diff --git a/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.jsx b/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.jsx
index 50eb2c79b..57e2eff97 100644
--- a/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.jsx
+++ b/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.jsx
@@ -240,12 +240,14 @@ const ContentTagsCollapsible = ({
   const selectCancelRef = React.useRef(/** @type {HTMLSelectElement | null} */(null));
   const selectAddRef = React.useRef(/** @type {HTMLSelectElement | null} */(null));
   const selectInlineAddRef = React.useRef(/** @type {HTMLSelectElement | null} */(null));
+  const selectInlineEditModeRef = React.useRef(/** @type {HTMLSelectElement | null} */(null));
   const selectRef = React.useRef(/** @type {HTMLSelectElement | null} */(null));
 
   const [selectMenuIsOpen, setSelectMenuIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
 
   const {
     isEditMode,
+    toEditMode,
     setStagedTags,
     openCollapsible,
     closeCollapsible,
@@ -386,6 +388,23 @@ const ContentTagsCollapsible = ({
         </Collapsible.Trigger>
 
         <Collapsible.Body className="collapsible-body">
+          { Object.keys(appliedContentTagsTree).length === 0 && !isEditMode
+            && (
+              <div className="mb-3" key={taxonomyId}>
+                <p className="text-gray-500">{intl.formatMessage(messages.collapsibleNoTagsAddedText)}
+                  <Button
+                    tabIndex="0"
+                    size="inline"
+                    ref={selectInlineEditModeRef}
+                    variant="link"
+                    className="text-info-500 add-tags-button"
+                    onClick={toEditMode}
+                  >
+                    { intl.formatMessage(messages.collapsibleAddStagedTagsButtonText) }
+                  </Button>
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            )}
           { Object.keys(appliedContentTagsTree).length !== 0
             && (
               <div className="mb-3" key={taxonomyId}>
diff --git a/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.test.jsx b/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.test.jsx
index 6d921df16..b3e086c92 100644
--- a/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.test.jsx
+++ b/src/content-tags-drawer/ContentTagsCollapsible.test.jsx
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ const data = {
   globalStagedRemovedContentTags: {},
   setGlobalStagedContentTags: jest.fn(),
   isEditMode: true,
+  toEditMode: jest.fn(),
   collapsibleState: true,
   openCollapsible: jest.fn(),
   closeCollapsible: jest.fn(),
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ const ContentTagsCollapsibleComponent = ({
   globalStagedRemovedContentTags,
   setGlobalStagedContentTags,
   isEditMode,
+  toEditMode,
   collapsibleState,
   openCollapsible,
   closeCollapsible,
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ const ContentTagsCollapsibleComponent = ({
     globalStagedRemovedContentTags,
     setGlobalStagedContentTags,
     isEditMode,
+    toEditMode,
     openCollapsible,
     closeCollapsible,
   }), []);
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ describe('<ContentTagsCollapsible />', () => {
         globalStagedRemovedContentTags={componentData.globalStagedRemovedContentTags}
         setGlobalStagedContentTags={componentData.setGlobalStagedContentTags}
         isEditMode={componentData.isEditMode}
+        toEditMode={componentData.toEditMode}
         collapsibleState={componentData.collapsibleState}
         openCollapsible={componentData.openCollapsible}
         closeCollapsible={componentData.closeCollapsible}
@@ -250,6 +254,32 @@ describe('<ContentTagsCollapsible />', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText(/add a tag/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it('should render "no tags added yet" when expanded in read mode', async () => {
+    await getComponent({
+      ...data,
+      isEditMode: false,
+      taxonomyAndTagsData: {
+        id: 123,
+        name: 'Taxonomy 1',
+        canTagObject: true,
+        contentTags: [],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const expandToggle = screen.getByRole('button', {
+      name: /taxonomy 1/i,
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(expandToggle);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/no tags added yet/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    const addTags = screen.getByRole('button', {
+      name: /add tags/i,
+    });
+    expect(addTags).toBeInTheDocument();
+    fireEvent.click(addTags);
+    expect(data.toEditMode).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('should call `openCollapsible` when click in the collapsible', async () => {
     await getComponent({
       ...data,
@@ -263,6 +293,7 @@ describe('<ContentTagsCollapsible />', () => {
 
     expect(data.openCollapsible).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(data.closeCollapsible).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/no tags added yet/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('should call `closeCollapsible` when click in the collapsible', async () => {
diff --git a/src/content-tags-drawer/messages.js b/src/content-tags-drawer/messages.js
index ff7d168b6..a316bcc54 100644
--- a/src/content-tags-drawer/messages.js
+++ b/src/content-tags-drawer/messages.js
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     id: 'course-authoring.content-tags-drawer.content-tags-collapsible.custom-menu.placeholder-text',
     defaultMessage: 'Add a tag',
   },
+  collapsibleNoTagsAddedText: {
+    id: 'course-authoring.content-tags-drawer.content-tags-collapsible.custom-menu.placeholder-text',
+    defaultMessage: 'No tags added yet.',
+  },
   collapsibleAddStagedTagsButtonText: {
     id: 'course-authoring.content-tags-drawer.content-tags-collapsible.custom-menu.save-staged-tags',
     defaultMessage: 'Add tags',