diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0da5590..f4f066c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/jquery-validate"]
 	path = thirdparty/jquery-validate
 	url = git://github.com/jzaefferer/jquery-validation.git
+[submodule "thirdparty/Placeholders.js"]
+	path = thirdparty/Placeholders.js
+	url = git://github.com/jamesallardice/Placeholders.js.git
diff --git a/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php b/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
index 9eb946d..037b66b 100755
--- a/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
+++ b/code/model/UserDefinedForm.php
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ class UserDefinedForm_Controller extends Page_Controller {
 		Requirements::javascript(FRAMEWORK_DIR .'/thirdparty/jquery/jquery.js');
 		Requirements::javascript('userforms/thirdparty/jquery-validate/jquery.validate.js');
 		Requirements::javascript('userforms/javascript/UserForm_frontend.js');
+		if($this->HideFieldLabels) Requirements::javascript('userforms/thirdparty/Placeholders.js/Placeholders.min.js');
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ class UserDefinedForm_Controller extends Page_Controller {
     if($this->EnableLiveValidation) $onfocusout = ", onfocusout : function(element) { this.element(element); }";
 
     // Hide field labels (use HTML5 placeholder instead)
-    if($this->HideFieldLabels) $hidelabels = '$("#Form_Form label.left").each(function(){$("#"+$(this).attr("for")).attr("placeholder",$(this).text());$(this).remove();});';
+    if($this->HideFieldLabels) $hidelabels = '$("#Form_Form label.left").each(function(){$("#"+$(this).attr("for")).attr("placeholder",$(this).text());$(this).remove();});Placeholders.init();';
 
 		// Set the Form Name
 		$rules = $this->array2json($rules);
diff --git a/thirdparty/Placeholders.js b/thirdparty/Placeholders.js
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..50833ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/Placeholders.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 50833cedc22e2de8061ecdc2fb8f93347ccf30ed