diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
index 640d6d0859f73a..405506c2e29094 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactAccessibilityDelegate.java
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ public static void setRole(
     } else if (role.equals(AccessibilityRole.IMAGEBUTTON)) {
       nodeInfo.setRoleDescription(context.getString(R.string.imagebutton_description));
       nodeInfo.setClickable(true);
+    } else if (role.equals(AccessibilityRole.BUTTON)) {
+      nodeInfo.setRoleDescription(context.getString(R.string.button_description));
+      nodeInfo.setClickable(true);
     } else if (role.equals(AccessibilityRole.SUMMARY)) {
       nodeInfo.setRoleDescription(context.getString(R.string.summary_description));
     } else if (role.equals(AccessibilityRole.HEADER)) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/views/uimanager/values/strings_unlocalized.xml b/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/views/uimanager/values/strings_unlocalized.xml
index cd3cc03e0d6236..4c18708bf3ef81 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/views/uimanager/values/strings_unlocalized.xml
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/views/uimanager/values/strings_unlocalized.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     name="image_description"
     translatable="false"
     >Image</string>
+  <string
+    name="button_description"
+    translatable="false"
+    >Button</string>
   <string
     name="imagebutton_description"
     translatable="false"