diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/scss/bootstrap_overridden.scss b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/scss/bootstrap_overridden.scss
index 21d6759d984..24b09f551e7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/legacy/scss/bootstrap_overridden.scss
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/legacy/scss/bootstrap_overridden.scss
@@ -263,3 +263,6 @@ $form-switch-checked-bg-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3
 $badge-color: inherit !default;
 $badge-padding-y: 0.25em !default;
 $badge-padding-x: 0.4em !default;
+
+// Placeholder color 
+$input-placeholder-color: $gray-300 !default;