diff --git a/material/partials/header.html b/material/partials/header.html
index afd645022..de011c61a 100644
--- a/material/partials/header.html
+++ b/material/partials/header.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <div class="md-header__option">
         <div class="md-select">
           {% set icon = config.theme.icon.alternate or "material/translate" %}
-          <button class="md-header__button md-icon">
+          <button class="md-header__button md-icon" aria-label="{{ lang.t('language.select') }}">
             {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
           </button>
           <div class="md-select__inner">
diff --git a/material/partials/languages/en.html b/material/partials/languages/en.html
index 359e40789..68dfe28ae 100644
--- a/material/partials/languages/en.html
+++ b/material/partials/languages/en.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "footer.next": "Next",
   "footer.title": "Footer",
   "header.title": "Header",
+  "language.select": "Select language",
   "meta.comments": "Comments",
   "meta.source": "Source",
   "nav.title": "Navigation",
diff --git a/src/partials/header.html b/src/partials/header.html
index c9272c7e9..9b4d49c81 100644
--- a/src/partials/header.html
+++ b/src/partials/header.html
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <div class="md-header__option"></form>
         <div class="md-select">
           {% set icon = config.theme.icon.alternate or "material/translate" %}
-          <button class="md-header__button md-icon">
+          <button class="md-header__button md-icon" aria-label="{{ lang.t('language.select') }}"">
             {% include ".icons/" ~ icon ~ ".svg" %}
           </button>
           <div class="md-select__inner">
diff --git a/src/partials/languages/en.html b/src/partials/languages/en.html
index edd63d12c..eac4d868b 100644
--- a/src/partials/languages/en.html
+++ b/src/partials/languages/en.html
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   "footer.next": "Next",
   "footer.title": "Footer",
   "header.title": "Header",
+  "language.select": "Select language",
   "meta.comments": "Comments",
   "meta.source": "Source",
   "nav.title": "Navigation",