diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 4dd529748..15a89e0ca 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ A method returning a `ReactTestInstance` with matching text – may be a string
 
 A method returning an array of `ReactTestInstance`s with matching text – may be a string or regular expression.
 
+### `getByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp)`
+
+A method returning a `ReactTestInstance` for a `TextInput` with a matching placeholder – may be a string or regular expression. Throws when no matches.
+
+### `getAllByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp)`
+
+A method returning an array of `ReactTestInstance`s for `TextInput`'s with a matching placeholder – may be a string or regular expression.
+
 ### `getByProps: (props: { [propName: string]: any })`
 
 A method returning a `ReactTestInstance` with matching props object. Throws when no matches.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.test.js.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.test.js.snap
index 63b4a8c3c..dd0cc8466 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/render.test.js.snap
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ exports[`debug 1`] = `
   >
     not fresh
   </Text>
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Add custom freshness\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaCustomFreshness\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Who inspected freshness?\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaChef\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
   <View
     accessible={true}
     isTVSelectable={true}
@@ -42,6 +54,18 @@ exports[`debug changing component: bananaFresh button message should now be "fre
   >
     fresh
   </Text>
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Add custom freshness\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaCustomFreshness\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Who inspected freshness?\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaChef\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
   <View
     accessible={true}
     isTVSelectable={true}
@@ -74,6 +98,18 @@ exports[`debug: shallow 1`] = `
   >
     not fresh
   </Text>
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Add custom freshness\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaCustomFreshness\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Who inspected freshness?\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaChef\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
   <Button
     onPress={[Function anonymous]}
     type=\\"primary\\"
@@ -95,6 +131,18 @@ exports[`debug: shallow with message 1`] = `
   >
     not fresh
   </Text>
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Add custom freshness\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaCustomFreshness\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Who inspected freshness?\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaChef\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
   <Button
     onPress={[Function anonymous]}
     type=\\"primary\\"
@@ -116,6 +164,18 @@ exports[`debug: with message 1`] = `
   >
     not fresh
   </Text>
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Add custom freshness\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaCustomFreshness\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
+  <TextInput
+    allowFontScaling={true}
+    placeholder=\\"Who inspected freshness?\\"
+    testID=\\"bananaChef\\"
+    underlineColorAndroid=\\"transparent\\"
+  />
   <View
     accessible={true}
     isTVSelectable={true}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/render.test.js b/src/__tests__/render.test.js
index 79203366d..aa884840d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/render.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/render.test.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 /* eslint-disable react/no-multi-comp */
 import React from 'react';
-import { View, Text, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
+import { View, Text, TextInput, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import { render, fireEvent } from '..';
 
+const PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS = 'Add custom freshness';
+const PLACEHOLDER_CHEF = 'Who inspected freshness?';
+
 class Button extends React.Component<*> {
   render() {
     return (
@@ -45,6 +48,11 @@ class Banana extends React.Component<*, *> {
         <Text testID="bananaFresh">
           {this.state.fresh ? 'fresh' : 'not fresh'}
         </Text>
+        <TextInput
+          testID="bananaCustomFreshness"
+          placeholder={PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS}
+        />
+        <TextInput testID="bananaChef" placeholder={PLACEHOLDER_CHEF} />
         <Button onPress={this.changeFresh} type="primary">
           Change freshness!
         </Button>
@@ -138,6 +146,37 @@ test('getAllByText, queryAllByText', () => {
   expect(queryAllByText('InExistent')).toHaveLength(0);
 });
 
+test('getByPlaceholder, queryByPlaceholder', () => {
+  const { getByPlaceholder, queryByPlaceholder } = render(<Banana />);
+  const input = getByPlaceholder(/custom/i);
+
+  expect(input.props.placeholder).toBe(PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS);
+
+  const sameInput = getByPlaceholder(PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS);
+
+  expect(sameInput.props.placeholder).toBe(PLACEHOLDER_FRESHNESS);
+  expect(() => getByPlaceholder('no placeholder')).toThrow(
+    'No instances found'
+  );
+
+  expect(queryByPlaceholder(/add/i)).toBe(input);
+  expect(queryByPlaceholder('no placeholder')).toBeNull();
+  expect(() => queryByPlaceholder(/fresh/)).toThrow('Expected 1 but found 2');
+});
+
+test('getAllByPlaceholder, queryAllByPlaceholder', () => {
+  const { getAllByPlaceholder, queryAllByPlaceholder } = render(<Banana />);
+  const inputs = getAllByPlaceholder(/fresh/i);
+
+  expect(inputs).toHaveLength(2);
+  expect(() => getAllByPlaceholder('no placeholder')).toThrow(
+    'No instances found'
+  );
+
+  expect(queryAllByPlaceholder(/fresh/i)).toEqual(inputs);
+  expect(queryAllByPlaceholder('no placeholder')).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
 test('getByProps, queryByProps', () => {
   const { getByProps, queryByProps } = render(<Banana />);
   const primaryType = getByProps({ type: 'primary' });
diff --git a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
index 5d5ca0dc7..a2fd7fd02 100644
--- a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
+++ b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ const getNodeByText = (node, text) => {
   }
 };
 
+const getTextInputNodeByPlaceholder = (node, placeholder) => {
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line
+    const { TextInput } = require('react-native');
+    return (
+      filterNodeByType(node, TextInput) &&
+      (typeof placeholder === 'string'
+        ? placeholder === node.props.placeholder
+        : placeholder.test(node.props.placeholder))
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw createLibraryNotSupportedError(error);
+  }
+};
+
 const prepareErrorMessage = error =>
   // Strip info about custom predicate
   error.message.replace(/ matching custom predicate[^]*/gm, '');
@@ -62,6 +77,17 @@ export const getByText = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
     }
   };
 
+export const getByPlaceholder = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
+  function getByPlaceholderFn(placeholder: string | RegExp) {
+    try {
+      return instance.find(node =>
+        getTextInputNodeByPlaceholder(node, placeholder)
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new ErrorWithStack(prepareErrorMessage(error), getByPlaceholderFn);
+    }
+  };
+
 export const getByProps = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
   function getByPropsFn(props: { [propName: string]: any }) {
     try {
@@ -114,6 +140,20 @@ export const getAllByText = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
     return results;
   };
 
+export const getAllByPlaceholder = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
+  function getAllByPlaceholderFn(placeholder: string | RegExp) {
+    const results = instance.findAll(node =>
+      getTextInputNodeByPlaceholder(node, placeholder)
+    );
+    if (results.length === 0) {
+      throw new ErrorWithStack(
+        `No instances found with placeholder: ${String(placeholder)}`,
+        getAllByPlaceholderFn
+      );
+    }
+    return results;
+  };
+
 export const getAllByProps = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
   function getAllByPropsFn(props: { [propName: string]: any }) {
     const results = instance.findAllByProps(props);
@@ -131,9 +171,11 @@ export const getByAPI = (instance: ReactTestInstance) => ({
   getByName: getByName(instance),
   getByType: getByType(instance),
   getByText: getByText(instance),
+  getByPlaceholder: getByPlaceholder(instance),
   getByProps: getByProps(instance),
   getAllByName: getAllByName(instance),
   getAllByType: getAllByType(instance),
   getAllByText: getAllByText(instance),
+  getAllByPlaceholder: getAllByPlaceholder(instance),
   getAllByProps: getAllByProps(instance),
 });
diff --git a/src/helpers/queryByAPI.js b/src/helpers/queryByAPI.js
index 15458af86..a5ef80622 100644
--- a/src/helpers/queryByAPI.js
+++ b/src/helpers/queryByAPI.js
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import {
   getByName,
   getByType,
   getByText,
+  getByPlaceholder,
   getByProps,
   getAllByName,
   getAllByType,
   getAllByText,
+  getAllByPlaceholder,
   getAllByProps,
 } from './getByAPI';
 import { ErrorWithStack, logDeprecationWarning } from './errors';
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@ export const queryByText = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
     }
   };
 
+export const queryByPlaceholder = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
+  function queryByPlaceholderFn(placeholder: string | RegExp) {
+    try {
+      return getByPlaceholder(instance)(placeholder);
+    } catch (error) {
+      return createQueryByError(error, queryByPlaceholder);
+    }
+  };
+
 export const queryByProps = (instance: ReactTestInstance) =>
   function queryByPropsFn(props: { [propName: string]: any }) {
     try {
@@ -97,6 +108,16 @@ export const queryAllByText = (instance: ReactTestInstance) => (
   }
 };
 
+export const queryAllByPlaceholder = (instance: ReactTestInstance) => (
+  placeholder: string | RegExp
+) => {
+  try {
+    return getAllByPlaceholder(instance)(placeholder);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return [];
+  }
+};
+
 export const queryAllByProps = (instance: ReactTestInstance) => (props: {
   [propName: string]: any,
 }) => {
@@ -112,9 +133,11 @@ export const queryByAPI = (instance: ReactTestInstance) => ({
   queryByName: queryByName(instance),
   queryByType: queryByType(instance),
   queryByText: queryByText(instance),
+  queryByPlaceholder: queryByPlaceholder(instance),
   queryByProps: queryByProps(instance),
   queryAllByName: queryAllByName(instance),
   queryAllByType: queryAllByType(instance),
   queryAllByText: queryAllByText(instance),
+  queryAllByPlaceholder: queryAllByPlaceholder(instance),
   queryAllByProps: queryAllByProps(instance),
 });
diff --git a/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx b/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
index 9249ee13f..b9312587f 100644
--- a/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
+++ b/typings/__tests__/index.test.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface HasRequiredProp {
 
 const View = props => props.children;
 const Text = props => props.children;
+const TextInput = props => props.children;
 const ElementWithRequiredProps = (props: HasRequiredProp) => (
   <Text>{props.requiredProp}</Text>
 );
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const ElementWithRequiredProps = (props: HasRequiredProp) => (
 const TestComponent = () => (
   <View>
     <Text>Test component</Text>
+    <TextInput placeholder="my placeholder" />
   </View>
 );
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ const getByTypeWithRequiredProps: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByType(
 );
 const getByTextString: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByText('<View />');
 const getByTextRegExp: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByText(/View/g);
+const getByPlaceholderString: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByPlaceholder('my placeholder');
+const getByPlaceholderRegExp: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByPlaceholder(/placeholder/g);
 const getByProps: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByProps({ value: 2 });
 const getByTestId: ReactTestInstance = tree.getByTestId('test-id');
 const getAllByNameString: Array<ReactTestInstance> = tree.getAllByName('View');
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ const queryByTextString: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByText(
   '<View />'
 );
 const queryByTextRegExp: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByText(/View/g);
+const queryByPlaceholderString: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByText(
+  'my placeholder'
+);
+const queryByPlaceholderRegExp: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByText(/placeholder/g);
 const queryByProps: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByProps({ value: 2 });
 const queryByTestId: ReactTestInstance | null = tree.queryByTestId('test-id');
 const queryAllByNameString: Array<ReactTestInstance> = tree.getAllByName(
diff --git a/typings/index.d.ts b/typings/index.d.ts
index 8232c5371..0b974e597 100644
--- a/typings/index.d.ts
+++ b/typings/index.d.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ export interface GetByAPI {
   getByName: (name: React.ReactType | string) => ReactTestInstance;
   getByType: <P>(type: React.ComponentType<P>) => ReactTestInstance;
   getByText: (text: string | RegExp) => ReactTestInstance;
+  getByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp) => ReactTestInstance;
   getByProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => ReactTestInstance;
   getByTestId: (testID: string) => ReactTestInstance;
   getAllByName: (name: React.ReactType | string) => Array<ReactTestInstance>;
   getAllByType: <P>(type: React.ComponentType<P>) => Array<ReactTestInstance>;
   getAllByText: (text: string | RegExp) => Array<ReactTestInstance>;
+  getAllByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp) => Array<ReactTestInstance>;
   getAllByProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => Array<ReactTestInstance>;
 }
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ export interface QueryByAPI {
   queryByName: (name: React.ReactType | string) => ReactTestInstance | null;
   queryByType: <P>(type: React.ComponentType<P>) => ReactTestInstance | null;
   queryByText: (name: string | RegExp) => ReactTestInstance | null;
+  queryByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp) => ReactTestInstance | null;
   queryByProps: (props: Record<string, any>) => ReactTestInstance | null;
   queryByTestId: (testID: string) => ReactTestInstance | null;
   queryAllByName: (name: React.ReactType | string) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ export interface QueryByAPI {
     type: React.ComponentType<P>
   ) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];
   queryAllByText: (text: string | RegExp) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];
+  queryAllByPlaceholder: (placeholder: string | RegExp) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];
   queryAllByProps: (
     props: Record<string, any>
   ) => Array<ReactTestInstance> | [];