diff --git a/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeTask.java b/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeTask.java
index fc3d2faf7..431d3e2d0 100644
--- a/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeTask.java
+++ b/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeTask.java
@@ -157,13 +157,14 @@ public void execute(MergeParameters parameters) throws TaskException {
                             // skip the cover/title document, don't add it to the ToC
                         } else {
                             tocCreator.pageSizeIfNotSet(currentPageSize);
+                            String tocText = sourceBaseName;
                             if (ToCPolicy.DOC_TITLES == parameters.getTableOfContentsPolicy()) {
-                                sourceBaseName = ofNullable(
+                                tocText = ofNullable(
                                         sourceDocumentHandler.getUnderlyingPDDocument().getDocumentInformation())
                                                 .map(i -> i.getTitle()).filter(StringUtils::isNotBlank)
                                                 .orElse(sourceBaseName);
                             }
-                            tocCreator.appendItem(sourceBaseName, pagesCounter, importedPage);
+                            tocCreator.appendItem(tocText, pagesCounter, importedPage);
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/sejda-sambox/src/test/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeSamboxTaskTest.java b/sejda-sambox/src/test/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeSamboxTaskTest.java
index f90dc272d..09ddcd72e 100644
--- a/sejda-sambox/src/test/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeSamboxTaskTest.java
+++ b/sejda-sambox/src/test/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/MergeSamboxTaskTest.java
@@ -524,6 +524,23 @@ public void pageFooterAndToc() throws IOException {
         });
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void pageFooterAndTocwithDocTitles() throws IOException {
+        List<PdfMergeInput> input = new ArrayList<PdfMergeInput>();
+        input.add(new PdfMergeInput(regularInput()));
+        input.add(new PdfMergeInput(customInput("pdf/test_file.pdf", "my_file.pdf")));
+        MergeParameters parameters = setUpParameters(input);
+        parameters.setTableOfContentsPolicy(ToCPolicy.DOC_TITLES);
+        parameters.setFilenameFooter(true);
+        testContext.pdfOutputTo(parameters);
+        execute(parameters);
+        testContext.assertTaskCompleted();
+        testContext.assertPages(16).forEachPdfOutput(d -> {
+            assertFooterHasText(d.getPage(1), "test-file 2");
+            assertFooterHasText(d.getPage(12), "my_file 13");
+        });
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void pageFooterAndTocAddBlank() throws IOException {
         MergeParameters parameters = setUpParameters(getInput());