diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index ce27dd07b..49e4b5101 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from sphinx import highlighting
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
 from sphinx.locale import admonitionlabels, _
 from sphinx.util import split_into
+from sphinx.util.nodes import clean_astext
 from sphinx.util.osutil import ustrftime
 from sphinx.util.texescape import tex_escape_map, tex_replace_map
 from sphinx.util.smartypants import educate_quotes_latex
@@ -717,11 +718,15 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
             self.this_is_the_title = 0
             raise nodes.SkipNode
         elif isinstance(parent, nodes.section):
+            short = ''
+            if node.traverse(nodes.image):
+                short = '[%s]' % ' '.join(clean_astext(node).split()).translate(tex_escape_map)
+
             try:
-                self.body.append(r'\%s{' % self.sectionnames[self.sectionlevel])
+                self.body.append(r'\%s%s{' % (self.sectionnames[self.sectionlevel], short))
             except IndexError:
                 # just use "subparagraph", it's not numbered anyway
-                self.body.append(r'\%s{' % self.sectionnames[-1])
+                self.body.append(r'\%s%s{' % (self.sectionnames[-1], short))
             self.context.append('}\n')
 
             self.restrict_footnote(node)
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/conf.py b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..255345e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+rst_epilog = '''
+.. |picture| image:: pic.png
+    :width: 15pt
+    :height: 15pt
+    :alt: alternative_text
+'''
+
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/index.rst b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a69db0a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+test-image-in-section
+=====================
+this is dummy content
+
+
+|picture| Test section
+----------------------
+blah blah blah
+
+
+Another section
+---------------
+another blah
+
+
+Other [blah] |picture| section
+------------------------------
+other blah
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/pic.png b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/pic.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1081dc143
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/roots/test-image-in-section/pic.png differ
diff --git a/tests/test_build_latex.py b/tests/test_build_latex.py
index e86a794fa..d233c12b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_latex.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_latex.py
@@ -423,6 +423,19 @@ def test_latex_show_urls_is_no(app, status, warning):
             '{sphinx-dev@googlegroups.com}\n' in result)
 
 
+@with_app(buildername='latex', testroot='image-in-section')
+def test_image_in_section(app, status, warning):
+    app.builder.build_all()
+    result = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf8')
+    print(result)
+    print(status.getvalue())
+    print(warning.getvalue())
+    assert ('\chapter[Test section]{\includegraphics[width=15pt,height=15pt]{{pic}.png} Test section}'
+            in result)
+    assert ('\chapter[Other {[}blah{]} section]{Other {[}blah{]} \includegraphics[width=15pt,height=15pt]{{pic}.png} section}' in result)
+    assert ('\chapter{Another section}' in result)
+
+
 @with_app(buildername='latex', confoverrides={'latex_logo': 'notfound.jpg'})
 def test_latex_logo_if_not_found(app, status, warning):
     try: