diff --git a/src/BootstrapTable.js b/src/BootstrapTable.js
index 77804fd61..b340f0a76 100644
--- a/src/BootstrapTable.js
+++ b/src/BootstrapTable.js
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class BootstrapTable extends React.Component {
             selectedRowKeys={this.state.selectedRowKeys}
             onRowClick={this.handleRowClick.bind(this)}
             onSelectRow={this.handleSelectRow.bind(this)}
+            noDataText={this.props.options.noDataText}
           />
         </div>
         {tableFilter}
@@ -618,7 +619,8 @@ BootstrapTable.propTypes = {
     paginationSize: React.PropTypes.number,
     onSortChange: React.PropTypes.func,
     onPageChange: React.PropTypes.func,
-    onSizePerPageList: React.PropTypes.func
+    onSizePerPageList: React.PropTypes.func,
+    noDataText: React.PropTypes.string
   }),
   fetchInfo: React.PropTypes.shape({
     dataTotalSize: React.PropTypes.number,
@@ -668,7 +670,8 @@ BootstrapTable.defaultProps = {
     sizePerPageList: Const.SIZE_PER_PAGE_LIST,
     sizePerPage: undefined,
     paginationSize: Const.PAGINATION_SIZE,
-    onSizePerPageList: undefined
+    onSizePerPageList: undefined,
+    noDataText: undefined
   },
   fetchInfo: {
     dataTotalSize: 0,
diff --git a/src/Const.js b/src/Const.js
index bd57a50ee..ea8935162 100644
--- a/src/Const.js
+++ b/src/Const.js
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ export default {
   CELL_EDIT_CLICK: "click",
   CELL_EDIT_DBCLICK: "dbclick",
   SIZE_PER_PAGE_LIST: [10, 25, 30, 50],
-  PAGINATION_SIZE: 5
+  PAGINATION_SIZE: 5,
+  NO_DATA_TEXT: "There is no data to display"
 }
diff --git a/src/TableBody.js b/src/TableBody.js
index 94aa33dc1..bf19048cd 100644
--- a/src/TableBody.js
+++ b/src/TableBody.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class TableBody extends React.Component{
       <TableRow key="##table-empty##">
         <td colSpan={this.props.columns.length+(isSelectRowDefined?1:0)}
             style={{ textAlign: "center" }}>
-            There is no data to display
+            {this.props.noDataText||Const.NO_DATA_TEXT}
         </td>
       </TableRow>);
     }
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ TableBody.propTypes = {
   keyField: React.PropTypes.string,
   selectedRowKeys: React.PropTypes.array,
   onRowClick: React.PropTypes.func,
-  onSelectRow: React.PropTypes.func
+  onSelectRow: React.PropTypes.func,
+  noDataText: React.PropTypes.string
 };
 export default TableBody;