diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 45ffe60a7..845c95952 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ New features::
   * core, plugins: make many identifiers case sensitive (issue #1872, issue #398, bug #32213)
   * core: add item "mouse_status" in default status bar, change default color to lightgreen
   * core: add "stable-number" and "devel-number" in script version.sh
+  * core: fix update of terminal title in some terminals like suckless terminal (stterm) (issue #1882)
   * api: add function config_set_version (issue #1238)
   * api: add optional argument with version in info "version_number"
   * alias: use lower case for default aliases, rename all aliases to lower case on upgrade (issue #1872)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-window.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-window.c
index d49c674d6..e1e4cf77a 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-window.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-window.c
@@ -2589,17 +2589,6 @@ gui_window_set_title (const char *title)
     {
         printf ("\033&f0k%dD%s", (int)(strlen (new_title) + 1), new_title);
     }
-    /* the following terminals support the xterm escape codes */
-    else if ((strncmp (envterm, "xterm", 5) == 0)
-             || (strncmp (envterm, "rxvt", 4) == 0)
-             || (strncmp (envterm, "alacritty", 9) == 0)
-             || (strcmp (envterm, "Eterm") == 0)
-             || (strcmp (envterm, "aixterm") == 0)
-             || (strcmp (envterm, "iris-ansi") == 0)
-             || (strcmp (envterm, "dtterm") == 0))
-    {
-        printf ("\33]0;%s\7", new_title);
-    }
     else if ((strncmp (envterm, "screen", 6) == 0)
              || (strncmp (envterm, "tmux", 4) == 0))
     {
@@ -2632,6 +2621,11 @@ gui_window_set_title (const char *title)
         /* trying to set the title of a backgrounded xterm like terminal */
         printf ("\33]0;%s\7", new_title);
     }
+    else
+    {    /* we suppose all other terminals support the xterm escape codes */
+        printf ("\33]0;%s\7", new_title);
+    }
+
     fflush (stdout);
 
     free (new_title);