diff --git a/src/question_paneldynamic.ts b/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
index 68ec2c0700..bad63aef77 100644
--- a/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
+++ b/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ export class QuestionPanelDynamicModel extends Question
     this.createLocalizableString("panelNextText", this, false, "pageNextText");
     this.createLocalizableString("noEntriesText", this, false, "noEntriesText");
     this.createLocalizableString("templateTabTitle", this, true, "panelDynamicTabTextFormat");
+    this.createLocalizableString("tabTitlePlaceholder", this, true);
     this.registerPropertyChangedHandlers(["panelsState"], () => {
       this.setPanelsState();
     });
@@ -426,6 +427,15 @@ export class QuestionPanelDynamicModel extends Question
   get locTemplateTabTitle(): LocalizableString {
     return this.getLocalizableString("templateTabTitle");
   }
+  public get tabTitlePlaceholder(): string {
+    return this.locTabTitlePlaceholder.text;
+  }
+  public set tabTitlePlaceholder(newValue: string) {
+    this.locTabTitlePlaceholder.text = newValue;
+  }
+  get locTabTitlePlaceholder(): LocalizableString {
+    return this.getLocalizableString("tabTitlePlaceholder");
+  }
   /**
    * A template for panel descriptions.
    * @see template
@@ -2394,6 +2404,9 @@ export class QuestionPanelDynamicModel extends Question
 
     const locTitle = new LocalizableString(panel, true);
     locTitle.onGetTextCallback = (str: string): string => {
+      if(!str) {
+        str = this.locTabTitlePlaceholder.renderedHtml;
+      }
       if(!this.survey) return str;
       const options = {
         title: str,
@@ -2502,6 +2515,8 @@ Serializer.addClass(
     { name: "templateTitle:text", serializationProperty: "locTemplateTitle" },
     { name: "templateTabTitle", serializationProperty: "locTemplateTabTitle",
       visibleIf: (obj: any) => { return obj.renderMode === "tab"; } },
+    { name: "tabTitlePlaceholder", serializationProperty: "locTabTitlePlaceholder",
+      visibleIf: (obj: any) => { return obj.renderMode === "tab"; } },
     {
       name: "templateDescription:text",
       serializationProperty: "locTemplateDescription",
diff --git a/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts b/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
index 07b28c3e34..67070ce41b 100644
--- a/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
+++ b/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
@@ -6161,6 +6161,36 @@ QUnit.test("templateVisibleIf & renderMode: tab, additionalTitleToolbar&template
   assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[1].locTitle.textOrHtml, "#2-2 a");
   assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[2].locTitle.textOrHtml, "#3-3 a");
 });
+QUnit.test("templateVisibleIf & renderMode: tab, templateTabTitle&tabTitlePlaceholder in JSON", function (assert) {
+  const survey = new SurveyModel({
+    elements: [
+      { type: "paneldynamic",
+        name: "panel",
+        templateElements: [
+          { type: "text", name: "q1" },
+          { type: "text", name: "q2" }
+        ],
+        panelCount: 2,
+        renderMode: "tab",
+        tabTitlePlaceholder: "Empty value",
+        templateTabTitle: "{panel.q1}"
+      }],
+  });
+  const panel = <QuestionPanelDynamicModel>survey.getQuestionByName("panel");
+  const panelTabToolbar = panel.additionalTitleToolbar;
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions.length, 2, "There are two panels");
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[0].locTitle.textOrHtml, "Empty value", "#1");
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[1].locTitle.textOrHtml, "Empty value", "#2");
+  panel.panels[1].getQuestionByName("q1").value = "item2";
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[0].locTitle.textOrHtml, "Empty value", "#3");
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[1].locTitle.textOrHtml, "item2", "#4");
+  panel.panels[0].getQuestionByName("q1").value = "item1";
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[0].locTitle.textOrHtml, "item1", "#5");
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[1].locTitle.textOrHtml, "item2", "#6");
+  panel.panels[1].getQuestionByName("q1").clearValue();
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[0].locTitle.textOrHtml, "item1", "#7");
+  assert.equal(panelTabToolbar.actions[1].locTitle.textOrHtml, "Empty value", "#8");
+});
 QUnit.test("templateVisibleIf & additionalTitleToolbar", function (assert) {
   const survey = new SurveyModel({
     elements: [