diff --git a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
index 43c6ca58a16a6..dd05392c9c989 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/Notification.java
@@ -3301,7 +3301,10 @@ public class Notification implements Parcelable
             }
         }
 
-        private String loadHeaderAppName() {
+        /**
+         * @hide
+         */
+        public String loadHeaderAppName() {
             CharSequence name = null;
             final PackageManager pm = mContext.getPackageManager();
             if (mN.extras.containsKey(EXTRA_SUBSTITUTE_APP_NAME)) {
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings.xml
index f6c3dd4b28e9f..81fa520ae57de 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1657,6 +1657,9 @@
     <!-- Accessibility label for window when QS editing is happening [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
     <string name="accessibility_desc_quick_settings_edit">Quick settings editor.</string>
 
+    <!-- Accessibility label for the notification icons in the collapsed status bar. Not shown on screen [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
+    <string name="accessibility_desc_notification_icon"><xliff:g name="app_name" example="Gmail">%1$s</xliff:g> notification: <xliff:g name="notification_text" example="5 new messages">%2$s</xliff:g></string>
+
     <!-- Multi-Window strings -->
     <!-- Text that gets shown on top of current activity to inform the user that the system force-resized the current activity and that things might crash/not work properly [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
     <string name="dock_forced_resizable">App may not work with split-screen.</string>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/BaseStatusBar.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/BaseStatusBar.java
index 89899ece050ee..e795aa58e8b27 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/BaseStatusBar.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/BaseStatusBar.java
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ public abstract class BaseStatusBar extends SystemUI implements
                 smallIcon,
                 n.iconLevel,
                 n.number,
-                n.tickerText);
+                StatusBarIconView.contentDescForNotification(mContext, n));
         if (!iconView.set(ic)) {
             handleNotificationError(sbn, "Couldn't create icon: " + ic);
             return null;
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ public abstract class BaseStatusBar extends SystemUI implements
                             n.getSmallIcon(),
                             n.iconLevel,
                             n.number,
-                            n.tickerText);
+                            StatusBarIconView.contentDescForNotification(mContext, n));
                     entry.icon.setNotification(n);
                     if (!entry.icon.set(ic)) {
                         handleNotificationError(notification, "Couldn't update icon: " + ic);
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ public abstract class BaseStatusBar extends SystemUI implements
                     n.getSmallIcon(),
                     n.iconLevel,
                     n.number,
-                    n.tickerText);
+                    StatusBarIconView.contentDescForNotification(mContext, n));
             entry.icon.setNotification(n);
             entry.icon.set(ic);
             inflateViews(entry, mStackScroller);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
index 870447acf6e85..6d76763edc84f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ public class StatusBarIconView extends AnimatedImageView {
 
     private void setContentDescription(Notification notification) {
         if (notification != null) {
-            CharSequence tickerText = notification.tickerText;
-            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(tickerText)) {
-                setContentDescription(tickerText);
+            String d = contentDescForNotification(mContext, notification);
+            if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(d)) {
+                setContentDescription(d);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -322,4 +322,12 @@ public class StatusBarIconView extends AnimatedImageView {
     public String getSlot() {
         return mSlot;
     }
+
+
+    public static String contentDescForNotification(Context c, Notification n) {
+        Notification.Builder builder = Notification.Builder.recoverBuilder(c, n);
+        String appName = builder.loadHeaderAppName();
+        CharSequence ticker = n.tickerText;
+        return c.getString(R.string.accessibility_desc_notification_icon, appName, ticker);
+    }
 }