all': selection_note_all % {'total_count': cl.result_count},
             'title': cl.title,
+            'subtitle': None,
             'is_popup': cl.is_popup,
             'to_field': cl.to_field,
             'cl': cl,
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
index 3f39cd5b8f..d86f138da5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         <div id="content" class="{% block coltype %}colM{% endblock %}">
           {% block pretitle %}{% endblock %}
           {% block content_title %}{% if title %}<h1>{{ title }}</h1>{% endif %}{% endblock %}
+          {% block content_subtitle %}{% if subtitle %}<h2>{{ subtitle }}</h2>{% endif %}{% endblock %}
           {% block content %}
             {% block object-tools %}{% endblock %}
             {{ content }}
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html
index cae0a691e3..9e8cc604c5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/base_site.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "admin/base.html" %}
 
-{% block title %}{{ title }} | {{ site_title|default:_('Django site admin') }}{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{% if subtitle %}{{ subtitle }} | {% endif %}{{ title }} | {{ site_title|default:_('Django site admin') }}{% endblock %}
 
 {% block branding %}
 <h1 id="site-name"><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">{{ site_header|default:_('Django administration') }}</a></h1>
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 62aa236e2b..61894de9f0 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -100,10 +100,16 @@ class AdminViewBasicTestCase(TestCase):
         cls.superuser = User.objects.create_superuser(username='super', password='secret', email='super@example.com')
         cls.s1 = Section.objects.create(name='Test section')
         cls.a1 = Article.objects.create(
-            content='<p>Middle content</p>', date=datetime.datetime(2008, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58), section=cls.s1
+            content='<p>Middle content</p>',
+            date=datetime.datetime(2008, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58),
+            section=cls.s1,
+            title='Article 1',
         )
         cls.a2 = Article.objects.create(
-            content='<p>Oldest content</p>', date=datetime.datetime(2000, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58), section=cls.s1
+            content='<p>Oldest content</p>',
+            date=datetime.datetime(2000, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58),
+            section=cls.s1,
+            title='Article 2',
         )
         cls.a3 = Article.objects.create(
             content='<p>Newest content</p>', date=datetime.datetime(2009, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58), section=cls.s1
@@ -1027,6 +1033,53 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, '<th scope="col" class="column-value">')
         self.assertNotContains(response, '<th scope="col" class="sortable column')
 
+    def test_change_view_subtitle_per_object(self):
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('admin:admin_views_article_change', args=(self.a1.pk,)),
+        )
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            '<title>Article 1 | Change article | Django site admin</title>',
+        )
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h1>Change article</h1>')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h2>Article 1</h2>')
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('admin:admin_views_article_change', args=(self.a2.pk,)),
+        )
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            '<title>Article 2 | Change article | Django site admin</title>',
+        )
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h1>Change article</h1>')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h2>Article 2</h2>')
+
+    def test_view_subtitle_per_object(self):
+        viewuser = User.objects.create_user(
+            username='viewuser', password='secret', is_staff=True,
+        )
+        viewuser.user_permissions.add(
+            get_perm(Article, get_permission_codename('view', Article._meta)),
+        )
+        self.client.force_login(viewuser)
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('admin:admin_views_article_change', args=(self.a1.pk,)),
+        )
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            '<title>Article 1 | View article | Django site admin</title>',
+        )
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h1>View article</h1>')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h2>Article 1</h2>')
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('admin:admin_views_article_change', args=(self.a2.pk,)),
+        )
+        self.assertContains(
+            response,
+            '<title>Article 2 | View article | Django site admin</title>',
+        )
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h1>View article</h1>')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<h2>Article 2</h2>')
+
 
 @override_settings(TEMPLATES=[{
     'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',