diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
index 59b0eef990e..ae783cc6f32 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoAppShell.java
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
         return false;
     }
 
-    public static void emitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (int eventType, String role, String text, String description, boolean enabled, boolean checked, boolean password) {
+    public static void emitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (int eventType, String[] textList, String description, boolean enabled, boolean checked, boolean password) {
         AccessibilityManager accessibilityManager =
             (AccessibilityManager) GeckoApp.mAppContext.getSystemService(Context.ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE);
 
@@ -1882,13 +1882,14 @@ public class GeckoAppShell
         LayerView layerView = layerController.getView();
 
         AccessibilityEvent event = AccessibilityEvent.obtain(eventType);
-        event.setClassName(layerView.getClass().getName() + "$" + role);
+        event.setClassName(layerView.getClass().getName());
         event.setPackageName(GeckoApp.mAppContext.getPackageName());
         event.setEnabled(enabled);
         event.setChecked(checked);
         event.setPassword(password);
         event.setContentDescription(description);
-        event.getText().add(text);
+        for (String text: textList)
+            event.getText().add(text);
 
         accessibilityManager.sendAccessibilityEvent(event);
     }
diff --git a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
index 85860800f5c..b17deb1b8f8 100644
--- a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
+++ b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ AndroidBridge::Init(JNIEnv *jEnv,
     jGetCurrentNetworkInformation = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "getCurrentNetworkInformation", "()[D");
     jEnableNetworkNotifications = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "enableNetworkNotifications", "()V");
     jDisableNetworkNotifications = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "disableNetworkNotifications", "()V");
+    jEmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent = (jmethodID) jEnv->GetStaticMethodID(jGeckoAppShellClass, "emitGeckoAccessibilityEvent", "(I[Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZZ)V");
 
     jEGLContextClass = (jclass) jEnv->NewGlobalRef(jEnv->FindClass("javax/microedition/khronos/egl/EGLContext"));
     jEGL10Class = (jclass) jEnv->NewGlobalRef(jEnv->FindClass("javax/microedition/khronos/egl/EGL10"));
@@ -186,6 +187,8 @@ AndroidBridge::Init(JNIEnv *jEnv,
     jEGLConfigImplClass = (jclass) jEnv->NewGlobalRef(jEnv->FindClass("com/google/android/gles_jni/EGLConfigImpl"));
     jEGLDisplayImplClass = (jclass) jEnv->NewGlobalRef(jEnv->FindClass("com/google/android/gles_jni/EGLDisplayImpl"));
 
+    jStringClass = (jclass) jEnv->NewGlobalRef(jEnv->FindClass("java/lang/String"));
+
     InitAndroidJavaWrappers(jEnv);
 
     // jEnv should NOT be cached here by anything -- the jEnv here
@@ -1487,17 +1490,17 @@ AndroidBridge::MarkURIVisited(const nsAString& aURI)
     env->CallStaticVoidMethod(mGeckoAppShellClass, jMarkUriVisited, jstrURI);
 }
 
-void AndroidBridge::EmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (PRInt32 eventType, const nsAString& role, const nsAString& text, const nsAString& description, bool enabled, bool checked, bool password) {
-
-    JNIEnv *env = GetJNIEnv();
-    if (!env)
-        return;
-
-    AutoLocalJNIFrame jniFrame(env); 
-    jstring jstrRole = env->NewString(nsPromiseFlatString(role).get(), role.Length());
-    jstring jstrText = env->NewString(nsPromiseFlatString(text).get(), text.Length());
-    jstring jstrDescription = env->NewString(nsPromiseFlatString(description).get(), description.Length());
-    env->CallStaticVoidMethod(mGeckoAppShellClass, jEmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent, eventType, jstrRole, jstrText, jstrDescription, enabled, checked, password);
+void AndroidBridge::EmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (PRInt32 eventType, const nsTArray<nsString>& text, const nsAString& description, bool enabled, bool checked, bool password) {
+    AutoLocalJNIFrame jniFrame;
+    jobjectArray jarrayText = mJNIEnv->NewObjectArray(text.Length(),
+                                                      jStringClass, 0);
+    for (PRUint32 i = 0; i < text.Length() ; i++) {
+        jstring jstrText = mJNIEnv->NewString(nsPromiseFlatString(text[i]).get(),
+                                              text[i].Length());
+        mJNIEnv->SetObjectArrayElement(jarrayText, i, jstrText);
+    }
+    jstring jstrDescription = mJNIEnv->NewString(nsPromiseFlatString(description).get(), description.Length());
+    mJNIEnv->CallStaticVoidMethod(mGeckoAppShellClass, jEmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent, eventType, jarrayText, jstrDescription, enabled, checked, password);
 }
 
 PRUint16
@@ -1584,8 +1587,8 @@ AndroidBridge::CreateMessageList(const dom::sms::SmsFilterData& aFilter, bool aR
 
     jobjectArray numbers =
       (jobjectArray)env->NewObjectArray(aFilter.numbers().Length(),
-                                          env->FindClass("java/lang/String"),
-                                          env->NewStringUTF(""));
+                                        jStringClass,
+                                        env->NewStringUTF(""));
 
     for (PRUint32 i = 0; i < aFilter.numbers().Length(); ++i) {
       env->SetObjectArrayElement(numbers, i,
diff --git a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
index 84e2de05561..c9ee11a0f8e 100644
--- a/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
+++ b/widget/android/AndroidBridge.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public:
 
     nsCOMPtr<nsIAndroidDrawMetadataProvider> GetDrawMetadataProvider();
 
-    void EmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (PRInt32 eventType, const nsAString& role, const nsAString& text, const nsAString& description, bool enabled, bool checked, bool password);
+    void EmitGeckoAccessibilityEvent (PRInt32 eventType, const nsTArray<nsString>& text, const nsAString& description, bool enabled, bool checked, bool password);
 
     void CheckURIVisited(const nsAString& uri);
     void MarkURIVisited(const nsAString& uri);
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ protected:
     jclass jEGLContextClass;
     jclass jEGL10Class;
 
+    // some convinient types to have around
+    jclass jStringClass;
+
     // calls we've dlopened from libjnigraphics.so
     int (* AndroidBitmap_getInfo)(JNIEnv *env, jobject bitmap, void *info);
     int (* AndroidBitmap_lockPixels)(JNIEnv *env, jobject bitmap, void **buffer);