diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig
index e821ac9c5adbd..8f790fdd19450 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/bootstrap_4_layout.html.twig
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@
         <{{ element|default('div') }} class="custom-file">
             {%- set type = type|default('file') -%}
             {{- block('form_widget_simple') -}}
-            <label for="{{ form.vars.id }}" class="custom-file-label">Choose File</label>
+            <label for="{{ form.vars.id }}" class="custom-file-label">
+                {%- if attr.placeholder is defined -%}
+                    {{- translation_domain is same as(false) ? attr.placeholder : attr.placeholder|trans({}, translation_domain) -}}
+                {%- endif -%}
+            </label>
         </{{ element|default('div') }}>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap4LayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap4LayoutTest.php
index a3fc43a49f280..283757080bd55 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap4LayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap4LayoutTest.php
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ public function testFile()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', FileType::class);
 
-        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array('id' => 'nope', 'attr' => array('class' => 'my&class form-control-file')),
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array('id' => 'n/a', 'attr' => array('class' => 'my&class form-control-file')),
 '/div
     [@class="form-group"]
     [
@@ -958,6 +958,28 @@ public function testFile()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testFileWithPlaceholder()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', FileType::class);
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array('id' => 'n/a', 'attr' => array('class' => 'my&class form-control-file', 'placeholder' => 'Custom Placeholder')),
+'/div
+    [@class="form-group"]
+    [
+        ./div
+            [@class="custom-file"]
+            [
+                ./input
+                    [@type="file"]
+                    [@name="name"]
+                /following-sibling::label
+                    [@for="name" and text() = "[trans]Custom Placeholder[/trans]"]
+            ]
+    ]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testMoney()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', MoneyType::class, 1234.56, array(