diff --git a/packages/extension-placeholder/src/placeholder.ts b/packages/extension-placeholder/src/placeholder.ts
index b00b6b86..df52cf1a 100644
--- a/packages/extension-placeholder/src/placeholder.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-placeholder/src/placeholder.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export const Placeholder = Extension.create<PlaceholderOptions>({
   },
 
   addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+    let cachedEmptyTopNode: ProsemirrorNode
+
     return [
       new Plugin({
         props: {
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ export const Placeholder = Extension.create<PlaceholderOptions>({
               return null
             }
 
+            cachedEmptyTopNode = cachedEmptyTopNode || doc.type.createAndFill()
+            const isEditorEmpty = cachedEmptyTopNode.sameMarkup(doc) && cachedEmptyTopNode.content.findDiffStart(doc.content) === null
+
             doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
               const hasAnchor = anchor >= pos && anchor <= (pos + node.nodeSize)
               const isEmpty = !node.isLeaf && !node.childCount
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ export const Placeholder = Extension.create<PlaceholderOptions>({
               if ((hasAnchor || !this.options.showOnlyCurrent) && isEmpty) {
                 const classes = [this.options.emptyNodeClass]
 
-                if (this.editor.isEmpty) {
+                if (isEditorEmpty) {
                   classes.push(this.options.emptyEditorClass)
                 }
 
@@ -75,8 +80,29 @@ export const Placeholder = Extension.create<PlaceholderOptions>({
 
             return DecorationSet.create(doc, decorations)
           },
+
+          attributes: ({ doc }) => {
+            cachedEmptyTopNode = cachedEmptyTopNode || doc.type.createAndFill()
+            const isEditorEmpty = cachedEmptyTopNode.sameMarkup(doc) && cachedEmptyTopNode.content.findDiffStart(doc.content) === null
+
+            if (isEditorEmpty) {
+              return {
+                class: this.options.emptyEditorClass,
+                'data-placeholder': typeof this.options.placeholder === 'function'
+                  ? this.options.placeholder({
+                    editor: this.editor,
+                    node: doc,
+                    pos: 0,
+                    hasAnchor: true,
+                  })
+                  : this.options.placeholder,
+              }
+            }
+          },
         },
       }),
     ]
   },
 })
+
+export default Placeholder