diff --git a/wagtail_wordpress_import/importers/wordpress.py b/wagtail_wordpress_import/importers/wordpress.py
index 41cfc4a2..f5b318dc 100644
--- a/wagtail_wordpress_import/importers/wordpress.py
+++ b/wagtail_wordpress_import/importers/wordpress.py
@@ -365,7 +365,11 @@ def prefilter_content(self, content):
         return cached_result
 
     def cleaned_title(self):
-        return self.node["title"].strip()
+        title = self.node.get("title", None)
+        if title:
+            return title.strip()
+        else:
+            return "no-title-available-{}".format(self.node.get("wp:post_id"))
 
     def cleaned_slug(self):
         """