diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
index 2be60e9b6d..9a5dd1be0e 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/event.py
@@ -1958,6 +1958,13 @@ class EventFooterLinkForm(I18nModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = EventFooterLink
         fields = ('label', 'url')
+        widgets = {
+            "url": forms.URLInput(
+                attrs={
+                    "placeholder": "https://..."
+                }
+            )
+        }
 
 
 class BaseEventFooterLinkFormSet(I18nFormSetMixin, forms.BaseInlineFormSet):
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/organizer.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/organizer.py
index c8f63914f6..a8632b8caf 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/organizer.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/organizer.py
@@ -1024,6 +1024,13 @@ class OrganizerFooterLinkForm(I18nModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = OrganizerFooterLink
         fields = ('label', 'url')
+        widgets = {
+            "url": forms.URLInput(
+                attrs={
+                    "placeholder": "https://..."
+                }
+            )
+        }
 
 
 class BaseOrganizerFooterLinkFormSet(I18nFormSetMixin, forms.BaseInlineFormSet):