diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_title.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_title.html.haml
index c35d0b3751f..e49bdec386a 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_title.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_title.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 %div{ class: div_class }
   = form.text_field :title, required: true, maxlength: 255, autofocus: true,
-      autocomplete: 'off', class: 'form-control pad qa-issuable-form-title'
+      autocomplete: 'off', class: 'form-control pad qa-issuable-form-title', placeholder: _('Title')
 
   - if issuable.respond_to?(:work_in_progress?)
     %p.form-text.text-muted
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/add-title-placeholder-for-new-issues.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/add-title-placeholder-for-new-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce9e3b4ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/add-title-placeholder-for-new-issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add title placeholder for new issues
+merge_request: 20271
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: changed