diff --git a/src/Tokenizer.ts b/src/Tokenizer.ts
index f4c4acb01..2d12808f7 100644
--- a/src/Tokenizer.ts
+++ b/src/Tokenizer.ts
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ export default class Tokenizer {
             this.sectionStart = this._index;
         } else if (
             this.decodeEntities &&
-            this.special === Special.None &&
-            c === "&"
+            c === "&" &&
+            (this.special === Special.None || this.special === Special.Title)
         ) {
             if (this._index > this.sectionStart) {
                 this.cbs.ontext(this.getSection());
diff --git a/src/__fixtures__/Events/37-entity-in-title.json b/src/__fixtures__/Events/37-entity-in-title.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea0bb5dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__fixtures__/Events/37-entity-in-title.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "name": "entity in title (#592)",
+    "html": "<title>the &quot;title&quot;",
+    "expected": [
+        {
+            "event": "opentagname",
+            "data": ["title"]
+        },
+        {
+            "event": "opentag",
+            "data": ["title", {}]
+        },
+        {
+            "event": "text",
+            "data": ["the \"title\""]
+        },
+        {
+            "event": "closetag",
+            "data": ["title"]
+        }
+    ]
+}