diff --git a/core/modules/views/templates/views-view-table.tpl.php b/core/modules/views/templates/views-view-table.tpl.php
index 4d44d42..705f22a 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/templates/views-view-table.tpl.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/templates/views-view-table.tpl.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  *   $rows are keyed by row number, fields within rows are keyed by field ID.
  * - $field_classes: An array of classes to apply to each field, indexed by
  *   field id, then row number. This matches the index in $rows.
+ * - $id : An array of unique IDs for each column which improve accessibility.
+ * - $headers : An array of column headers linked with it's associated $id.
  * @ingroup views_templates
  */
 
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
     <thead>
       <tr>
         <?php foreach ($header as $field => $label): ?>
-          <th <?php print $header_classes[$field]; ?> scope="col">
+          <th <?php print $header_classes[$field]; ?> id="<?php print $id[$field]; ?>">
             <?php print $label; ?>
           </th>
         <?php endforeach; ?>
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
     <?php foreach ($rows as $row_count => $row): ?>
       <tr <?php print $row_classes[$row_count]; ?>>
         <?php foreach ($row as $field => $content): ?>
-          <td <?php print $field_classes[$field][$row_count]; ?>>
+          <td <?php print $field_classes[$field][$row_count]; ?> headers="<?php print $headers[$field]; ?>">
             <?php print $content; ?>
           </td>
         <?php endforeach; ?>
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
index 44f48f6..8efe2f9 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
     $query += $view->exposed_raw_input;
   }
 
+  $vars['id'] = array();
   foreach ($columns as $field => $column) {
     // Create a second variable so we can easily find what fields we have and what the
     // CSS classes should be.
@@ -543,6 +544,8 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
         if ($element_label_type) {
           $vars['header'][$field] = '<' . $element_label_type . '>' . $vars['header'][$field] . '</' . $element_label_type . '>';
         }
+        // Improves accessibility of complex tables.
+        $vars['id'][$field] = drupal_html_id('view-' . $field . '-table-column');
       }
 
     }
@@ -570,6 +573,9 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
         $vars['field_classes'][$field][$num]['class'][] = $options['info'][$field]['responsive'];
       }
 
+      // Improves accessibility of complex tables.
+      $vars['headers'][$field] = drupal_html_id('view-' . $field . '-table-column');
+
       if (!empty($fields[$field]) && empty($fields[$field]->options['exclude'])) {
         $field_output = $handler->get_field($num, $field);
         $element_type = $fields[$field]->element_type(TRUE, TRUE);