diff --git a/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm
index cbcd1727098..78f69cbea82 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/console/hudservice/HUDService.jsm
@@ -1807,6 +1807,7 @@ HeadsUpDisplay.prototype = {
     this.filterBox = this.makeXULNode("textbox");
     this.filterBox.setAttribute("class", "hud-filter-box");
     this.filterBox.setAttribute("hudId", this.hudId);
+    this.filterBox.setAttribute("placeholder", this.getStr("stringFilter"));
 
     this.filterClearButton = this.makeXULNode("button");
     this.filterClearButton.setAttribute("class", "hud-filter-clear");
diff --git a/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/headsUpDisplay.properties b/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/headsUpDisplay.properties
index 308d8c8d7be..74b13cb6933 100644
--- a/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/headsUpDisplay.properties
+++ b/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/global/headsUpDisplay.properties
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ tipGlobal=Toggle Global Message logging
 localConsole=Local Console
 btnClear=Clear Console
 tipClear=Clear the console output
+stringFilter=Filter
 stringFilterClear=Clear Filter