diff --git a/api-generator/components/password.js b/api-generator/components/password.js
index f293a7005..de7388336 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/password.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/password.js
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ const PasswordProps = [
         default: "pi pi-eye",
         description: "Icon to show displaying the password as plain text."
     },
+    {
+        name: "placeholder",
+        type: "string",
+        default: "null",
+        description: "Placeholder text for the input."
+    },
     {
         name: "inputId",
         type: "string",
diff --git a/src/components/password/Password.d.ts b/src/components/password/Password.d.ts
index ed1eaabb9..5b6c158d4 100755
--- a/src/components/password/Password.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/password/Password.d.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export interface PasswordProps extends InputHTMLAttributes {
      * Default value is 'pi pi-eye'.
      */
     showIcon?: string | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Placeholder text for the input.
+     */
+    placeholder?: string | undefined;
     /**
      * Identifier of the underlying input element.
      */
diff --git a/src/components/password/Password.vue b/src/components/password/Password.vue
index 0dcf8ae79..a00c5df42 100755
--- a/src/components/password/Password.vue
+++ b/src/components/password/Password.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
     <div :class="containerClass">
         <PInputText ref="input" :id="inputId" :type="inputType" :class="inputClass" :style="inputStyle" :value="modelValue" :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby" :aria-label="ariaLabel"
-            :aria-controls="(panelProps&&panelProps.id)||panelId||panelUniqueId" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible" :aria-haspopup="true"
+            :aria-controls="(panelProps&&panelProps.id)||panelId||panelUniqueId" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible" :aria-haspopup="true" :placeholder="placeholder"
             @input="onInput" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @keyup="onKeyUp" v-bind="inputProps" />
         <i v-if="toggleMask" :class="toggleIconClass" @click="onMaskToggle" />
         <span class="p-hidden-accessible" aria-live="polite">
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
         },
-
+        placeholder: {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        },
         inputId: null,
         inputClass: null,
         inputStyle: null,
diff --git a/src/views/password/PasswordDoc.vue b/src/views/password/PasswordDoc.vue
index e7eadec70..d11430b1a 100755
--- a/src/views/password/PasswordDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/password/PasswordDoc.vue
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ import Password from 'primevue/password';
                         <td>pi pi-eye</td>
                         <td>Icon to show displaying the password as plain text.</td>
                     </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>placeholder</td>
+                        <td>string</td>
+                        <td>null</td>
+                        <td>Placeholder text for the input.</td>
+                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                         <td>inputId</td>
                         <td>string</td>