diff --git a/_includes/search_placeholder_custom.html b/_includes/search_placeholder_custom.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2885058e20c542802412c6d263bebe59e95ce3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/search_placeholder_custom.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Search {{site.title}}
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 33b31ffe49bddb07f298ecc136b9444a45fb5438..0563275a50d2340fade6b6818df844cd73069042 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ layout: table_wrappers
   <div class="main" id="top">
     <div id="main-header" class="main-header">
       {% if site.search_enabled != false %}
+
+        {% capture search_placeholder %}{% include search_placeholder_custom.html %}{% endcapture %}
+
         <div class="search">
           <div class="search-input-wrap">
-            <input type="text" id="search-input" class="search-input" tabindex="0" placeholder="Search {{ site.title }}" aria-label="Search {{ site.title }}" autocomplete="off">
+            <input type="text" id="search-input" class="search-input" tabindex="0" placeholder="{{ search_placeholder | strip_html | strip }}" aria-label="{{ search_placeholder | strip_html| strip }}" autocomplete="off">
             <label for="search-input" class="search-label"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="search-icon"><use xlink:href="#svg-search"></use></svg></label>
           </div>
           <div id="search-results" class="search-results"></div>