diff --git a/src/state/pages/reducer.js b/src/state/pages/reducer.js
index 9bcaddc2b..fbb3aa851 100644
--- a/src/state/pages/reducer.js
+++ b/src/state/pages/reducer.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
   SET_DASHBOARD_PAGES,
   SET_VIRTUAL_ROOT,
 } from 'state/pages/types';
-import { HOMEPAGE_CODE } from './const';
 
 // creates a map from an array
 const toMap = (array, propKey) => array.reduce((acc, page) => {
@@ -140,15 +139,9 @@ const childrenMap = (state = {}, action = {}) => {
 const titlesMap = (state = {}, action = {}) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case ADD_PAGES: {
-      const mapOfTitles = toMap(action.payload.pages, 'titles');
-      if (mapOfTitles[HOMEPAGE_CODE]) {
-        Object.keys(mapOfTitles[HOMEPAGE_CODE]).forEach((key) => {
-          mapOfTitles[HOMEPAGE_CODE][key] = 'Root';
-        });
-      }
       return {
         ...state,
-        ...mapOfTitles,
+        ...toMap(action.payload.pages, 'titles'),
       };
     }
     case UPDATE_PAGE: {
@@ -293,7 +286,7 @@ export const dashboard = (state = [], action = {}) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const virtualRoot = (state = {}, action = {}) => {
+export const virtualRoot = (state = false, action = {}) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case SET_VIRTUAL_ROOT:
       return action.payload;
diff --git a/src/state/pages/selectors.js b/src/state/pages/selectors.js
index 4c235ecc5..05cbb176a 100644
--- a/src/state/pages/selectors.js
+++ b/src/state/pages/selectors.js
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ const PAGE_STATUS_DEFAULTS = {
 };
 
 export const getPageTreePages = createSelector(
-  [getPagesMap, getChildrenMap, getStatusMap, getTitlesMap, getLocale, getDefaultLanguage],
-  (pages, pageChildren, pagesStatus, pagesTitles, locale, defaultLang) => (
+  [getPagesMap, getChildrenMap, getStatusMap, getTitlesMap, getLocale, getDefaultLanguage,
+    getIsVirtualRootOn],
+  (pages, pageChildren, pagesStatus, pagesTitles, locale, defaultLang, virtualRootOn) => (
     getPagesOrder(pageChildren)
       .filter(pageCode => isVisible(pageCode, pages, pagesStatus))
       .map((pageCode) => {
@@ -118,12 +119,16 @@ export const getPageTreePages = createSelector(
             .some(el => pages[el] && pages[el].status === PAGE_STATUS_PUBLISHED);
         }
 
-        const title = pagesTitles[pageCode][locale]
+        let title = pagesTitles[pageCode][locale]
           || pagesTitles[pageCode][defaultLang]
           || pagesTitles[pageCode][
             Object.keys(pagesTitles[pageCode]).find(langCode => pagesTitles[pageCode][langCode])
           ];
 
+        if (pageCode === HOMEPAGE_CODE && virtualRootOn) {
+          title = 'Root';
+        }
+
         return ({
           ...pages[pageCode],
           ...PAGE_STATUS_DEFAULTS,
diff --git a/test/state/pages/selectors.test.js b/test/state/pages/selectors.test.js
index 8d6d32aac..4a5d77951 100644
--- a/test/state/pages/selectors.test.js
+++ b/test/state/pages/selectors.test.js
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ describe('state/pages/selectors', () => {
     let pageTreePages;
     beforeEach(() => {
       pageTreePages = getPageTreePages(MOCK_STATE);
+      // make virtualRoot false
+      MOCK_STATE.pages.virtualRoot = false;
     });
     it('only returns expanded rows and their children', () => {
       expect(pageTreePages.length).toBe(4); // homepage and its 3 children
@@ -160,6 +162,14 @@ describe('state/pages/selectors', () => {
       expect(pageTreePages[2].loaded).toBe(false);
       expect(pageTreePages[3].loaded).toBe(false);
     });
+    it('shows Root for home if virtualRoot is true', () => {
+      MOCK_STATE.pages.virtualRoot = true;
+      pageTreePages = getPageTreePages(MOCK_STATE);
+      expect(pageTreePages[0].title).toBe('Root');
+      expect(pageTreePages[1].title).toBe(pageTreePages[1].titles[LOCALE_MOCK]);
+      expect(pageTreePages[2].title).toBe(pageTreePages[2].titles[LOCALE_MOCK]);
+      expect(pageTreePages[3].title).toBe(pageTreePages[3].titles[LOCALE_MOCK]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('getCharsets(state)', () => {