diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index 9f47abfef..13ff781fe 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import StatusIcons from './status_icons';
 import StatusContent from './status_content';
 import StatusActionBar from './status_action_bar';
 import AttachmentList from './attachment_list';
-import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+import { injectIntl, FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { MediaGallery, Video } from 'flavours/glitch/util/async-components';
 import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ import { autoUnfoldCW } from 'flavours/glitch/util/content_warning';
 // to use the progress bar to show download progress
 import Bundle from '../features/ui/components/bundle';
 
+export const textForScreenReader = (intl, status, rebloggedByText = false, expanded = false) => {
+  const displayName = status.getIn(['account', 'display_name']);
+
+  const values = [
+    displayName.length === 0 ? status.getIn(['account', 'acct']).split('@')[0] : displayName,
+    status.get('spoiler_text') && !expanded ? status.get('spoiler_text') : status.get('search_index').slice(status.get('spoiler_text').length),
+    intl.formatDate(status.get('created_at'), { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }),
+    status.getIn(['account', 'acct']),
+  ];
+
+  if (rebloggedByText) {
+    values.push(rebloggedByText);
+  }
+
+  return values.join(', ');
+};
+
+@injectIntl
 export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   static contextTypes = {
@@ -52,6 +70,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     getScrollPosition: PropTypes.func,
     updateScrollBottom: PropTypes.func,
     expanded: PropTypes.bool,
+    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   };
 
   state = {
@@ -337,6 +356,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     } = this;
     const { router } = this.context;
     const {
+      intl,
       status,
       account,
       settings,
@@ -473,6 +493,12 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       selectorAttribs[`data-${notifKind}-by`] = `@${account.get('acct')}`;
     }
 
+    let rebloggedByText;
+
+    if (prepend === 'reblog') {
+      rebloggedByText = intl.formatMessage({ id: 'status.reblogged_by', defaultMessage: '{name} boosted' }, { name: account.get('acct') });
+    }
+
     const handlers = {
       reply: this.handleHotkeyReply,
       favourite: this.handleHotkeyFavourite,
@@ -501,6 +527,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           ref={handleRef}
           tabIndex='0'
           data-featured={featured ? 'true' : null}
+          aria-label={textForScreenReader(intl, status, rebloggedByText, !status.get('hidden'))}
         >
           <header className='status__info'>
             <span>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
index 565b4b725..0697b49ad 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/status/index.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { HotKeys } from 'react-hotkeys';
 import { boostModal, favouriteModal, deleteModal } from 'flavours/glitch/util/initial_state';
 import { attachFullscreenListener, detachFullscreenListener, isFullscreen } from 'flavours/glitch/util/fullscreen';
 import { autoUnfoldCW } from 'flavours/glitch/util/content_warning';
+import { textForScreenReader } from 'flavours/glitch/components/status';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   deleteConfirm: { id: 'confirmations.delete.confirm', defaultMessage: 'Delete' },
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             {ancestors}
 
             <HotKeys handlers={handlers}>
-              <div className='focusable' tabIndex='0'>
+              <div className='focusable' tabIndex='0' aria-label={textForScreenReader(intl, status, false, !status.get('hidden'))}>
                 <DetailedStatus
                   status={status}
                   settings={settings}