diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ba00ae..369529a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 - [#814] Implement `org-roam-insert-immediate`
-
+- [#833](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/pull/833) Add customization of file titles with `org-roam-title-to-slug-function`. 
 ### Bugfixes
 
 ## 1.2.0 (12-06-2020)
diff --git a/org-roam-capture.el b/org-roam-capture.el
index a824d5b..13e4c97 100644
--- a/org-roam-capture.el
+++ b/org-roam-capture.el
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 (defvar org-roam-encrypt-files)
 (defvar org-roam-directory)
 (defvar org-roam-mode)
+(defvar org-roam-title-to-slug-function)
 (declare-function  org-roam--get-title-path-completions "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam--get-ref-path-completions   "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam--file-path-from-id          "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam--find-file                  "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam--format-link                "org-roam")
-(declare-function  org-roam--title-to-slug              "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam-mode                        "org-roam")
 (declare-function  org-roam-completion--completing-read "org-roam-completion")
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ This uses the templates defined at `org-roam-capture-templates'."
          (title (or (plist-get res :title) title-with-keys))
          (file-path (plist-get res :path)))
     (let ((org-roam-capture--info (list (cons 'title title)
-                                        (cons 'slug (org-roam--title-to-slug title))
+                                        (cons 'slug (funcall org-roam-title-to-slug-function title))
                                         (cons 'file file-path)))
           (org-roam-capture--context 'capture))
       (setq org-roam-capture-additional-template-props (list :capture-fn 'org-roam-capture))
diff --git a/org-roam-protocol.el b/org-roam-protocol.el
index c5c1238..48ddf3c 100644
--- a/org-roam-protocol.el
+++ b/org-roam-protocol.el
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ It opens or creates a note with the given ref.
     (unless (assoc 'ref decoded-alist)
       (error "No ref key provided"))
     (when-let ((title (cdr (assoc 'title decoded-alist))))
-      (push (cons 'slug (org-roam--title-to-slug title)) decoded-alist))
+      (push (cons 'slug (funcall org-roam-title-to-slug-function title)) decoded-alist))
     (let* ((org-roam-capture-templates org-roam-capture-ref-templates)
            (org-roam-capture--context 'ref)
            (org-roam-capture--info decoded-alist)
diff --git a/org-roam.el b/org-roam.el
index a757102..bf1c7c0 100644
--- a/org-roam.el
+++ b/org-roam.el
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 (defvar org-id-link-to-org-use-id)
 (declare-function org-id-find-id-in-file "ext:org-id" (id file &optional markerp))
 
-
 ;;;; Customizable variables
 (defgroup org-roam nil
   "Roam Research replica in Org-mode."
@@ -208,6 +207,12 @@ extraction methods:
               (const :tag "sub-directories" all-directories)
               (const :tag "parent directory" last-directory)))
 
+(defcustom org-roam-title-to-slug-function #'org-roam--title-to-slug
+  "Function to be used in converting a title to the filename slug.
+Function should return a filename string based on title."
+  :type 'function
+  :group 'org-roam)
+
 (defcustom org-roam-title-sources '((title headline) alias)
   "The list of sources from which to retrieve a note title.
 Each element in the list is either:
@@ -1297,7 +1302,7 @@ which takes as its argument an alist of path-completions.  See
     (if file-path
         (org-roam--find-file file-path)
       (let ((org-roam-capture--info `((title . ,title-with-tags)
-                                      (slug  . ,(org-roam--title-to-slug title-with-tags))))
+                                      (slug  . ,(funcall org-roam-title-to-slug-function title-with-tags))))
             (org-roam-capture--context 'title))
         (add-hook 'org-capture-after-finalize-hook #'org-roam-capture--find-file-h)
         (org-roam--with-template-error 'org-roam-capture-templates
@@ -1372,7 +1377,7 @@ If DESCRIPTION is provided, use this as the link label.  See
       (when (org-roam-capture--in-process-p)
         (user-error "Nested Org-roam capture processes not supported"))
       (let ((org-roam-capture--info `((title . ,title-with-tags)
-                                      (slug . ,(org-roam--title-to-slug title-with-tags))))
+                                      (slug . ,(funcall org-roam-title-to-slug-function title-with-tags))))
             (org-roam-capture--context 'title))
         (add-hook 'org-capture-after-finalize-hook #'org-roam-capture--insert-link-h)
         (setq org-roam-capture-additional-template-props (list :region region