diff --git a/skimage/viewer/plugins/base.py b/skimage/viewer/plugins/base.py
index 4d2f39c1..aa7229ad 100644
--- a/skimage/viewer/plugins/base.py
+++ b/skimage/viewer/plugins/base.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Plugin(QtGui.QDialog):
     overlay : array
         Image used in measurement/manipulation.
     """
+    name = 'Plugin'
     draws_on_image = False
 
     def __init__(self, image_viewer, callback=None, height=100, width=400,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class Plugin(QtGui.QDialog):
         QtGui.QDialog.__init__(self, image_viewer)
         self.image_viewer.plugins.append(self)
 
-        self.setWindowTitle('Image Plugin')
+        self.setWindowTitle(self.name)
         self.layout = QtGui.QGridLayout(self)
         self.resize(width, height)
         self.row = 0
@@ -67,7 +68,6 @@ class Plugin(QtGui.QDialog):
         self.overlay = self.image_viewer.overlay
         self.image = self.image_viewer.image
 
-
         if useblit is None:
             useblit = True if mpl.backends.backend.endswith('Agg') else False
         self.useblit = useblit
diff --git a/skimage/viewer/plugins/canny.py b/skimage/viewer/plugins/canny.py
index 81cc07fe..88312036 100644
--- a/skimage/viewer/plugins/canny.py
+++ b/skimage/viewer/plugins/canny.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from skimage.filter import canny
 
 class CannyPlugin(Plugin):
 
+    name = 'Canny Filter'
+
     def __init__(self, image_viewer, *args, **kwargs):
         height = kwargs.get('height', 100)
         width = kwargs.get('width', 400)
diff --git a/skimage/viewer/plugins/lineprofile.py b/skimage/viewer/plugins/lineprofile.py
index 90fa07b6..485839d0 100644
--- a/skimage/viewer/plugins/lineprofile.py
+++ b/skimage/viewer/plugins/lineprofile.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class LineProfile(PlotPlugin):
             'image' : fixed scale based on min/max intensity in image.
             'dtype' : fixed scale based on min/max intensity of image dtype.
     """
+    name = 'Line Profile'
     draws_on_image = True
 
     def __init__(self, image_viewer, useblit=None,