diff --git a/dist/css/ionic.css b/dist/css/ionic.css
index c52a5bd4c0..b7b382272e 100644
--- a/dist/css/ionic.css
+++ b/dist/css/ionic.css
@@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@ textarea {
   font-weight: bold; }
 
 .placeholder-icon {
-  color: #999; }
+  color: #aaa; }
 
 .item-stacked-label {
   display: block;
diff --git a/scss/_form.scss b/scss/_form.scss
index 4f1fd85e6c..1cf67d241f 100644
--- a/scss/_form.scss
+++ b/scss/_form.scss
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ textarea {
 }
 
 .placeholder-icon {
-  color: #999;
+  color: #aaa;
 }
 
 .item-stacked-label {
diff --git a/test/input-text.html b/test/input-text.html
index 89a1dec7e7..8f9a0fd945 100644
--- a/test/input-text.html
+++ b/test/input-text.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       </div>
 
 
-      <h3>Label left of input, No Parent Content Padding</h3>
+      <h3>Label left of input (with icon), No Parent Content Padding</h3>
       <div class="list">
         <label class="item item-input">
           <i class="icon ion-person"></i>
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@
         </label>
       </div>
 
+
+      <h3>Placeholder icon</h3>
+      <div class="list">
+        <label class="item item-input">
+          <i class="icon ion-search placeholder-icon"></i>
+          <input type="text" placeholder="Search">
+        </label>
+      </div>
+
+
       <h3>Inline Label On Top Of Text Input, list-inset, No Parent Content Padding</h3>
       <div class="list list-inset">
         <label class="item item-input">