diff -u b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
--- b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Entity/Node.php
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
       'label' => t('Title'),
       'description' => t('The title of this node, always treated as non-markup plain text.'),
       'type' => 'field_item:text',
-      'list_class' => '\Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldItemList',
+      'list_class' => '\Drupal\node\NodeTitleItemList',
       'required' => TRUE,
       'settings' => array(
         'default_value' => '',
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeTitleItemList.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\node\NodeTitleItemList.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\FieldItemList;
+
+/**
+ * @todo This class is a temporary hack for allowing the label of the node title
+ *   field to vary by node type. Remove it when https://drupal.org/node/2114707
+ *   is solved.
+ */
+class NodeTitleItemList extends FieldItemList {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function __construct(array $definition, $name, NodeInterface $node) {
+    $node_type = node_type_load($node->getType());
+    if (isset($node_type->title_label)) {
+      $definition['label'] = $node_type->title_label;
+    }
+    parent::__construct($definition, $name, $node);
+  }
+
+}