diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/breadcrumbs.html b/sphinx_rtd_theme/breadcrumbs.html
index b7b39400..982c856f 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-<ul class="wy-breadcrumbs">
-  <li><a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">Docs</a> &raquo;</li>
-    {% for doc in parents %}
-        <li><a href="{{ doc.link|e }}">{{ doc.title }}</a> &raquo;</li>
-    {% endfor %}
-  <li>{{ title }}</li>
-    <li class="wy-breadcrumbs-aside">
-      {% if display_github %}
-        <a href="https://github.com/{{ github_user }}/{{ github_repo }}/blob/{{ github_version }}{{ conf_py_path }}{{ pagename }}.rst" class="icon icon-github"> Edit on GitHub</a>
-      {% elif display_bitbucket %}
-        <a href="https://bitbucket.org/{{ bitbucket_user }}/{{ bitbucket_repo }}/src/{{ bitbucket_version}}{{ conf_py_path }}{{ pagename }}.rst" class="icon icon-bitbucket"> Edit on Bitbucket</a>
-      {% elif show_source and has_source and sourcename %}
-        <a href="{{ pathto('_sources/' + sourcename, true)|e }}" rel="nofollow"> View page source</a>
-      {% endif %}
-    </li>
-</ul>
-<hr/>
-
+<div role="navigation" aria-label="breadcrumbs navigation">
+  <ul class="wy-breadcrumbs">
+    <li><a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">Docs</a> &raquo;</li>
+      {% for doc in parents %}
+          <li><a href="{{ doc.link|e }}">{{ doc.title }}</a> &raquo;</li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    <li>{{ title }}</li>
+      <li class="wy-breadcrumbs-aside">
+        {% if display_github %}
+          <a href="https://github.com/{{ github_user }}/{{ github_repo }}/blob/{{ github_version }}{{ conf_py_path }}{{ pagename }}.rst" class="icon icon-github"> Edit on GitHub</a>
+        {% elif display_bitbucket %}
+          <a href="https://bitbucket.org/{{ bitbucket_user }}/{{ bitbucket_repo }}/src/{{ bitbucket_version}}{{ conf_py_path }}{{ pagename }}.rst" class="icon icon-bitbucket"> Edit on Bitbucket</a>
+        {% elif show_source and has_source and sourcename %}
+          <a href="{{ pathto('_sources/' + sourcename, true)|e }}" rel="nofollow"> View page source</a>
+        {% endif %}
+      </li>
+  </ul>
+  <hr/>
+</div>
diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/footer.html b/sphinx_rtd_theme/footer.html
index f25191c7..c740b24c 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/footer.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/footer.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <footer>
   {% if next or prev %}
-    <div class="rst-footer-buttons">
+    <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="footer navigation">
       {% if next %}
         <a href="{{ next.link|e }}" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="{{ next.title|striptags|e }}"/>Next <span class="icon icon-circle-arrow-right"></span></a>
       {% endif %}
@@ -12,19 +12,21 @@
 
   <hr/>
 
-  <p>
-  {%- if show_copyright %}
-    {%- if hasdoc('copyright') %}
-      {% trans path=pathto('copyright'), copyright=copyright|e %}&copy; <a href="{{ path }}">Copyright</a> {{ copyright }}.{% endtrans %}
-    {%- else %}
-      {% trans copyright=copyright|e %}&copy; Copyright {{ copyright }}.{% endtrans %}
+  <div role="contentinfo">
+    <p>
+    {%- if show_copyright %}
+      {%- if hasdoc('copyright') %}
+        {% trans path=pathto('copyright'), copyright=copyright|e %}&copy; <a href="{{ path }}">Copyright</a> {{ copyright }}.{% endtrans %}
+      {%- else %}
+        {% trans copyright=copyright|e %}&copy; Copyright {{ copyright }}.{% endtrans %}
+      {%- endif %}
     {%- endif %}
-  {%- endif %}
 
-  {%- if last_updated %}
-    {% trans last_updated=last_updated|e %}Last updated on {{ last_updated }}.{% endtrans %}
-  {%- endif %}
-  </p>
+    {%- if last_updated %}
+      {% trans last_updated=last_updated|e %}Last updated on {{ last_updated }}.{% endtrans %}
+    {%- endif %}
+    </p>
+  </div>
 
   {% trans %}<a href="https://github.com/snide/sphinx_rtd_theme">Sphinx theme</a> provided by <a href="https://readthedocs.org">Read the Docs</a>{% endtrans %}
 </footer>
diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html b/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html
index 907ba6de..d7a59e1c 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/layout.html
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 </head>
 
-<body class="wy-body-for-nav">
+<body class="wy-body-for-nav" role="document">
 
   <div class="wy-grid-for-nav">
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         {% include "searchbox.html" %}
       </div>
 
-      <div class="wy-menu wy-menu-vertical" data-spy="affix">
+      <div class="wy-menu wy-menu-vertical" data-spy="affix" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
         {% set toctree = toctree(maxdepth=2, collapse=False, includehidden=True) %}
         {% if toctree %}
             {{ toctree }}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <section data-toggle="wy-nav-shift" class="wy-nav-content-wrap">
 
       {# MOBILE NAV, TRIGGLES SIDE NAV ON TOGGLE #}
-      <nav class="wy-nav-top">
+      <nav class="wy-nav-top" role="navigation" aria-label="top navigation">
         <i data-toggle="wy-nav-top" class="icon icon-reorder"></i>
         <a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">{{ project }}</a>
       </nav>
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
       <div class="wy-nav-content">
         <div class="rst-content">
           {% include "breadcrumbs.html" %}
-          {% block body %}{% endblock %}
+          <div role="main">
+            {% block body %}{% endblock %}
+          </div>
           {% include "footer.html" %}
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/searchbox.html b/sphinx_rtd_theme/searchbox.html
index f62545ea..24418d32 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/searchbox.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/searchbox.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-<form id ="rtd-search-form" class="wy-form" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
-  <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="Search docs" />
-  <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
-  <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
-</form>
+<div role="search">
+  <form id ="rtd-search-form" class="wy-form" action="{{ pathto('search') }}" method="get">
+    <input type="text" name="q" placeholder="Search docs" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" />
+    <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" />
+  </form>
+</div>
diff --git a/sphinx_rtd_theme/versions.html b/sphinx_rtd_theme/versions.html
index 93319be8..c131c9fc 100644
--- a/sphinx_rtd_theme/versions.html
+++ b/sphinx_rtd_theme/versions.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% if READTHEDOCS %}
 {# Add rst-badge after rst-versions for small badge style. #}
-  <div class="rst-versions" data-toggle="rst-versions">
+  <div class="rst-versions" data-toggle="rst-versions" role="note" aria-label="versions">
     <span class="rst-current-version" data-toggle="rst-current-version">
       <span class="icon icon-book"> Read the Docs</span>
       v: {{ current_version }}