diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.cpp
index e9d220d99..418d92827 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ TrackView::setPlayableModel( PlayableModel* model )
 void
 TrackView::setEmptyTip( const QString& tip )
 {
+    m_emptyTip = tip;
     m_overlay->setText( tip );
 }
 
@@ -508,8 +509,17 @@ TrackView::onFilterChanged( const QString& )
         m_overlay->show();
     }
     else
+    {
         if ( model()->trackCount() )
+        {
             m_overlay->hide();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_overlay->setText( m_emptyTip );
+            m_overlay->show();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.h b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.h
index 873e2037a..24f119a7e 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/TrackView.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ private:
     OverlayWidget* m_overlay;
     AnimatedSpinner* m_loadingSpinner;
 
+    QString m_emptyTip;
     bool m_resizing;
     bool m_dragging;
     QRect m_dropRect;
@@ -147,7 +148,6 @@ private:
     QModelIndex m_contextMenuIndex;
 
     Tomahawk::query_ptr m_autoPlaying;
-
     Tomahawk::ContextMenu* m_contextMenu;
 
     QTimer m_timer;