diff --git a/pinentry/src/main/java/me/philio/pinentry/PinEntryView.java b/pinentry/src/main/java/me/philio/pinentry/PinEntryView.java
index 4f6902d..71f5294 100644
--- a/pinentry/src/main/java/me/philio/pinentry/PinEntryView.java
+++ b/pinentry/src/main/java/me/philio/pinentry/PinEntryView.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public class PinEntryView extends ViewGroup {
     private int digitSpacing;
     private int digitTextSize;
     private int digitTextColor;
+    private int digitPlaceholderTextColor;
     private int digitElevation;
 
     /**
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ public class PinEntryView extends ViewGroup {
      */
     private String mask = "*";
 
+    /**
+     * String to store the placeholder, if any
+     */
+    private String placeholder;
     /**
      * Edit text to handle input
      */
@@ -151,6 +156,10 @@ public PinEntryView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
                 accentColor.resourceId > 0 ? getResources().getColor(accentColor.resourceId) :
                         accentColor.data);
 
+        // Placeholder Text color, currently defaults to material design secondary color
+        digitPlaceholderTextColor =
+                getResources().getColor(R.color.abc_secondary_text_material_light);
+
         // Mask character
         String maskCharacter = array.getString(R.styleable.PinEntryView_mask);
         if (maskCharacter != null) {
@@ -180,7 +189,7 @@ protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
         int height = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredHeight(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY);
 
         // Measure children
-        for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i ++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {
             getChildAt(i).measure(width, height);
         }
     }
@@ -282,6 +291,20 @@ public void setText(CharSequence text) {
         editText.setText(text);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a placeholder text to digitViews
+     *
+     * @param text
+     */
+    public void setPlaceholderText(String text) {
+        placeholder = text;
+        for (int i = 0; i < digits; ++i) {
+            TextView view = (TextView) getChildAt(i);
+            view.setText(String.valueOf(placeholder.charAt(i)));
+            view.setTextColor(digitPlaceholderTextColor);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clear pin input
      */
@@ -295,7 +318,7 @@ public void clearText() {
     private void addViews() {
         // Add a digit view for each digit
         for (int i = 0; i < digits; i++) {
-            DigitView digitView = new DigitView(getContext() );
+            DigitView digitView = new DigitView(getContext());
             digitView.setWidth(digitWidth);
             digitView.setHeight(digitHeight);
             digitView.setBackgroundResource(digitBackground);
@@ -353,8 +376,15 @@ public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
                         String mask = PinEntryView.this.mask == null || PinEntryView.this.mask.length() == 0 ?
                                 String.valueOf(s.charAt(i)) : PinEntryView.this.mask;
                         ((TextView) getChildAt(i)).setText(mask);
+                        ((TextView) getChildAt(i)).setTextColor(digitTextColor);
                     } else {
-                        ((TextView) getChildAt(i)).setText("");
+                        if (placeholder == null) {
+                            ((TextView) getChildAt(i)).setText("");
+                        } else {
+                            ((TextView) getChildAt(i))
+                                    .setText(String.valueOf(placeholder.charAt(i)));
+                            ((TextView) getChildAt(i)).setTextColor(digitPlaceholderTextColor);
+                        }
                     }
                     if (editText.hasFocus()) {
                         getChildAt(i).setSelected(accentType == ACCENT_ALL ||