diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/sidebar/labels_select_widget/dropdown_header.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/sidebar/labels_select_widget/dropdown_header.vue
index aaddab43e2ad3a0da515143c898f8e1c3cdd659d..154a8e866d054b6e90bf46216ca86b8b4e00e1f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/sidebar/labels_select_widget/dropdown_header.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/sidebar/labels_select_widget/dropdown_header.vue
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export default {
       v-if="!showDropdownContentsCreateView"
       ref="searchInput"
       :value="searchKey"
+      :placeholder="__('Search labels')"
       :disabled="labelsFetchInProgress"
       data-qa-selector="dropdown_input_field"
       data-testid="dropdown-input-field"