diff --git a/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml b/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
index 4eb185c53..7857f4407 100644
--- a/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
+++ b/data/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <file>checkbox-off.svg</file>
     <file>checkbox.svg</file>
     <file alias="icons/scalable/actions/color-pick.svg">color-pick.svg</file>
-    <file>dash-placeholder.svg</file>
     <file>gnome-shell.css</file>
     <file>gnome-shell-high-contrast.css</file>
     <file>gnome-shell-start.svg</file>
@@ -36,5 +35,6 @@
     <file>toggle-on.svg</file>
     <file>toggle-on-dark.svg</file>
     <file>toggle-on-hc.svg</file>
+    <file>workspace-placeholder.svg</file>
   </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_workspace-thumbnails.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_workspace-thumbnails.scss
index 774408bb7..508ac2536 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_workspace-thumbnails.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_workspace-thumbnails.scss
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   // drag and drop indicator
   .placeholder {
-    background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/dash-placeholder.svg");
+    background-image: url("resource:///org/gnome/shell/theme/workspace-placeholder.svg");
     background-size: contain;
     width: 18px;
   }
diff --git a/data/theme/workspace-placeholder.svg b/data/theme/workspace-placeholder.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff5dc92c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/theme/workspace-placeholder.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
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+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   width="27"
+   height="76"
+   id="svg11252"
+   version="1.1"
+   sodipodi:docname="dash-placeholder-horizontal.svg"
+   inkscape:version="1.0.2 (e86c870879, 2021-01-15, custom)">
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+     id="metadata19">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title />
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
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+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1"
+     objecttolerance="10"
+     gridtolerance="10"
+     guidetolerance="10"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:window-width="640"
+     inkscape:window-height="480"
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+     showgrid="false"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="true"
+     inkscape:zoom="12.473684"
+     inkscape:cx="38"
+     inkscape:cy="26.327004"
+     inkscape:current-layer="g99967"
+     inkscape:document-rotation="0" />
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+       gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
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+       cy="488"
+       fx="49"
+       fy="488"
+       r="38" />
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+         offset="0"
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+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;"
+         offset="1"
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+    <radialGradient
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+      <stop
+         style="stop-color:#ffffff;stop-opacity:0;"
+         offset="1"
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+     transform="rotate(90,465.93109,104.43109)">
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+       style="display:inline"
+       transform="translate(326,44.862171)">
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+         height="2"
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