diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 09dd69074d8..b1289512f4f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1827,6 +1827,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldChar = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(_.extend({}
     init: function (field_manager, node) {
         this._super(field_manager, node);
         this.password = this.node.attrs.password === 'True' || this.node.attrs.password === '1';
+        this.placeholder = this.node.attrs.placeholder || '';
     },
     initialize_content: function() {
         var self = this;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 84179ea0042..9f7071ae4f0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -914,6 +914,7 @@
                 t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
                 t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
                 t-attf-class="field_char #{widget.is_field_number ? 'oe-number' : ''}"
+                t-att-placeholder="widget.placeholder"
             /><img class="oe_field_translate oe_input_icon" t-if="widget.field.translate" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-translate.png"' width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
         </div>
     </t>