diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e45957afcfe..29bf3ab2a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2456: C++, fix crash related to document merging (e.g., singlehtml and Latex builders).
 * #2446: latex(pdf) sets local tables of contents (or more generally topic nodes) in unbreakable boxes, causes overflow at bottom
 * #2476: Omit MathJax markers if :nowrap: is given
+* #2465: latex builder fails in case no caption option is provided to toctree directive
 
 
 Release 1.4.1 (released Apr 12, 2016)
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/latex.py b/sphinx/builders/latex.py
index f3e64bcb1e4..ac26e33c9a5 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/latex.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def get_contentsname(self, indexfile):
         tree = self.env.get_doctree(indexfile)
         contentsname = None
         for toctree in tree.traverse(addnodes.toctree):
-            if toctree['caption']:
+            if 'caption' in toctree:
                 contentsname = toctree['caption']
                 break