diff --git a/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c b/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
index cf85559c8..e861d520d 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
+++ b/src/gui/gui-bar-item.c
@@ -1477,6 +1477,8 @@ gui_bar_item_init ()
                       &gui_bar_item_default_buffer_title, NULL);
     gui_bar_item_hook_signal ("buffer_title_changed",
                               gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_TITLE]);
+    gui_bar_item_hook_signal ("buffer_switch",
+                              gui_bar_item_names[GUI_BAR_ITEM_BUFFER_TITLE]);
     
     /* buffer nicklist */
     gui_bar_item_new (NULL,