diff --git a/collects/scribble/sigplan.rkt b/collects/scribble/sigplan.rkt
index 0a6e8f68..e59d8085 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/sigplan.rkt
+++ b/collects/scribble/sigplan.rkt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
  [abstract 
   (->* () () #:rest (listof pre-content?)
        block?)]
+ [subtitle
+  (->* () () #:rest (listof pre-content?)
+       content?)]
  [authorinfo
   (-> pre-content? pre-content? pre-content?
       block?)]
@@ -83,9 +86,12 @@
 ;; Authors and conference info:
 
 (define (authorinfo name affiliation e-mail)
+  ;; The \SAuthor macro in "style.tex" looks specifically
+  ;; for an \SAuthorinfo as its argument, and handles it
+  ;; specially in that case:
   (author
    (make-multiarg-element
-    (make-style "SAuthorinfo"sigplan-extras)
+    (make-style "SAuthorinfo" sigplan-extras)
     (list
      (make-element #f (decode-content (list name)))
      (make-element (make-style "SAuthorPlace" sigplan-extras)
@@ -93,6 +99,10 @@
      (make-element (make-style "SAuthorEmail" sigplan-extras)
                    (decode-content (list e-mail)))))))
 
+(define (subtitle . str)
+  (make-element (make-style "SSubtitle" (append '(aux) sigplan-extras))
+                (decode-content str)))
+
 (define (conferenceinfo what where)
   (make-paragraph
    (make-style 'pretitle null)
diff --git a/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.css b/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.css
index 1d7a9366..20413916 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.css
+++ b/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.css
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 .SCategory, .SCategoryPlus, .STerms, .SKeywords {
   display: none;
 }
+
+.SSubtitle {
+  display: block;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.tex b/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.tex
index b9c81c64..fd952882 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.tex
+++ b/collects/scribble/sigplan/sigplan.tex
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 \newcommand{\SCategoryPlus}[4]{}
 \newcommand{\STerms}[1]{}
 \newcommand{\SKeywords}[1]{}
+
+% Normally gets re-written by the title macro:
+\newcommand{\SSubtitle}[1]{{\bf #1}}
diff --git a/collects/scribble/sigplan/style.tex b/collects/scribble/sigplan/style.tex
index 39f4f6b9..ff82de40 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/sigplan/style.tex
+++ b/collects/scribble/sigplan/style.tex
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 
-\renewcommand{\titleAndVersionAndAuthors}[3]{\title{#1}#3\maketitle}
+% Define \SXtitle to lift \SSubtitle out:
+\def\SXtitle#1{\title{\let\SSubtitle\SSubtitleDrop#1}\SExtractSubtitle#1\SExtractSubtitleDone}
+\def\SSubtitleDrop#1{}
+\def\SExtractSubtitleDone {}
+\def\SExtractSubtitle{\futurelet\next\SExtractSubtitleX}
+\def\SExtractSubtitleX#1{\ifx#1\SSubtitle \let\Snext\SWithSubtitle \else \let\Snext\SExtractSubtitleY \fi \Snext}
+\def\SExtractSubtitleY{\ifx\next\SExtractSubtitleDone \let\Snext\relax \else \let\Snext\SExtractSubtitle \fi \Snext}
+\def\SWithSubtitle#1{\subtitle{#1}\SExtractSubtitle}
+
+\renewcommand{\titleAndVersionAndAuthors}[3]{\SXtitle{#1}#3\maketitle}
 \renewcommand{\titleAndEmptyVersionAndAuthors}[3]{\titleAndVersionAndAuthors{#1}{#2}{#3}}
-\renewcommand{\titleAndVersionAndEmptyAuthors}[3]{\title{#1}\authorinfo{Anonymous}{}{}\maketitle}
+\renewcommand{\titleAndVersionAndEmptyAuthors}[3]{\SXtitle{#1}\authorinfo{Anonymous}{}{}\maketitle}
 \renewcommand{\titleAndEmptyVersionAndEmptyAuthors}[3]{\titleAndVersionAndEmptyAuthors{#1}{#2}{#3}}
 
-% Disable plain `author', enable `authorinfo:'
-\renewcommand{\SAuthor}[1]{#1}
+% Support plain `author' while enabling `authorinfo': for each
+% use of \SAuthor, check whether it contains an \SAuthorinfo form:
+\def\SAuthor#1{\SAutoAuthor#1\SAutoAuthorDone{#1}}
+\def\SAutoAuthorDone#1{}
+\def\SAutoAuthor{\futurelet\next\SAutoAuthorX}
+\def\SAutoAuthorX{\ifx\next\SAuthorinfo \let\Snext\relax \else \let\Snext\SToAuthorDone \fi \Snext}
+\def\SToAuthorDone{\futurelet\next\SToAuthorDoneX}
+\def\SToAuthorDoneX#1{\ifx\next\SAutoAuthorDone \let\Snext\SAddAuthorInfo \else \let\Snext\SToAuthorDone \fi \Snext}
+\newcommand{\SAddAuthorInfo}[1]{\authorinfo{#1}{}{}}
+
 \renewcommand{\SAuthorinfo}[3]{\authorinfo{#1}{#2}{#3}}
 \renewcommand{\SAuthorSep}[1]{}
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/scribble/sigplan.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/scribble/sigplan.scrbl
index 761a3164..7a928f07 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/scribble/sigplan.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/scribble/sigplan.scrbl
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ Similar to @racket[include-section], but incorporates the document in the
 specified module as an abstract. The document must have no title or
 sub-parts.}
 
+@defproc[(subtitle [pre-content pre-content?] ...) element?]{
+
+Use as the last argument to @racket[title] to specify a subtitle.}
+
 @defproc[(authorinfo [name pre-content?]
                      [affiliation pre-content?]
                      [email pre-content?])