diff --git a/src/icons/helpers/icon-base.js b/src/icons/helpers/icon-base.js
index 1a87fe13643..f98421aef3f 100644
--- a/src/icons/helpers/icon-base.js
+++ b/src/icons/helpers/icon-base.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const baseAttrs = {
   height: '1em',
   focusable: 'false',
   role: 'img',
-  alt: 'icon'
+  'aria-label': 'icon'
 }
 
 // Attributes that are nulled out when stacked
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const stackedAttrs = {
   height: null,
   focusable: null,
   role: null,
-  alt: null
+  'aria-label': null
 }
 
 // Shared private base component to reduce bundle/runtime size
diff --git a/src/icons/helpers/make-icon.js b/src/icons/helpers/make-icon.js
index dd5c25985f2..cecad3f3cff 100644
--- a/src/icons/helpers/make-icon.js
+++ b/src/icons/helpers/make-icon.js
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import { commonIconProps, BVIconBase } from './icon-base'
 export const makeIcon = (name, content) => {
   // For performance reason we pre-compute some values, so that
   // they are not computed on each render of the icon component
+  const kebabName = kebabCase(name)
   const iconName = `BIcon${pascalCase(name)}`
-  const iconNameClass = `bi-${kebabCase(name)}`
+  const iconNameClass = `bi-${kebabName}`
   const svgContent = trim(content || '')
   // Return the icon component definition
   return /*#__PURE__*/ Vue.extend({
@@ -30,7 +31,11 @@ export const makeIcon = (name, content) => {
     render(h, { data, props }) {
       return h(
         BVIconBase,
-        mergeData(data, { staticClass: iconNameClass, props: { ...props, content: svgContent } })
+        mergeData(data, {
+          staticClass: iconNameClass,
+          props: { ...props, content: svgContent },
+          attrs: { 'aria-label': kebabName.replace(/-/g, ' ') }
+        })
       )
     }
   })
diff --git a/src/icons/icons.spec.js b/src/icons/icons.spec.js
index 3f00ebb8f0b..3992f1ca2b9 100644
--- a/src/icons/icons.spec.js
+++ b/src/icons/icons.spec.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('icons', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('bi-alarm-fill')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('alarm fill')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('xmlns')).toBe('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('width')).toBe('1em')
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('icons', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('bi-alarm-fill')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).not.toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).not.toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).not.toBe('icon')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).not.toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).not.toBe('true')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('xmlns')).not.toBe('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe('icons', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('text-danger')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(4)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('alarm fill')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.find('svg > g').exists()).toBe(true)
     expect(wrapper.find('svg > g').attributes('transform')).not.toBeDefined()
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ describe('icons', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('bi-alarm-fill')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('alarm fill')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('style')).toBeDefined()
     expect(wrapper.element.style.fontSize).toEqual('125%')
diff --git a/src/icons/iconstack.spec.js b/src/icons/iconstack.spec.js
index 7eed694c270..943f59fea38 100644
--- a/src/icons/iconstack.spec.js
+++ b/src/icons/iconstack.spec.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('icons > b-iconstack', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('bi')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('icon')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('xmlns')).toBe('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('width')).toBe('1em')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('icons > b-iconstack', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('text-danger')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(4)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('icon')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.find('svg > g').exists()).toBe(true)
     expect(wrapper.find('svg > g').attributes('transform')).not.toBeDefined()
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('icons > b-iconstack', () => {
     expect(wrapper.classes()).toContain('bi')
     expect(wrapper.classes().length).toBe(3)
     expect(wrapper.attributes('role')).toBe('img')
-    expect(wrapper.attributes('alt')).toBe('icon')
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('icon')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('focusable')).toBe('false')
     expect(wrapper.attributes('style')).toBeDefined()
     expect(wrapper.element.style.fontSize).toEqual('125%')