diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/insert/insert.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/insert/insert.controller.js
index 2d9b006bf0..ed82ff0d76 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/insert/insert.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/insert/insert.controller.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
                 multiPicker: false,
                 title: localizationService.localize("template_insertDictionaryItem"),
                 description: localizationService.localize("template_insertDictionaryItemDesc"),
+                emptyStateMessage: localizationService.localize("emptyStates_emptyDictionaryTree"),
                 show: true,
                 select: function(node){
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviewmacros/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviewmacros/edit.controller.js
index f260d5f0c0..a3f77aa9b0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviewmacros/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviewmacros/edit.controller.js
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
                 multiPicker: false,
                 show: true,
                 title: "Insert dictionary item",
+                emptyStateMessage: localizationService.localize("emptyStates_emptyDictionaryTree"),
                 select: function(node){
 
                     var code = templateHelper.getInsertDictionarySnippet(node.name);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviews/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviews/edit.controller.js
index 1b9ed2e1e0..4d21eddd6c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviews/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/partialviews/edit.controller.js
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
                 multiPicker: false,
                 show: true,
                 title: "Insert dictionary item",
+                emptyStateMessage: localizationService.localize("emptyStates_emptyDictionaryTree"),
                 select: function(node){
 
                     var code = templateHelper.getInsertDictionarySnippet(node.name);