diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
index f03895662..4355fcca1 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         </cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport>
       }
       @if (editing) {
-        @if (filteredItems.length === 0 && createRef !== undefined) {
+        @if (filteredItems.length === 0 && createRef !== undefined && filterText?.length > 0) {
           <button class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light" (click)="createClicked()" [disabled]="disabled">
             <small class="ms-2"><ng-container i18n>Create</ng-container> "{{filterText}}"</small>
             <i-bs width="1.5em" height="1em" name="plus"></i-bs>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
           </button>
         }
       }
-      @if (extraButtonTitle) {
+      @if (extraButtonTitle && (showExtraButtonIfEmpty || filteredItems?.length > 0)) {
         <button class="list-group-item list-group-item-action bg-light d-flex align-items-center" (click)="extraButtonClicked($event)" [disabled]="disabled">
           <small class="ms-2 fw-bold">{{extraButtonTitle}}</small>
           <i-bs width="1.5em" height="1em" name="arrow-right"></i-bs>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
index b3ba7b8e7..95b1dd1fc 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -911,6 +911,25 @@ describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () =>
     expect(createSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('should only show create when a non-empty filter has no matches', () => {
+    component.selectionModel.items = []
+    component.icon = 'tag-fill'
+    component.editing = true
+    component.createRef = jest.fn()
+
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('Create')
+    component.listFilterEnter()
+    expect(component.createRef).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    const filterInput: HTMLInputElement =
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('input[type="text"]')
+    filterInput.value = 'FooBar'
+    filterInput.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'))
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('Create "FooBar"')
+  })
+
   it('should exclude item and trigger change event', () => {
     const id = 1
     const state = ToggleableItemState.Selected
@@ -970,4 +989,18 @@ describe('FilterableDropdownComponent & FilterableDropdownSelectionModel', () =>
     expect(extraButtonClicked).toBeTruthy()
     expect(applied).toBeFalsy()
   })
+
+  it('should only show the extra button for an empty result when enabled', () => {
+    component.selectionModel.items = items
+    component.icon = 'tag-fill'
+    component.extraButtonTitle = 'Extra'
+    component.filterText = 'FooBar'
+
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).not.toContain('Extra')
+
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('showExtraButtonIfEmpty', true)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('Extra')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
index 5b4ff0d12..6db19fa00 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/filterable-dropdown/filterable-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
   @Input()
   extraButtonTitle: string
 
+  @Input()
+  showExtraButtonIfEmpty: boolean = false
+
   creating: boolean = false
 
   @Output()
@@ -892,7 +895,11 @@ export class FilterableDropdownComponent
           this.dropdown.close()
         }
       }, 200)
-    } else if (filtered.length == 0 && this.createRef) {
+    } else if (
+      filtered.length == 0 &&
+      this.createRef &&
+      this.filterText?.length > 0
+    ) {
       this.createClicked()
     }
   }