diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c7d66c1c9..4e0f82ec2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ These defaults require some adoption from existing users but feel more natural t
 * add confirmation for dialog for undo commit [[@TeFiLeDo](https://github.com/TeFiLeDo)] ([#1912](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1912))
 * support `prepare-commit-msg` hook ([#1873](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1873))
 * support for new-line in text-input (e.g. commit message editor) [[@pm100]](https://github/pm100) ([#1662](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1662)).
+* new style `block_title_focused` to allow customizing title text of focused frame/block ([#2052](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2052)).
 
 ### Changed
 * do not allow tagging when `tag.gpgsign` enabled until gpg-signing is [supported](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/97) [[@TeFiLeDo](https://github.com/TeFiLeDo)] ([#1915](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/1915))
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 6fdfc42460..76c5b3c21b 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ impl App {
 					&self.repo_path_text,
 					text_area.width as usize,
 				),
-				self.theme.title(true),
+				self.theme.title(false),
 			)]))
 			.alignment(Alignment::Right),
 			text_area,
diff --git a/src/ui/style.rs b/src/ui/style.rs
index c54350d745..7310721f56 100644
--- a/src/ui/style.rs
+++ b/src/ui/style.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub struct Theme {
 	tag_fg: Color,
 	branch_fg: Color,
 	line_break: String,
+	block_title_focused: Color,
 }
 
 impl Theme {
@@ -50,7 +51,9 @@ impl Theme {
 
 	pub fn title(&self, focused: bool) -> Style {
 		if focused {
-			Style::default().add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
+			Style::default()
+				.fg(self.block_title_focused)
+				.add_modifier(Modifier::BOLD)
 		} else {
 			Style::default().fg(self.disabled_fg)
 		}
@@ -342,6 +345,7 @@ impl Default for Theme {
 			tag_fg: Color::LightMagenta,
 			branch_fg: Color::LightYellow,
 			line_break: "¶".to_string(),
+			block_title_focused: Color::Reset,
 		}
 	}
 }