diff --git a/e2e-test/cypress/integration/placeholder.spec.js b/e2e-test/cypress/integration/placeholder.spec.js
index c64c4b4..0d696ff 100644
--- a/e2e-test/cypress/integration/placeholder.spec.js
+++ b/e2e-test/cypress/integration/placeholder.spec.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ describe('Placeholder Image', () => {
     cy.visit('/');
     cy.get('#placeholderBtn').click();
   });
-  
+
   /**
    * Cypress seems to be not fast enough to catch the placeholder render.
-   * So we test that the placeholder is rendered in out Unit Tests,
+   * So we test that the placeholder is rendered in our Unit Tests,
    * And here we make sure that eventually we render the original image.
    */
   it('Show original image', () => {
diff --git a/e2e-test/cypress/integration/responsivePlaceholder.spec.js b/e2e-test/cypress/integration/responsivePlaceholder.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82da1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-test/cypress/integration/responsivePlaceholder.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+describe('Responsive Placeholder Image', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // runs before each test in the block
+    cy.visit('/');
+    cy.get('#responsivePlaceholderBtn').click();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Cypress seems to be not fast enough to catch the placeholder render.
+   * So we test that the placeholder is rendered in our Unit Tests,
+   * And here we make sure that eventually we render the responsive image.
+   * The image width was updated to be w_400.
+   */
+  it('Show original image', () => {
+    cy.get('#responsivePlaceholder')
+      .should('be.visible')
+      .should('have.attr', 'src').should('equal', 'http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/c_scale,w_400/sample')
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e-test/src/App.js b/e2e-test/src/App.js
index e584eef..f2a106a 100644
--- a/e2e-test/src/App.js
+++ b/e2e-test/src/App.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const tests = [
   'placeholder',
   'lazy',
   'lazyPlaceholder',
-  'lazyResponsive'
+  'lazyResponsive',
+  'responsivePlaceholder'
 ];
 
 function App() {
@@ -83,6 +84,17 @@ function App() {
         </div>
       </div>
       }
+      }
+      {test === 'responsivePlaceholder' &&
+      <div>
+        <h1>Responsive Placeholder</h1>
+        <div style={{width: "330px"}}>
+          <Image id="responsivePlaceholder" publicId="sample" cloudName="demo" width="auto" crop="scale" responsive>
+            <Placeholder/>
+          </Image>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      }
     </Fragment>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Image/Image.js b/src/components/Image/Image.js
index acc0d4f..f26c8eb 100644
--- a/src/components/Image/Image.js
+++ b/src/components/Image/Image.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Image extends CloudinaryComponent {
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.imgElement = createRef();
+    this.placeholderElement = createRef();
     this.state = {isLoaded: false}
     this.listenerRemovers = [];
   }
@@ -96,8 +97,18 @@ class Image extends CloudinaryComponent {
     } else {
       // Handle responsive only if lazy loading wasn't requested or already handled
       if (this.isResponsive()) {
-        const removeListener = makeElementResponsive(this.imgElement.current, this.getOptions());
-        this.listenerRemovers.push(removeListener);
+        const options = this.getOptions();
+        const placeholder = this.getPlaceholderType();
+
+        // Make placeholder responsive
+        if (placeholder) {
+          const removePlaceholderListener = makeElementResponsive(this.placeholderElement.current, {...options, placeholder});
+          this.listenerRemovers.push(removePlaceholderListener);
+        }
+
+        // Make original image responsive
+        const removeImgListener = makeElementResponsive(this.imgElement.current, options);
+        this.listenerRemovers.push(removeImgListener);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -158,17 +169,18 @@ class Image extends CloudinaryComponent {
     });
   };
 
+
   renderPlaceholder = (placeholder, attributes) => {
     attributes.style = {...(attributes.style || {}), opacity: 0, position: 'absolute'}
     attributes.onLoad = this.handleImageLoaded;
     const placeholderWrapperStyle = {display: 'inline'}
-    const placeholderAttributes = this.getAttributes({placeholder: placeholder.props.type});
+    const placeholderAttributes = this.getAttributes({placeholder});
 
     return (
       <Fragment>
         {this.renderImage(attributes)}
         <div style={placeholderWrapperStyle}>
-          <img {...placeholderAttributes}/>
+          <img ref={this.placeholderElement} {...placeholderAttributes}/>
         </div>
       </Fragment>
     );
@@ -178,11 +190,17 @@ class Image extends CloudinaryComponent {
     return <img ref={this.attachRef} {...attributes}/>
   }
 
-  render() {
-    const {isLoaded} = this.state;
+  getPlaceholderType = () => {
     const {children} = this.getExtendedProps();
     const placeholder = this.getChildPlaceholder(children);
+
+    return placeholder ? placeholder.props.type : null;
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {isLoaded} = this.state;
     const attributes = this.getAttributes();
+    const placeholder = this.getPlaceholderType();
 
     //If image wasn't loaded and there's a child placeholder then we render it.
     if (!isLoaded && placeholder) {
diff --git a/test/ImageTest.js b/test/ImageTest.js
index 7dcfe87..b0ced9e 100644
--- a/test/ImageTest.js
+++ b/test/ImageTest.js
@@ -205,6 +205,21 @@ describe('Image', () => {
         ].join(''));
       });
     });
+    describe('Responsive Placeholder', () => {
+      let tag = shallow(
+        <Image publicId="sample" cloudName="demo" width="auto" crop="scale" responsive>
+          <Placeholder/>
+        </Image>
+      );
+      it('should have data-src for placeholder and image', function () {
+        expect(tag.html()).to.equal([
+          `<img data-src="http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/c_scale,w_auto/sample" style="opacity:0;position:absolute"/>`,
+          `<div style="display:inline">`,
+          `<img data-src="http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/c_scale,w_auto/e_blur:2000,f_auto,q_1/sample"/>`,
+          `</div>`
+        ].join(''));
+      });
+    });
     describe('Responsive Placeholder With Lazy Loading', () => {
       let tag = shallow(
         <Image publicId="sample" cloudName="demo" loading="lazy" width="auto" crop="scale" responsive>