diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
index 5c7454df117..86bc33966a7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/home-logo.js.es6
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default createWidget("home-logo", {
   },
 
   logoUrl() {
-    return this.siteSettings.site_logo_url || "";
+    return this.siteSettings.site_home_logo_url || "";
   },
 
   mobileLogoUrl() {
diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index ee20d17616a..0bdf7b3000e 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -175,8 +175,19 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
     site_logo_small_url
     site_mobile_logo_url
     site_favicon_url
+    site_home_logo_url
   }.each { |client_setting| client_settings << client_setting }
 
+  def self.site_home_logo_url
+    upload = SiteSetting.logo
+
+    if SiteSetting.defaults.get(:title) != SiteSetting.title && !upload
+      ''
+    else
+      full_cdn_url(upload ? upload.url : '/images/d-logo-sketch.png')
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.site_logo_url
     upload = self.logo
     upload ? full_cdn_url(upload.url) : self.logo_url(warn: false)
diff --git a/spec/models/site_setting_spec.rb b/spec/models/site_setting_spec.rb
index 6c6f556c29d..6f4cf60782c 100644
--- a/spec/models/site_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/site_setting_spec.rb
@@ -150,6 +150,40 @@ describe SiteSetting do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.site_home_logo_url' do
+    describe 'when logo site setting is set' do
+      let(:upload) { Fabricate(:upload) }
+
+      before do
+        SiteSetting.logo = upload
+      end
+
+      it 'should return the right URL' do
+        expect(SiteSetting.site_home_logo_url)
+          .to eq("#{Discourse.base_url}#{upload.url}")
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when logo site setting is not set' do
+      describe 'when there is a custom title' do
+        before do
+          SiteSetting.title = "test"
+        end
+
+        it 'should return a blank string' do
+          expect(SiteSetting.site_home_logo_url).to eq('')
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe 'when title has not been set' do
+        it 'should return the default logo url' do
+          expect(SiteSetting.site_home_logo_url)
+            .to eq("#{Discourse.base_url}/images/d-logo-sketch.png")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'deprecated site settings' do
     before do
       SiteSetting.force_https = true