diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml
index 5ef1be3fd1..b28273f85c 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/components/AddAccountWithSeed.qml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ ModalPopup {
         validationError: popup.seedValidationError
     }
 
+    StyledText {
+        text: Utils.seedPhraseWordCountText(accountSeedInput.text)
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        anchors.top: accountSeedInput.bottom
+    }
+
     Input {
         id: accountNameInput
         anchors.top: accountSeedInput.bottom
diff --git a/ui/imports/Utils.qml b/ui/imports/Utils.qml
index 5141841cb1..bf1ead2fde 100644
--- a/ui/imports/Utils.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/Utils.qml
@@ -147,4 +147,24 @@ QtObject {
     function isPunct(c) {
         return /(!|\@|#|\$|%|\^|&|\*|\(|\)|_|\+|\||-|=|\\|{|}|[|]|"|;|'|<|>|\?|,|\.|\/)/.test(c)
     }
+
+    function getTick(wordCount) {
+        return (wordCount === 12 || wordCount === 15 ||
+                wordCount === 18 || wordCount === 21 || wordCount === 24)
+                ? "✓ " : "";
+    }
+
+    function countWords(text) {
+        if (text.trim() === "")
+            return 0;
+        return text.trim().split(" ").length;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns text in the format "✓ 12 words" for seed phrases input boxes
+     */
+    function seedPhraseWordCountText(text) {
+        let wordCount = countWords(text);
+        return getTick(wordCount) + wordCount.toString() + " words";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ui/onboarding/EnterSeedPhraseModal.qml b/ui/onboarding/EnterSeedPhraseModal.qml
index 31c1f976ae..e97b7fa628 100644
--- a/ui/onboarding/EnterSeedPhraseModal.qml
+++ b/ui/onboarding/EnterSeedPhraseModal.qml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ ModalPopup {
         KeyNavigation.tab: submitBtn
     }
 
+    StyledText {
+        text: Utils.seedPhraseWordCountText(mnemonicTextField.text)
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        anchors.top: mnemonicTextField.bottom
+    }
+
     StyledText {
         id: errorText
         visible: !!text && text != ""
diff --git a/ui/shared/StyledTextArea.qml b/ui/shared/StyledTextArea.qml
index 3643ba8284..84bbee8494 100644
--- a/ui/shared/StyledTextArea.qml
+++ b/ui/shared/StyledTextArea.qml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Item {
             anchors.topMargin: Style.current.smallPadding
             anchors.fill: parent
             font.family: Style.current.fontRegular.name
+            color: Style.current.textColor
+            placeholderTextColor: Style.current.darkGrey
         }
 
         MouseArea {