diff --git a/app/cells/user_filter_cell.rb b/app/cells/user_filter_cell.rb
index a7cf34c09f..0221c54b14 100644
--- a/app/cells/user_filter_cell.rb
+++ b/app/cells/user_filter_cell.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class UserFilterCell < RailsCell
         .first
     end
 
+    def is_filtered(params)
+      [:name, :status, :group_id, :role_id].any? { |name| params[name].present? }
+    end
+
     ##
     # Returns the selected status from the parameters
     # or the default status to be filtered by (active)
diff --git a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
index bc36042771..1c908daacc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/members_controller.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class MembersController < ApplicationController
   def set_index_data!
     set_roles_and_principles!
 
+    @is_filtered = Members::UserFilterCell.is_filtered params
     @members = Members::UserFilterCell.filter index_members(@project), params
     @members_table_options = members_table_options @roles
     @members_filter_options = members_filter_options @roles
diff --git a/app/views/members/index.html.erb b/app/views/members/index.html.erb
index 810fec238d..d40ec3c88a 100644
--- a/app/views/members/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/members/index.html.erb
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 </div>
 
 <div>
+  <%= cell Members::UserFilterCell, params, @members_filter_options %>
   <% if any_members %>
-    <%= cell Members::UserFilterCell, params, @members_filter_options %>
-    &nbsp;
     <%= cell Members::TableCell, @members, @members_table_options %>
+  <% elsif @is_filtered %>
+    <%= no_results_box custom_title: t(:notice_no_principals_found) %>
   <% else %>
     <%= no_results_box %>
   <% end %>