diff --git a/Riot/Assets/en.lproj/Vector.strings b/Riot/Assets/en.lproj/Vector.strings
index 9d6b9130a..f4352c52c 100644
--- a/Riot/Assets/en.lproj/Vector.strings
+++ b/Riot/Assets/en.lproj/Vector.strings
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
 "room_participants_invite_prompt_title" = "Confirmation";
 "room_participants_invite_prompt_msg" = "Are you sure you want to invite %@ to this chat?";
 "room_participants_filter_room_members" = "Filter room members";
+"dm_room_participants_filter_room_members" = "Filter members";
 "room_participants_invite_another_user" = "Search / invite by User ID, Name or email";
 "room_participants_invite_malformed_id_title" = "Invite Error";
 "room_participants_invite_malformed_id" = "Malformed ID. Should be an email address or a Matrix ID like '@localpart:domain'";
diff --git a/Riot/Generated/Strings.swift b/Riot/Generated/Strings.swift
index d9da3d043..fe3731a26 100644
--- a/Riot/Generated/Strings.swift
+++ b/Riot/Generated/Strings.swift
@@ -1094,6 +1094,10 @@ internal enum VectorL10n {
   internal static var dmRoomDetailsTitle: String { 
     return VectorL10n.tr("Vector", "dm_room_details_title") 
   }
+  /// Filter members
+  internal static var dmRoomParticipantsFilterRoomMembers: String { 
+    return VectorL10n.tr("Vector", "dm_room_participants_filter_room_members") 
+  }
   /// Are you sure you want to leave?
   internal static var dmRoomParticipantsLeavePromptMsg: String { 
     return VectorL10n.tr("Vector", "dm_room_participants_leave_prompt_msg") 
diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/Members/RoomParticipantsViewController.m b/Riot/Modules/Room/Members/RoomParticipantsViewController.m
index 30a7223c9..628f1d5a7 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/Members/RoomParticipantsViewController.m
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/Members/RoomParticipantsViewController.m
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@
     
     self.navigationItem.title = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"room_participants_title", @"Vector", nil);
     
-    _searchBarView.placeholder = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"room_participants_filter_room_members", @"Vector", nil);
+    if (self.mxRoom.isDirect)
+    {
+        _searchBarView.placeholder = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"dm_room_participants_filter_room_members", @"Vector", nil);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _searchBarView.placeholder = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"room_participants_filter_room_members", @"Vector", nil);
+    }
     _searchBarView.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
     _searchBarView.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
     
@@ -378,6 +385,15 @@
         if (self.mxRoom)
         {
             self.searchBarHeader.hidden = NO;
+            
+            if (self.mxRoom.isDirect)
+            {
+                self.searchBarView.placeholder = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"dm_room_participants_filter_room_members", @"Vector", nil);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                self.searchBarView.placeholder = NSLocalizedStringFromTable(@"room_participants_filter_room_members", @"Vector", nil);
+            }
 
             // Update the current matrix session.
             [self addMatrixSession:self.mxRoom.mxSession];