diff --git a/lisp/isearch.el b/lisp/isearch.el
index bb29c2914b..b527a210ac 100644
--- a/lisp/isearch.el
+++ b/lisp/isearch.el
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ isearch--momentary-message
     (message "%s%s%s"
              (isearch-message-prefix nil isearch-nonincremental)
              isearch-message
-             (propertize (format " [%s]" string) 'face 'minibuffer-prompt)))
+             (apply #'propertize (format " [%s]" string) minibuffer-message-properties)))
   (sit-for 1))
 
 (isearch-define-mode-toggle lax-whitespace " " nil
@@ -3200,18 +3200,18 @@ isearch-message-prefix
 			(concat " [" current-input-method-title "]: "))
 		     ": ")
 		   )))
-    (propertize (concat (isearch-lazy-count-format)
+    (apply #'propertize (concat (isearch-lazy-count-format)
                         (upcase (substring m 0 1)) (substring m 1))
-		'face 'minibuffer-prompt)))
+	   minibuffer-message-properties)))
 
 (defun isearch-message-suffix (&optional c-q-hack)
-  (propertize (concat (if c-q-hack "^Q" "")
+  (apply #'propertize (concat (if c-q-hack "^Q" "")
 		      (isearch-lazy-count-format 'suffix)
 		      (if isearch-error
 			  (concat " [" isearch-error "]")
 			"")
 		      (or isearch-message-suffix-add ""))
-	      'face 'minibuffer-prompt))
+	 minibuffer-message-properties))
 
 (defun isearch-lazy-count-format (&optional suffix-p)
   "Format the current match number and the total number of matches.
diff --git a/lisp/minibuffer.el b/lisp/minibuffer.el
index 57702760fb..5f3986697b 100644
--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ minibuffer
   :link '(custom-manual "(emacs)Minibuffer")
   :group 'environment)
 
+(defvar minibuffer-message-properties minibuffer-prompt-properties
+  "Text properties that are added to minibuffer messages.")
+
 (defun minibuffer-message (message &rest args)
   "Temporarily display MESSAGE at the end of the minibuffer.
 The text is displayed for `minibuffer-message-timeout' seconds,
@@ -714,6 +717,7 @@ minibuffer-message
                       (copy-sequence message)
                     (concat " [" message "]")))
     (when args (setq message (apply #'format-message message args)))
+    (setq message (apply #'propertize message minibuffer-message-properties))
     (let ((ol (make-overlay (point-max) (point-max) nil t t))
           ;; A quit during sit-for normally only interrupts the sit-for,
           ;; but since minibuffer-message is used at the end of a command,