diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
index 3a7324ea48..41b99be5f1 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ var et2_baseWidget = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         //Get the domnode the tooltip should be attached to
         var elem = jQuery(this.getTooltipElement());
         if (elem) {
+            // Make readable by screenreader
+            elem.attr("aria-description", this.statustext);
             //If a tooltip is already attached to the element, remove it first
             if (this._tooltipElem) {
                 this.egw().tooltipUnbind(this._tooltipElem);
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts
index c4b5a6b17a..18a76df5ef 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ export class et2_baseWidget extends et2_DOMWidget implements et2_IAligned
 
 		if (elem)
 		{
+			// Make readable by screenreader
+			elem.attr("aria-description",this.statustext);
+
 			//If a tooltip is already attached to the element, remove it first
 			if (this._tooltipElem)
 			{