diff --git a/tildes/requirements-to-freeze.txt b/tildes/requirements-to-freeze.txt
index 39cc8a1..5e15100 100644
--- a/tildes/requirements-to-freeze.txt
+++ b/tildes/requirements-to-freeze.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SQLAlchemy
 SQLAlchemy-Utils
 stripe
 testing.redis
+titlecase
 webargs
 webtest
 zope.sqlalchemy
diff --git a/tildes/requirements.txt b/tildes/requirements.txt
index aacc564..74dc993 100644
--- a/tildes/requirements.txt
+++ b/tildes/requirements.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ SQLAlchemy-Utils==0.33.3
 stripe==2.4.0
 testing.common.database==2.0.3
 testing.redis==1.1.1
+titlecase==0.12.0
 toml==0.9.4
 traitlets==4.3.2
 transaction==2.2.1
diff --git a/tildes/tests/test_topic.py b/tildes/tests/test_topic.py
index 723d91e..e9c21fd 100644
--- a/tildes/tests/test_topic.py
+++ b/tildes/tests/test_topic.py
@@ -130,3 +130,19 @@ def test_multiple_edits_update_time(text_topic):
 def test_topic_initial_last_activity_time(text_topic):
     """Ensure last_activity_time is initially the same as created_time."""
     assert text_topic.last_activity_time == text_topic.created_time
+
+
+def test_convert_all_caps(session_user, session_group):
+    """Ensure that all-caps titles are converted to title case."""
+    topic = Topic.create_link_topic(
+        session_group, session_user, "THE TITLE", "http://example.com"
+    )
+    assert topic.title == "The Title"
+
+
+def test_no_convert_partial_caps_title(session_user, session_group):
+    """Ensure that partially-caps titles are not converted to title case."""
+    topic = Topic.create_link_topic(
+        session_group, session_user, "This is a TITLE", "http://example.com"
+    )
+    assert topic.title == "This is a TITLE"
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/topic/topic.py b/tildes/tildes/models/topic/topic.py
index b822862..137054f 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/topic/topic.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/topic/topic.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.mutable import MutableDict
 from sqlalchemy.orm import deferred, relationship
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import text
 from sqlalchemy_utils import Ltree
+from titlecase import titlecase
 
 from tildes.enums import TopicType
 from tildes.lib.database import ArrayOfLtree
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ class Topic(DatabaseModel):
         new_topic = cls()
         new_topic.group_id = group.group_id
         new_topic.user_id = author.user_id
+
+        # if the title is all caps, convert to title case
+        if title.isupper():
+            title = titlecase(title)
+
         new_topic.title = title
 
         return new_topic