diff --git a/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/lists.less b/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/lists.less
index 0dd92dbdff..87d62cee2e 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/lists.less
+++ b/awx/ui/client/legacy-styles/lists.less
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ table, tbody {
     border: 1px solid @list-no-items-bord;
     background-color: @list-no-items-bg;
     color: @list-no-items-txt;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
 }
 
 .List-editButton--selected {
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/lists/Streams.js b/awx/ui/client/src/lists/Streams.js
index 1cc99c4d7c..9190d42a8b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/lists/Streams.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/lists/Streams.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default
         editTitle: 'Activity Stream',
         listTitle: 'Activity Stream<span ng-show="streamSubTitle"><div class="List-titleLockup"></div>{{streamSubTitle}}<span>',
         listTitleBadge: false,
+        emptyListText: 'There are no events to display at this time',
         selectInstructions: '',
         index: false,
         hover: true,
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/shared/list-generator/list-generator.factory.js b/awx/ui/client/src/shared/list-generator/list-generator.factory.js
index aed7d93652..15fe8648c7 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/shared/list-generator/list-generator.factory.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/shared/list-generator/list-generator.factory.js
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ export default ['$location', '$compile', '$rootScope', 'SearchWidget', 'Paginate
                     }
 
                     // Show the "no items" box when loading is done and the user isn't actively searching and there are no results
-                    html += "<div class=\"List-noItems\" ng-show=\"" + list.iterator + "Loading == false && " + list.iterator + "_active_search == false && " + list.iterator + "_total_rows < 1\">PLEASE ADD ITEMS TO THIS LIST</div>";
+                    html += "<div class=\"List-noItems\" ng-show=\"" + list.iterator + "Loading == false && " + list.iterator + "_active_search == false && " + list.iterator + "_total_rows < 1\">";
+                    html += (list.emptyListText) ? list.emptyListText : "PLEASE ADD ITEMS TO THIS LIST";
+                    html += "</div>";
 
                     if (options.showSearch=== undefined || options.showSearch === true) {
                         // Only show the search bar if we are loading results or if we have at least 1 base result