diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
index 5308683563..9d78fe43da 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.js
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ export class et2_baseWidget extends et2_DOMWidget {
         //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 7ceed52915..321c560b6a 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_core_baseWidget.ts
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ 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)
 			{