diff --git a/core/language/en-GB/Misc.multids b/core/language/en-GB/Misc.multids
index 0d41e89a3..e7dfd68c3 100644
--- a/core/language/en-GB/Misc.multids
+++ b/core/language/en-GB/Misc.multids
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: $:/language/
 ClassicWarning/Hint: This tiddler is written in TiddlyWiki Classic wiki text format, which is not fully compatible with TiddlyWiki version 5. See http://tiddlywiki.com/static/Upgrading.html for more details. 
 ClassicWarning/Upgrade/Caption: upgrade
 CloseAll/Button: close all
+ConfirmCancelTiddler: Do you wish to discard changes to the tiddler "<$text text=<<title>>/>"?
 ConfirmDeleteTiddler: Do you wish to delete the tiddler "<$text text=<<title>>/>"?
 ConfirmOverwriteTiddler: Do you wish to overwrite the tiddler "<$text text=<<title>>/>"?
 InvalidFieldName: Illegal characters in field name "<$text text=<<fieldName>>/>". Fields can only contain lowercase letters and the characters underscore (`_`), hyphen (`-`) and period (`.`)
diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
index 21fc35c73..c58caa2e3 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/navigator.js
@@ -333,11 +333,23 @@ NavigatorWidget.prototype.handleCancelTiddlerEvent = function(event) {
 		originalTitle = draftTiddler.fields["draft.of"],
 		storyList = this.getStoryList();
 	if(draftTiddler && originalTitle) {
+		// Ask for confirmation if the tiddler text has changed
+		var isConfirmed = true;
+		if(this.wiki.getTiddlerText(draftTitle) !== this.wiki.getTiddlerText(originalTitle)) {
+			isConfirmed = confirm($tw.language.getString(
+				"ConfirmCancelTiddler",
+				{variables:
+					{title: draftTitle}
+				}
+			));
+		}
 		// Remove the draft tiddler
-		this.wiki.deleteTiddler(draftTitle);
-		this.replaceFirstTitleInStory(storyList,draftTitle,originalTitle);
-		this.addToHistory(originalTitle,event.navigateFromClientRect);
-		this.saveStoryList(storyList);
+		if(isConfirmed) {
+			this.wiki.deleteTiddler(draftTitle);
+			this.replaceFirstTitleInStory(storyList,draftTitle,originalTitle);
+			this.addToHistory(originalTitle,event.navigateFromClientRect);
+			this.saveStoryList(storyList);
+		}
 	}
 	return false;
 };