diff --git a/accessible/tests/mochitest/attributes/test_text.html b/accessible/tests/mochitest/attributes/test_text.html
index c78a0dd3767d..54ec4dd60df3 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/mochitest/attributes/test_text.html
+++ b/accessible/tests/mochitest/attributes/test_text.html
@@ -428,8 +428,10 @@
 
       ID = "area14";
       defAttrs = buildDefaultTextAttrs(ID, kInputFontSize);
-      attrs = { };
 
+      // XXX: While we expose text leaf accessibles for placeholder we grab its
+      // style, bug 545817.
+      attrs = { color: "rgb(109, 109, 109)" };
       testTextAttrs(ID, 0, attrs, defAttrs, 0, 0);
 
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