diff --git a/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd b/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
index 9f0132726d4f..7205aab9ba52 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
+++ b/mobile/android/base/locales/en-US/android_strings.dtd
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 <!ENTITY reload "Reload">
 <!ENTITY forward "Forward">
 
+<!ENTITY close_tab "Close Tab">
 <!ENTITY new_tab "New Tab">
 <!ENTITY new_tab_opened "New tab opened">
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_row.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_row.xml
index 321be51559c3..69ed7b61686b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_row.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_row.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
                  android:background="@drawable/tabs_tray_close_button"
                  android:padding="10dip"
                  android:scaleType="centerInside"
+                 android:contentDescription="@string/close_tab"
                  android:src="@drawable/tab_close"/>
 
 </RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_tray.xml b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_tray.xml
index e4303f59e8fb..bcb804a5d826 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_tray.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/tabs_tray.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
                           android:paddingLeft="20dip"
                           android:paddingRight="20dip"
                           android:src="@drawable/tab_new"
+                          android:contentDescription="@string/new_tab"
                           android:background="@drawable/tabs_tray_list_selector"/>
 
              <org.mozilla.gecko.LinkTextView android:id="@+id/remote_tabs"
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in b/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
index c5f2785c3d46..1c6ae935bab8 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/strings.xml.in
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
   <string name="reload">&reload;</string>
   <string name="forward">&forward;</string>
+  <string name="close_tab">&close_tab;</string>
   <string name="new_tab">&new_tab;</string>
   <string name="new_tab_opened">&new_tab_opened;</string>
   <string name="addons">&addons;</string>