diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockBase.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockBase.php
index 48e469b..cce1ac7 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockBase.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public function buildConfigurationForm(array $form, array &$form_state) {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => $this->t('Title'),
       '#maxlength' => 255,
-      '#default_value' => !empty($this->configuration['label']) ? $this->configuration['label'] : $definition['admin_label'],
+      '#default_value' => !empty($this->configuration['label']) ? $this->configuration['label'] : $this->getDefaultTitle(),
       '#required' => TRUE,
     );
     $form['label_display'] = array(
@@ -185,4 +185,44 @@ public function getMachineNameSuggestion() {
     return $transliterated;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getDefaultTitle() {
+    // @todo this connects the wrong dots, but it works for a first-draft patch.
+    $definition = $this->getPluginDefinition();
+    return $definition['admin_label'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getRawTitle() {
+    $configuration = $this->getConfiguration();
+    // Override titles should supersede native title logic.
+    return isset($configuration['label']) ? $configuration['label'] : $this->getDefaultTitle();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getTitle() {
+    return $this->getRawTitle();
+    // @todo add tokenization based on context as default approach
+    // once https://drupal.org/node/2024783 is in.
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function isTitleVisible() {
+    // Assume the title is visible if the setting does not exist.
+    if (!isset($this->configuration['label_display'])) {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+      return $this->configuration['label_display'] === BLOCK_LABEL_VISIBLE;
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockPluginInterface.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockPluginInterface.php
index 047efd9..d255015 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockPluginInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockPluginInterface.php
@@ -123,7 +123,70 @@ public function blockSubmit($form, &$form_state);
    *
    * @return string
    *   The suggested machine name.
+  */
+ public function getMachineNameSuggestion();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the default, unprocessed, frontend-facing title for this block.
+   *
+   * This title should be the block's suggestion of a sane title for frontend
+   * display to the end user. If this block's title changes based on injected
+   * contextual data, then this string should contain the relevant tokens.
+   *
+   * It must be possible to produce this title with neither configuration nor
+   * contextual data having been injected into the block.
+   *
+   * The block is responsible for filtering this string appropriately if it
+   * could contain user input.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   */
+  public function getDefaultTitle();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the unprocessed user-facing title for this block.
+   *
+   * This method should allow user configuration to modify or fully replace the
+   * suggested title returned from BlockPluginInterface::getDefaultTitle()
+   * based on user configuration. As with that default title, returning a string
+   * with raw tokens in it is appropriate.
+   *
+   * If the relevant configuration is not present, or if the Block chooses not
+   * to allow any user modification of the title output, this method should
+   * simply defer to BlockPluginInterface::getDefaultTitle().
+   *
+   * This string may contain user input, and should be filtered accordingly.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Block\BlockPluginInterface::getDefaultTitle()
+   */
+  public function getRawTitle();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the fully-prepared user-facing title for this block.
+   *
+   * In the simple case, this method should take the output of
+   * BlockPluginInterface::getRawTitle(), apply any transformational logic to it
+   * that requires injected contextual data, and return the result.
+   *
+   * This method should not be called unless a block has had both configuration
+   * and all necessary contexts properly injected.
+   *
+   * This string may contain user input, and should be filtered accordingly.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *
+   * @see \Drupal\Block\BlockPluginInterface::getDefaultTitle()
+   * @see \Drupal\Block\BlockPluginInterface::getRawTitle()
+   */
+  public function getTitle();
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates whether the block title should be shown on the frontend.
+   *
+   * @return bool
    */
-  public function getMachineNameSuggestion();
+  public function isTitleVisible();
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockViewBuilder.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockViewBuilder.php
index bfc136b..977b4b8 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/BlockViewBuilder.php
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
-
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\Plugin\DataType\StringItem;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
+ 
 /**
  * Provides a Block view builder.
  */
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ public function viewMultiple(array $entities = array(), $view_mode = 'full', $la
           '#configuration' => $configuration,
           '#plugin_id' => $plugin_id,
         );
-        $build[$entity_id]['#configuration']['label'] = check_plain($configuration['label']);
+        $build[$entity_id]['#configuration']['label'] = String::checkPlain($plugin->getTitle());
       }
       else {
         $build[$entity_id] = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
index dac57a0..7dcf7ac 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/Block/ViewsBlock.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public function build() {
     $this->view->display_handler->preBlockBuild($this);
 
     if ($output = $this->view->executeDisplay($this->displayID)) {
+
       // Set the label to the title configured in the view.
       if (empty($this->configuration['views_label'])) {
         $this->configuration['label'] = Xss::filterAdmin($this->view->getTitle());
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ public function build() {
         $this->configuration['label'] = $this->configuration['views_label'];
       }
       $this->configuration['label_display'] = TRUE;
+
+      // Store the title as an object property for later retrieval via method.
+      $this->outputTitle = $this->configuration['label'];/
+
       // Before returning the block output, convert it to a renderable array
       // with contextual links.
       $this->addContextualLinks($output);
@@ -99,4 +104,19 @@ public function getMachineNameSuggestion() {
     return 'views_block__' . $this->view->storage->id() . '_' . $this->view->current_display;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getTitle() {
+    // The only canonical way to build the title for a view is to ask the view
+    // for it directly, once the view has been executed. To avoid executing the
+    // view unnecessarily, we do it only in build(), then set a property for use
+    // here. So, if that property is not set, we must call build() to set it.
+    if (is_null($this->outputTitle)) {
+      $this->build();
+    }
+
+    return $this->outputTitle;
+  }
+
 }