diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/pdb.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/pdb.py
index e473925b87..a6f7c6796b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/pdb.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/pdb.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_metadata(stream, extract_cover=True):
     MetadataReader = MREADER.get(pheader.ident, None)
 
     if MetadataReader is None:
-        return MetaInformation(_('Unknown'), [_('Unknown')])
+        return MetaInformation(pheader.title, [_('Unknown')])
 
     
     return MetadataReader(stream, extract_cover)
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/reader.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/reader.py
index cfd5ba6e79..42638669f4 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/reader.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/ztxt/reader.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class HeaderRecord(object):
 class Reader(FormatReader):
     
     def __init__(self, header, stream, log, encoding=None):
+        self.stream = stream
         self.log = log
         self.encoding = encoding
     
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ class Reader(FormatReader):
         with open(os.path.join(output_dir, 'index.html'), 'wb') as index:
             index.write(html.encode('utf-8'))
                         
-        mi = MetaInformation(_('Unknown'), _('Unknown'))
+        from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import get_metadata
+        mi = get_metadata(self.stream, 'pdb')
         manifest = [('index.html', None)]
         spine = ['index.html']
         opf_writer(output_dir, 'metadata.opf', manifest, spine, mi)