diff --git a/Tests/Manual/CPTextFieldEditingStyleTest/AppController.j b/Tests/Manual/CPTextFieldEditingStyleTest/AppController.j
index 4e883acc2..1743b4913 100644
--- a/Tests/Manual/CPTextFieldEditingStyleTest/AppController.j
+++ b/Tests/Manual/CPTextFieldEditingStyleTest/AppController.j
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     // It's a useful hook for setting up current UI values, and other things.
 
     // In this case, we want the window from Cib to become our full browser window
+    [textField setPlaceholderString:@"I'm a nice placeholder"];
     [theWindow setFullPlatformWindow:YES];
 }