diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/bin/ng b/packages/angular/cli/bin/ng
index 6114439119ad..7fb032affdcb 100755
--- a/packages/angular/cli/bin/ng
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/bin/ng
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 
 // Provide a title to the process in `ps`.
 // Due to an obscure Mac bug, do not start this title with any symbol.
-process.title = 'ng';
+try {
+  process.title = 'ng ' + Array.from(process.argv).slice(2).join(' ');
+} catch(_) {
+  // If an error happened above, use the most basic title.
+  process.title = 'ng';
+}
 
+// Some older versions of Node do not support let or const.
 var version = process.version.substr(1).split('.');
 if (Number(version[0]) < 8 || (Number(version[0]) === 8 && Number(version[1]) < 9)) {
   process.stderr.write(
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/misc/title.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/misc/title.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e5cc5f763a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/misc/title.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { execAndWaitForOutputToMatch, execWithEnv, killAllProcesses } from '../../utils/process';
+
+
+export default async function() {
+  try {
+    await execAndWaitForOutputToMatch('ng', ['build', '--watch'], /./);
+
+    const output = await execWithEnv('ps', ['x'], { COLUMNS: '200' });
+
+    if (!output.stdout.match(/ng build --watch/)) {
+      throw new Error('Title of the process was not properly set.');
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await killAllProcesses();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
index ff2aa66d6e93..7da400f46797 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/process.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { SpawnOptions } from "child_process";
 import * as child_process from 'child_process';
 import { terminal } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { Observable, concat, defer, EMPTY, from} from 'rxjs';
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const treeKill = require('tree-kill');
 interface ExecOptions {
   silent?: boolean;
   waitForMatch?: RegExp;
+  env?: { [varname: string]: string };
 }
 
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ function  _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proc
   let stdout = '';
   let stderr = '';
   const cwd = process.cwd();
+  const env = options.env;
   console.log(
     `==========================================================================================`
   );
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ function  _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<Proc
 
   console.log(terminal.blue(`Running \`${cmd} ${args.map(x => `"${x}"`).join(' ')}\`${flags}...`));
   console.log(terminal.blue(`CWD: ${cwd}`));
-  const spawnOptions: any = {cwd};
+  const spawnOptions: SpawnOptions = {cwd, env};
 
   if (process.platform.startsWith('win')) {
     args.unshift('/c', cmd);
@@ -146,6 +149,10 @@ export function silentExec(cmd: string, ...args: string[]) {
   return _exec({ silent: true }, cmd, args);
 }
 
+export function execWithEnv(cmd: string, args: string[], env: { [varname: string]: string }) {
+  return _exec({ env }, cmd, args);
+}
+
 export function execAndWaitForOutputToMatch(cmd: string, args: string[], match: RegExp) {
   if (cmd === 'ng' && args[0] === 'serve') {
     // Accept matches up to 20 times after the initial match.