diff --git a/src/pyj/widgets.pyj b/src/pyj/widgets.pyj
index ae8f98b18b..c71b618d22 100644
--- a/src/pyj/widgets.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/widgets.pyj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def create_button(text, icon=None, action=None, tooltip=None, highlight=False, d
     if icon:
         ic = svgicon(icon)
         text = '\xa0' + text
-    ans = E.a(ic, E.span(text), class_='calibre-push-button', href='javascript: void(0)', title=tooltip or '')
+    ans = E.a(ic, E.span(text), class_='calibre-push-button', href='javascript: void(0)', role='button', title=tooltip or '')
     if download_filename and v'"download" in ans':
         ans.setAttribute('download', download_filename)
     if action is not None: