diff --git a/src/plugins/find/finddialog.ui b/src/plugins/find/finddialog.ui
index d77ad32132a..c7eddf9dadc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/finddialog.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/find/finddialog.ui
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLineEdit" name="searchTerm"/>
+    <widget class="Utils::FilterLineEdit" name="searchTerm"/>
    </item>
    <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QWidget" name="configWidget" native="true">
@@ -185,6 +185,18 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Utils::FancyLineEdit</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header location="global">utils/fancylineedit.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Utils::FilterLineEdit</class>
+   <extends>Utils::FancyLineEdit</extends>
+   <header location="global">utils/filterlineedit.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>filterList</tabstop>
   <tabstop>searchTerm</tabstop>
diff --git a/src/plugins/find/findtoolwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/find/findtoolwindow.cpp
index 38df4a52b53..83fb0079c75 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/findtoolwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/find/findtoolwindow.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ FindToolWindow::FindToolWindow(FindPlugin *plugin, QWidget *parent)
 {
     m_instance = this;
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
+    m_ui.searchTerm->setPlaceholderText(QString());
     setFocusProxy(m_ui.searchTerm);
 
     connect(m_ui.searchButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(search()));