diff --git a/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker.rb b/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker.rb
index c2107d28..d659eff4 100644
--- a/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def job_data
                 pull_request_head_branch: request.pull_request_head_ref,
                 pull_request_head_sha: request.pull_request_head_sha,
                 pull_request_head_slug: request.pull_request_head_slug,
+                pull_request_title: request.pull_request_title,
               )
             end
             data
diff --git a/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker/request.rb b/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker/request.rb
index 4d8d7470..f6d01455 100644
--- a/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker/request.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker/request.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def pull_request_head_slug
             pull_request ? pull_request.head_repo_slug : pull_request_head_repo['full_name']
           end
 
+          def pull_request_title
+            pull_request ? pull_request.title : pull_request_head['title']
+          end
+
           private
 
             # TODO remove once we've backfilled the pull_requests table
diff --git a/spec/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker_spec.rb b/spec/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker_spec.rb
index 3b2d314e..05d2721c 100644
--- a/spec/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/travis/scheduler/serialize/worker_spec.rb
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def encrypted(value)
     let(:ref)       { 'refs/pull/180/merge' }
     let(:pr_number) { 180 }
     let(:payload)   { { 'pull_request' => { 'head' => { 'ref' => 'head_branch', 'sha' => '62aaef', 'repo' => {'full_name' => 'travis-ci/gem-release'} } } } }
-    let(:pull_request) { PullRequest.create(head_ref: 'head_branch', head_repo_slug: 'travis-ci/gem-release') }
+    let(:pull_request) { PullRequest.create(head_ref: 'head_branch', head_repo_slug: 'travis-ci/gem-release', title: 'Awesome pull request') }
 
     before { request.update_attributes(pull_request: pull_request, base_commit: '0cd9ff', head_commit: '62aaef') }
 
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ def encrypted(value)
           pull_request_head_branch: 'head_branch',
           pull_request_head_sha: '62aaef',
           pull_request_head_slug: 'travis-ci/gem-release',
+          pull_request_title: 'Awesome pull request',
           allow_failure: allow_failure,
           stage_name: nil,
           name: 'jobname',