diff --git a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.js b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.js
index 095d9410577..0b417a1208e 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.js
+++ b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export class Many2ManyAttendee extends Many2ManyTagsAvatarField {
     }
 }
 
+Many2ManyAttendee.template = "calendar.Many2ManyAttendee";
+
 export const many2ManyAttendee = {
     ...many2ManyTagsAvatarField,
     component: Many2ManyAttendee,
diff --git a/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.xml b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee79e626e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/calendar/static/src/views/fields/many2many_attendee.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<templates>
+    <t t-name="calendar.Many2ManyAttendee" t-inherit="web.Many2ManyTagsAvatarField" t-inherit-mode="primary">
+        <xpath expr="//Many2XAutocomplete" position="attributes">
+            <attribute name="placeholder">props.placeholder</attribute>
+        </xpath>
+    </t>
+</templates>