diff --git a/test/select-multiple.html b/test/select-multiple.html
index ea909a2..73a5ebc 100644
--- a/test/select-multiple.html
+++ b/test/select-multiple.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <h2>Select multiple inputs</h2>
         <div data-test-hook="basic">
           <label for="choices-basic">Basic</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-basic" id="choices-basic" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-basic" id="choices-basic" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Find me">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="remove-button">
           <label for="choices-remove-button">Remove button</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-remove-button" id="choices-remove-button" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-remove-button" id="choices-remove-button" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="disabled-choice">
           <label for="choices-disabled-choice">Disabled choice</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-disabled-choice" id="choices-disabled-choice" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-disabled-choice" id="choices-disabled-choice" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="selection-limit">
           <label for="choices-selection-limit">Input limit</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-selection-limit" id="choices-selection-limit" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-selection-limit" id="choices-selection-limit" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="prepend-append">
           <label for="choices-prepend-append">Prepend/append</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-prepend-append" id="choices-prepend-append" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-prepend-append" id="choices-prepend-append" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="render-choice-limit">
           <label for="choices-render-choice-limit">Render choice limit</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-render-choice-limit" id="choices-render-choice-limit" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-render-choice-limit" id="choices-render-choice-limit" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -91,7 +91,16 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="search-floor">
           <label for="choices-search-floor">Search floor</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-floor" id="choices-search-floor" placeholder="This is a placeholder" multiple>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-floor" id="choices-search-floor" multiple>
+            <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
+            <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
+            <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+
+        <div data-test-hook="placeholder">
+          <label for="choices-placeholder">Search floor</label>
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-placeholder" id="choices-placeholder" multiple>
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -125,6 +134,11 @@
         new Choices('#choices-search-floor', {
           searchFloor: 10,
         });
+
+        new Choices('#choices-placeholder', {
+          placeholder: true,
+          placeholderValue: 'I am a placeholder',
+        });
       });
     </script>
   </body>
diff --git a/test/select-one.html b/test/select-one.html
index 65efbc2..f823724 100644
--- a/test/select-one.html
+++ b/test/select-one.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <h2>Select one inputs</h2>
         <div data-test-hook="basic">
           <label for="choices-basic">Basic</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-basic" id="choices-basic" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-basic" id="choices-basic">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Find me">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="remove-button">
           <label for="choices-remove-button">Remove button</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-remove-button" id="choices-remove-button" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-remove-button" id="choices-remove-button">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="disabled-choice">
           <label for="choices-disabled-choice">Disabled choice</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-disabled-choice" id="choices-disabled-choice" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-disabled-choice" id="choices-disabled-choice">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="prepend-append">
           <label for="choices-prepend-append">Prepend/append</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-prepend-append" id="choices-prepend-append" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-prepend-append" id="choices-prepend-append">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="render-choice-limit">
           <label for="choices-render-choice-limit">Render choice limit</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-render-choice-limit" id="choices-render-choice-limit" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-render-choice-limit" id="choices-render-choice-limit">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="search-disabled">
           <label for="choices-search-disabled">Search disabled</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-disabled" id="choices-search-disabled" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-disabled" id="choices-search-disabled">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
         <div data-test-hook="search-floor">
           <label for="choices-search-floor">Search floor</label>
-          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-floor" id="choices-search-floor" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <select class="form-control" name="choices-search-floor" id="choices-search-floor">
             <option value="Dropdown item 1">Dropdown item 1</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 2">Dropdown item 2</option>
             <option value="Dropdown item 3">Dropdown item 3</option>
diff --git a/test/text.html b/test/text.html
index 38567e1..5ca2693 100644
--- a/test/text.html
+++ b/test/text.html
@@ -31,47 +31,52 @@
         <h2>Text inputs</h2>
         <div data-test-hook="basic">
           <label for="choices-basic">Basic</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-basic" type="text" placeholder="Enter something">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-basic" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="edit-items">
           <label for="choices-edit-items">Edit items</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-edit-items" type="text" placeholder="Enter something">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-edit-items" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="remove-button">
           <label for="choices-remove-button">Remove button</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-remove-button" type="text" placeholder="Enter something">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-remove-button" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="unique-values">
           <label for="choices-unique-values">Unique values</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-unique-values" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-unique-values" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="input-limit">
           <label for="choices-input-limit">Input limit</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-input-limit" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-input-limit" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="regex-filter">
           <label for="choices-regex-filter">Regex filter</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-regex-filter" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-regex-filter" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="disabled">
           <label for="choices-disabled">Disabled</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-disabled" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-disabled" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="prepend-append">
           <label for="choices-prepend-append">Prepend/append</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-prepend-append" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-prepend-append" type="text">
         </div>
 
         <div data-test-hook="prepopulated">
           <label for="choices-prepopulated">Pre-populated choices</label>
-          <input class="form-control" id="choices-prepopulated" type="text" placeholder="This is a placeholder">
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-prepopulated" type="text">
+        </div>
+
+        <div data-test-hook="placeholder">
+          <label for="choices-placeholder">Placeholder</label>
+          <input class="form-control" id="choices-placeholder" type="text">
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -118,6 +123,11 @@
             }
           }],
         });
+
+        new Choices('#choices-placeholder', {
+          placeholder: true,
+          placeholderValue: 'I am a placeholder',
+        });
       });
     </script>
   </body>