--- a/mobile/android/base/home/SearchEngineBar.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/home/SearchEngineBar.java
@@ -93,16 +93,20 @@ public class SearchEngineBar extends Two
             } else {
                 view = convertView;
             }
 
             final FaviconView faviconView = (FaviconView) view.findViewById(R.id.search_engine_icon);
             final SearchEngine searchEngine = searchEngines.get(position);
             faviconView.updateAndScaleImage(searchEngine.getIcon(), searchEngine.getEngineIdentifier());
 
+            final View container = view.findViewById(R.id.search_engine_icon_container);
+            final String desc = getResources().getString(R.string.search_bar_item_desc, searchEngine.getEngineIdentifier());
+            container.setContentDescription(desc);
+
             return view;
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * A Container to surround the SearchEngineBar. This is necessary so we can draw
      * a divider across the entire width of the screen, but have the inner list layout
      * not take up the full width of the screen so it can be centered within this container

--- a/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/search_engine_bar_item.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/base/resources/layout/search_engine_bar_item.xml
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@
 <!-- TwoWayView doesn't let us set the margin around items (except as
      gecko:itemMargin, but that doesn't increase the hit area) so we
      have to surround the main View by a ViewGroup to create a pressable margin.
 
      Note: the layout_height values are shared with the parent
      View (browser_search at the time of this writing). -->
 <FrameLayout
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:id="@+id/search_engine_icon_container"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:layout_width="72dp"
     android:background="@color/pressed_about_page_header_grey">
 
     <!-- Width & height are set to make the Favicons as sharp as possible
          based on asset size. -->
     <org.mozilla.gecko.widget.FaviconView
         android:id="@+id/search_engine_icon"