diff --git a/config/vufind/FeedbackForms.yaml b/config/vufind/FeedbackForms.yaml
index b0f7cb4519fc62df4bd16e967f270266d92ee649..445644fb95644f8639ca358702ad9a9a47a21452 100644
--- a/config/vufind/FeedbackForms.yaml
+++ b/config/vufind/FeedbackForms.yaml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
 #     placeholder (string) Placeholder label (translation key). Used to instruct or force
 #       (when combined with 'required' attribute) the user to make a selection from the
 #       options-list. Only select elements with 'options' are supported.
-#       For text, textarea, email and url elements, a placeholder text can be configured
-#       by adding a HTML-attribute via 'settings', for example:
+#       For text, textarea, email and url elements, a placeholder text (translation key)
+#       can be configured by adding a HTML-attribute via 'settings', for example:
 #       settings:
 #         - [placeholder, Please select...]
 #
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Form/Form.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Form/Form.php
index 3b937d1c1cd0e33b9986aa3241dda016a02ba5ae..327726d5c9ae5dc81fb4c09bec4f8a2db30f515d 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Form/Form.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Form/Form.php
@@ -291,7 +291,12 @@ class Form extends \Zend\Form\Form implements
             $settings = [];
             if (isset($el['settings'])) {
                 foreach ($el['settings'] as list($settingId, $settingVal)) {
-                    $settings[trim($settingId)] = trim($settingVal);
+                    $settingId = trim($settingId);
+                    $settingVal = trim($settingVal);
+                    if ($settingId === 'placeholder') {
+                        $settingVal = $this->translate($settingVal);
+                    }
+                    $settings[$settingId] = $settingVal;
                 }
                 $element['settings'] = $settings;
             }