diff --git a/hhuthesis.cls b/hhuthesis.cls
index 37a3a68e424746bb40ca25bf9e6951f2e0ae713b..96acdb5912f2a3b450ae2433c064dc17c382ba70 100644
--- a/hhuthesis.cls
+++ b/hhuthesis.cls
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 \newcommand{\subject}[1]{\renewcommand{\@subject}{#1}}
 \newcommand{\@subject}{Informatik}
 
+\newcommand{\subtitle}[1]{\renewcommand{\@subtitle}{#1}}
+\newcommand{\@subtitle}{}
+
 %% Allows switching between colour and black/white printing
 \newif\ifprintblackwhite
 \printblackwhitefalse
@@ -279,6 +282,10 @@
   \vspace{3cm}
   \begin{center}
     {\fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont \Huge \textbf \@title \par}%
+    \if\relax\detokenize{\@subtitle}\relax
+    \else
+      {\fontfamily{\sfdefault}\selectfont \huge \textbf \@subtitle \par}%
+    \fi%
     \vfill
     \begin{otherlanguage}{ngerman}
       {{\Large \@degree{}arbeit}\par
diff --git a/thesis.tex b/thesis.tex
index 0b9d3941f7db40e5d245d0258dd85d013392c114..afd477b2cfa0c300ec9b486659e33a296fd3f37d 100644
--- a/thesis.tex
+++ b/thesis.tex
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 %% Der Titel der Arbeit
 \title{My Extraordinary Thesis}
+% \subtitle{Usually not needed}
 
 %% Der zu erreichende Abschluss, entweder Bachelor oder Master
 \graduationtype{Bachelor}