diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
index eecb56cb185..d1aa83ea57f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/app.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ export default {
       required: true,
       type: Boolean,
     },
+    showInlineEditButton: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      required: false,
+      default: false,
+    },
     issuableRef: {
       type: String,
       required: true,
@@ -222,20 +227,25 @@ export default {
     <div v-else>
       <title-component
         :issuable-ref="issuableRef"
+        :can-update="canUpdate"
         :title-html="state.titleHtml"
-        :title-text="state.titleText" />
+        :title-text="state.titleText"
+        :show-inline-edit-button="showInlineEditButton"
+      />
       <description-component
         v-if="state.descriptionHtml"
         :can-update="canUpdate"
         :description-html="state.descriptionHtml"
         :description-text="state.descriptionText"
         :updated-at="state.updatedAt"
-        :task-status="state.taskStatus" />
+        :task-status="state.taskStatus"
+      />
       <edited-component
         v-if="hasUpdated"
         :updated-at="state.updatedAt"
         :updated-by-name="state.updatedByName"
-        :updated-by-path="state.updatedByPath" />
+        :updated-by-path="state.updatedByPath"
+      />
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/title.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/title.vue
index a9dabd4cff1..00002709ac6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/title.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_show/components/title.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <script>
   import animateMixin from '../mixins/animate';
+  import eventHub from '../event_hub';
+  import tooltip from '../../vue_shared/directives/tooltip';
+  import { spriteIcon } from '../../lib/utils/common_utils';
 
   export default {
     mixins: [animateMixin],
@@ -15,6 +18,11 @@
         type: String,
         required: true,
       },
+      canUpdate: {
+        required: false,
+        type: Boolean,
+        default: false,
+      },
       titleHtml: {
         type: String,
         required: true,
@@ -23,6 +31,14 @@
         type: String,
         required: true,
       },
+      showInlineEditButton: {
+        type: Boolean,
+        required: false,
+        default: false,
+      },
+    },
+    directives: {
+      tooltip,
     },
     watch: {
       titleHtml() {
@@ -30,24 +46,46 @@
         this.animateChange();
       },
     },
+    computed: {
+      pencilIcon() {
+        return spriteIcon('pencil', 'link-highlight');
+      },
+    },
     methods: {
       setPageTitle() {
         const currentPageTitleScope = this.titleEl.innerText.split('·');
         currentPageTitleScope[0] = `${this.titleText} (${this.issuableRef}) `;
         this.titleEl.textContent = currentPageTitleScope.join('·');
       },
+      edit() {
+        eventHub.$emit('open.form');
+      },
     },
   };
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <h2
-    class="title"
-    :class="{
-      'issue-realtime-pre-pulse': preAnimation,
-      'issue-realtime-trigger-pulse': pulseAnimation
-    }"
-    v-html="titleHtml"
-  >
-  </h2>
+  <div class="title-container">
+    <h2
+      class="title"
+      :class="{
+        'issue-realtime-pre-pulse': preAnimation,
+        'issue-realtime-trigger-pulse': pulseAnimation
+      }"
+      v-html="titleHtml"
+    >
+    </h2>
+    <button
+      v-tooltip
+      v-if="showInlineEditButton && canUpdate"
+      type="button"
+      class="btn-blank btn-edit note-action-button"
+      v-html="pencilIcon"
+      title="Edit title and description"
+      data-placement="bottom"
+      data-container="body"
+      @click="edit"
+      >
+    </button>
+  </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
index c93c4e93af5..48532503263 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issuable.scss
@@ -72,12 +72,22 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .title-container {
+    display: flex;
+  }
+
   .title {
     padding: 0;
     margin-bottom: 16px;
     border-bottom: none;
   }
 
+  .btn-edit {
+    margin-left: auto;
+    // Set height to match title height
+    height: 2em;
+  }
+
   // Border around images in issue and MR descriptions.
   .description img:not(.emoji) {
     border: 1px solid $white-normal;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
index 96b7db3b85d..ebad429c2ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
@@ -531,14 +531,13 @@ ul.notes {
   padding: 0;
   min-width: 16px;
   color: $gray-darkest;
+  fill: $gray-darkest;
 
   .fa {
     position: relative;
     font-size: 16px;
   }
 
-
-
   svg {
     height: 16px;
     width: 16px;
@@ -566,6 +565,7 @@ ul.notes {
 
     .link-highlight {
       color: $gl-link-color;
+      fill: $gl-link-color;
 
       svg {
         fill: $gl-link-color;
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
index 583a3a74d77..2ea290108a4 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/app_spec.js
@@ -332,4 +332,15 @@ describe('Issuable output', () => {
         .catch(done.fail);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('show inline edit button', () => {
+    it('should not render by default', () => {
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.title-container .note-action-button')).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should render if showInlineEditButton', () => {
+      vm.showInlineEditButton = true;
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.title-container .note-action-button')).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/title_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/title_spec.js
index a2d90a9b9f5..c1edc785d0f 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/title_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/issue_show/components/title_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
 import Store from '~/issue_show/stores';
 import titleComponent from '~/issue_show/components/title.vue';
+import eventHub from '~/issue_show/event_hub';
 
 describe('Title component', () => {
   let vm;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ describe('Title component', () => {
 
   it('renders title HTML', () => {
     expect(
-      vm.$el.innerHTML.trim(),
+      vm.$el.querySelector('.title').innerHTML.trim(),
     ).toBe('Testing <img>');
   });
 
@@ -47,12 +48,12 @@ describe('Title component', () => {
 
     Vue.nextTick(() => {
       expect(
-        vm.$el.classList.contains('issue-realtime-pre-pulse'),
+        vm.$el.querySelector('.title').classList.contains('issue-realtime-pre-pulse'),
       ).toBeTruthy();
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         expect(
-          vm.$el.classList.contains('issue-realtime-trigger-pulse'),
+          vm.$el.querySelector('.title').classList.contains('issue-realtime-trigger-pulse'),
         ).toBeTruthy();
 
         done();
@@ -72,4 +73,36 @@ describe('Title component', () => {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('inline edit button', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(eventHub, '$emit');
+    });
+
+    it('should not show by default', () => {
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.note-action-button')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should not show if canUpdate is false', () => {
+      vm.showInlineEditButton = true;
+      vm.canUpdate = false;
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.note-action-button')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should show if showInlineEditButton and canUpdate', () => {
+      vm.showInlineEditButton = true;
+      vm.canUpdate = true;
+      expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.note-action-button')).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should trigger open.form event when clicked', () => {
+      vm.showInlineEditButton = true;
+      vm.canUpdate = true;
+
+      Vue.nextTick(() => {
+        vm.$el.querySelector('.note-action-button').click();
+        expect(eventHub.$emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('open.form');
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });