diff --git a/apps/systemtags/js/systemtagsfilelist.js b/apps/systemtags/js/systemtagsfilelist.js
index 56838018a2..25f377785b 100644
--- a/apps/systemtags/js/systemtagsfilelist.js
+++ b/apps/systemtags/js/systemtagsfilelist.js
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
 				escapeMarkup: function(m) {
 					// prevent double markup escape
 					return m;
+				},
+				formatNoMatches: function() {
+					return t('systemtags', 'No tags found');
 				}
 			});
 			this.$filterField.on('change', _.bind(this._onTagsChanged, this));
diff --git a/core/js/systemtags/systemtagsinputfield.js b/core/js/systemtags/systemtagsinputfield.js
index 2eb8d0a44c..5d986d1729 100644
--- a/core/js/systemtags/systemtagsinputfield.js
+++ b/core/js/systemtags/systemtagsinputfield.js
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@
 						return 1;
 					});
 					return results;
+				},
+				formatNoMatches: function() {
+					return t('core', 'No tags found');
 				}
 			})
 				.on('select2-selecting', this._onSelectTag)