diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
index 4855b629b360..4218c6274521 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/architect-command-module.ts
@@ -97,11 +97,17 @@ export abstract class ArchitectCommandModule
   }
 
   async run(options: Options<ArchitectCommandArgs> & OtherOptions): Promise<number | void> {
-    const target = this.getArchitectTarget();
+    const originalProcessTitle = process.title;
+    try {
+      const target = this.getArchitectTarget();
+      const { configuration = '', project, ...architectOptions } = options;
 
-    const { configuration = '', project, ...architectOptions } = options;
+      if (project) {
+        process.title = `${originalProcessTitle} (${project})`;
+
+        return await this.runSingleTarget({ configuration, target, project }, architectOptions);
+      }
 
-    if (!project) {
       // This runs each target sequentially.
       // Running them in parallel would jumble the log messages.
       let result = 0;
@@ -111,12 +117,13 @@ export abstract class ArchitectCommandModule
       }
 
       for (const project of projectNames) {
+        process.title = `${originalProcessTitle} (${project})`;
         result |= await this.runSingleTarget({ configuration, target, project }, architectOptions);
       }
 
       return result;
-    } else {
-      return await this.runSingleTarget({ configuration, target, project }, architectOptions);
+    } finally {
+      process.title = originalProcessTitle;
     }
   }