diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.cpp
index ff96887a32..30dca24cb1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ WNDCLASSEX wndClass;
 const TCHAR m_szClassName[] = _T("DolphinEmuWnd");
 int g_winstyle;
 static volatile bool s_sizing;
+static const int TITLE_TEXT_BUF_SIZE = 1024;
+TCHAR m_titleTextBuffer[TITLE_TEXT_BUF_SIZE];
+static const int WM_SETTEXT_CUSTOM = WM_USER + WM_SETTEXT;
 
 bool IsSizing()
 {
@@ -225,6 +228,10 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc( HWND hWnd, UINT iMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
 		PostMessage(m_hParent, WM_USER, WM_USER_SETCURSOR, 0);
 		return true;
 
+	case WM_SETTEXT_CUSTOM:
+		SendMessage(hWnd, WM_SETTEXT, wParam, lParam);
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		return DefWindowProc(hWnd, iMsg, wParam, lParam);
 	}
@@ -357,4 +364,27 @@ void SetSize(int width, int height)
 	MoveWindow(m_hWnd, rc.left, rc.top, rc.right-rc.left, rc.bottom-rc.top, TRUE);
 }
 
+void SetWindowText(const TCHAR* text)
+{
+	// the simple way.
+	// we don't do this because it's a blocking call and the GUI thread might be waiting for us.
+	//::SetWindowText(m_hWnd, text);
+
+	// copy to m_titleTextBuffer in such a way that
+	// it remains null-terminated and without garbage data at every point in time,
+	// in case another thread reads it while we're doing this.
+	for (int i = 0; i < TITLE_TEXT_BUF_SIZE-1; ++i)
+	{
+		m_titleTextBuffer[i+1] = 0;
+		TCHAR c = text[i];
+		m_titleTextBuffer[i] = c;
+		if (!c)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	// the OS doesn't allow posting WM_SETTEXT,
+	// so we post our own message and convert it to that in WndProc
+	PostMessage(m_hWnd, WM_SETTEXT_CUSTOM, 0, (LPARAM)m_titleTextBuffer);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.h
index 1403ffcf57..bf5aa73cdf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/EmuWindow.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ void Close();
 void SetSize(int displayWidth, int displayHeight);
 bool IsSizing();
 void OSDMenu(WPARAM wParam);
+void SetWindowText(const TCHAR* text);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/main.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/main.cpp
index ba93890e2b..f6fe1127a3 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX11/Src/main.cpp
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ unsigned int VideoBackend::PeekMessages()
 
 void VideoBackend::UpdateFPSDisplay(const char *text)
 {
-	char temp[512];
-	sprintf_s(temp, sizeof temp, "%s | DX11 | %s", scm_rev_str, text);
-	SetWindowTextA(EmuWindow::GetWnd(), temp);
+	TCHAR temp[512];
+	swprintf_s(temp, sizeof(temp)/sizeof(TCHAR), _T("%hs | DX11 | %hs"), scm_rev_str, text);
+	EmuWindow::SetWindowText(temp);
 }
 
 std::string VideoBackend::GetName()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/main.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/main.cpp
index 1d733f7dc3..727fa73a00 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoDX9/Src/main.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void VideoBackend::UpdateFPSDisplay(const char *text)
 {
 	TCHAR temp[512];
 	swprintf_s(temp, sizeof(temp)/sizeof(TCHAR), _T("%hs | DX9 | %hs"), scm_rev_str, text);
-	SetWindowText(EmuWindow::GetWnd(), temp);
+	EmuWindow::SetWindowText(temp);
 }
 
 std::string VideoBackend::GetName()
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
index bedcaa6245..cbdb702885 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoOGL/Src/GLUtil.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ void OpenGL_SetWindowText(const char *text)
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 	[GLWin.cocoaWin setTitle: [NSString stringWithUTF8String: text]];
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
-	// TODO convert text to unicode and change SetWindowTextA to SetWindowText
-	SetWindowTextA(EmuWindow::GetWnd(), text);
+	TCHAR temp[512];
+	swprintf_s(temp, sizeof(temp)/sizeof(TCHAR), _T("%hs"), text);
+	EmuWindow::SetWindowText(temp);
 #elif defined(HAVE_X11) && HAVE_X11
 	// Tell X to ask the window manager to set the window title.
 	// (X itself doesn't provide window title functionality.)