diff --git a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
index beb6192f9d5..26a0feb3530 100644
--- a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
+++ b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100TerminalControl.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * Michael Scharf (Wing River) - [196447] The optional terminal input line should be resizeable
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [168197] Replace JFace MessagDialog by SWT MessageBox
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [204796] Terminal should allow setting the encoding to use
+ * Michael Scharf (Wind River) - [237398] Terminal get Invalid Thread Access when the title is set
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.tm.internal.terminal.emulator;
 
@@ -549,6 +550,9 @@ public class VT100TerminalControl implements ITerminalControlForText, ITerminalC
 	public Control getControl() {
 		return fCtlText;
 	}
+	public Control getRootControl() {
+		return fWndParent;
+	}
 	protected void setupControls(Composite parent) {
 		// The Terminal view now aims to be an ANSI-conforming terminal emulator, so it
 		// can't have a horizontal scroll bar (but a vertical one is ok).  Also, do