diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index c199eaa40e3..86a3f70ac2b 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -21,14 +21,19 @@ var _t = core._t;
  * @returns {HTMLElement} - the original 'el' argument
  */
 function _addTitleAndAllowedAttributes(el, title, options) {
+    let tooltipEl = el;
     if (title) {
         const titleEl = _buildTitleElement(title);
+        tooltipEl = titleEl;
         el.appendChild(titleEl);
     }
 
     if (options && options.classes) {
         el.classList.add(...options.classes);
     }
+    if (options && options.tooltip) {
+        tooltipEl.title = options.tooltip;
+    }
     if (options && options.dataAttributes) {
         for (const key in options.dataAttributes) {
             el.dataset[key] = options.dataAttributes[key];
@@ -1854,6 +1859,7 @@ const SnippetOptionWidget = Widget.extend({
             options: {
                 classes: el.classList,
                 dataAttributes: el.dataset,
+                tooltip: el.title,
                 childNodes: [...el.childNodes],
             },
         };