diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/View.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/View.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3eb6ee5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/View.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions
+
+import android.view.View
+
+fun View.beVisibleIf(beVisible: Boolean) = if (beVisible) visibility = View.VISIBLE else visibility = View.GONE
+
+fun View.beGoneIf(beGone: Boolean) = if (beGone) visibility = View.GONE else visibility = View.VISIBLE
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/fragments/EventListFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/fragments/EventListFragment.kt
index fb1bbd638..9ea09b5e5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/fragments/EventListFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/fragments/EventListFragment.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.Formatter
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.EventActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.activities.MainActivity
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.adapters.EventsListAdapter
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.beGoneIf
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.beVisibleIf
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.updateWidget
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.models.Event
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.models.ListEvent
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ class EventListFragment : Fragment(), DBHelper.GetEventsListener, AdapterView.On
 
     var mSelectedItemsCnt = 0
     var mListItems: ArrayList<ListItem> = ArrayList()
+    var mAllEvents: MutableList<Event>? = null
     lateinit var mToBeDeleted: MutableList<Int>
     lateinit var mView: View
 
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ class EventListFragment : Fragment(), DBHelper.GetEventsListener, AdapterView.On
             mListItems.add(ListEvent(it.id, it.startTS, it.endTS, it.title, it.description))
         }
 
+        mAllEvents = events
         val eventsAdapter = EventsListAdapter(context, mListItems)
         activity?.runOnUiThread {
             mView.calendar_events_list.apply {
@@ -69,10 +73,20 @@ class EventListFragment : Fragment(), DBHelper.GetEventsListener, AdapterView.On
                 onItemClickListener = this@EventListFragment
                 setMultiChoiceModeListener(this@EventListFragment)
             }
+            checkPlaceholderVisibility()
         }
     }
 
-    private fun getEventsToShow(events: MutableList<Event>): List<Event> {
+    private fun checkPlaceholderVisibility() {
+        val events = getEventsToShow(mAllEvents)
+        mView.calendar_empty_list_placeholder.beVisibleIf(events.isEmpty())
+        mView.calendar_events_list.beGoneIf(events.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    private fun getEventsToShow(events: MutableList<Event>?): List<Event> {
+        if (events == null)
+            return ArrayList()
+
         return events.filter { !mToBeDeleted.contains(it.id) }
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +130,9 @@ class EventListFragment : Fragment(), DBHelper.GetEventsListener, AdapterView.On
     }
 
     fun deleteEvents() {
+        if (activity == null)
+            return
+
         val eventIDs = Array(mToBeDeleted.size, { i -> (mToBeDeleted[i].toString()) })
         DBHelper(activity.applicationContext, this).deleteEvents(eventIDs)
         mToBeDeleted.clear()
@@ -173,6 +190,7 @@ class EventListFragment : Fragment(), DBHelper.GetEventsListener, AdapterView.On
     }
 
     override fun eventsDeleted(cnt: Int) {
+        checkPlaceholderVisibility()
         context.updateWidget()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_event_list.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_event_list.xml
index 06e4852ee..e6ce89875 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_event_list.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_event_list.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<ListView
+<RelativeLayout
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:id="@+id/calendar_events_list"
+    android:id="@+id/calendar_events_list_holder"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    android:choiceMode="multipleChoiceModal"
-    android:clipToPadding="false"
-    android:divider="@null"
-    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_margin"
-    android:paddingTop="@dimen/medium_padding"/>
+    android:layout_height="match_parent">
+
+    <ListView
+        android:id="@+id/calendar_events_list"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:choiceMode="multipleChoiceModal"
+        android:clipToPadding="false"
+        android:divider="@null"
+        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_margin"
+        android:paddingTop="@dimen/medium_padding"
+        android:visibility="gone"/>
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/calendar_empty_list_placeholder"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:alpha="0.5"
+        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
+        android:lineSpacingExtra="1dp"
+        android:padding="@dimen/big_margin"
+        android:text="@string/no_events_added"/>
+
+</RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
index 0e9571540..104a1d278 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-de/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monatsansicht</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Jahresansicht</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">Termin</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
index 495fadc21..6fe82bce0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-it/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monthly view</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Yearly view</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">Evento</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
index 84a55173c..f448e7e1e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-ja/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monthly view</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Yearly view</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">イベント</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
index 779fcc230..3688f8b4a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-pt-rPT/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monthly view</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Yearly view</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">Evento</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
index 353d5c581..a039e245d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-sv/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monthly view</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Yearly view</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">Händelse</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
index ed0d576d0..aa8b4a8fb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <resources>
     <dimen name="activity_margin">16dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="big_margin">24dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="small_padding">4dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="medium_padding">8dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="social_padding">8dp</dimen>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a6d67830c..2dc497e13 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <string name="monthly_view">Monthly view</string>
     <string name="yearly_view">Yearly view</string>
     <string name="simple_event_list">Simple event list</string>
+    <string name="no_events_added">Seems like your calendar is empty.\nYou can create events with the Plus button at the bottom.</string>
 
     <!-- Event -->
     <string name="event">Event</string>