diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
index 4d82ca28b4ad3..d60d89b6efc0d 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useField.types.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ export interface UseFieldV6ForwardedProps {
   onClick?: React.MouseEventHandler;
   onFocus?: () => void;
   onPaste?: React.ClipboardEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
+  placeholder?: string;
 }
 
 interface UseFieldV6AdditionalProps
diff --git a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldV6TextField.ts b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldV6TextField.ts
index 6c666fa22dddb..4f8c89d11f415 100644
--- a/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldV6TextField.ts
+++ b/packages/x-date-pickers/src/internals/hooks/useField/useFieldV6TextField.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@ export const useFieldV6TextField: UseFieldTextField<false> = (params) => {
   const focusTimeoutRef = React.useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
 
   const {
-    forwardedProps: { onFocus, onClick, onPaste, onBlur, inputRef: inputRefProp },
+    forwardedProps: {
+      onFocus,
+      onClick,
+      onPaste,
+      onBlur,
+      inputRef: inputRefProp,
+      placeholder: inPlaceholder,
+    },
     internalProps: { readOnly = false },
     parsedSelectedSections,
     activeSectionIndex,
@@ -381,15 +388,24 @@ export const useFieldV6TextField: UseFieldTextField<false> = (params) => {
     applyCharacterEditing({ keyPressed, sectionIndex: activeSectionIndex });
   });
 
-  const placeholder = React.useMemo(
-    () =>
-      fieldValueManager.getV6InputValueFromSections(
-        getSectionsFromValue(valueManager.emptyValue),
-        localizedDigits,
-        isRTL,
-      ),
-    [fieldValueManager, getSectionsFromValue, valueManager.emptyValue, localizedDigits, isRTL],
-  );
+  const placeholder = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (inPlaceholder) {
+      return inPlaceholder;
+    }
+
+    return fieldValueManager.getV6InputValueFromSections(
+      getSectionsFromValue(valueManager.emptyValue),
+      localizedDigits,
+      isRTL,
+    );
+  }, [
+    inPlaceholder,
+    fieldValueManager,
+    getSectionsFromValue,
+    valueManager.emptyValue,
+    localizedDigits,
+    isRTL,
+  ]);
 
   const valueStr = React.useMemo(
     () =>