diff --git a/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.style.less b/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.style.less
index 4775d8624bad..d25a73173210 100644
--- a/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.style.less
+++ b/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.style.less
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         overflow: hidden;
     }
 
-    &_empty {
+    &_empty:not(.t-with-placeholder) {
         height: 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.template.html b/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.template.html
index 4e03843a8884..734e0f2bed7a 100644
--- a/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.template.html
+++ b/projects/kit/components/input-tag/input-tag.template.html
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                     <div
                         class="t-tags"
                         [class.t-tags_empty]="(!focused || inputHidden) && !value?.length && !search?.trim()?.length"
+                        [class.t-with-placeholder]="placeholder"
                     >
                         <ng-container *ngIf="labelOutside; else text">
                             <tui-tag