diff --git a/core/modules/tour/js/tour.es6.js b/core/modules/tour/js/tour.es6.js
index 669a82db71..cb2789bf6b 100644
--- a/core/modules/tour/js/tour.es6.js
+++ b/core/modules/tour/js/tour.es6.js
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
         const $tour = this._getTour();
         this._removeIrrelevantTourItems($tour, this._getDocument());
         const that = this;
+        const close = Drupal.t('close');
         if ($tour.find('li').length) {
           $tour.joyride({
             autoStart: true,
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@
             },
             // HTML segments for tip layout.
             template: {
-              link: '<a href="#close" class="joyride-close-tip">&times;</a>',
+              link: `<a href="#close" class="joyride-close-tip" aria-label="${close}">&times;</a>`,
               button: '<a href="#" class="button button--primary joyride-next-tip"></a>',
             },
           });
diff --git a/core/modules/tour/js/tour.js b/core/modules/tour/js/tour.js
index afe1b14bd7..9df91ea3bf 100644
--- a/core/modules/tour/js/tour.js
+++ b/core/modules/tour/js/tour.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         var $tour = this._getTour();
         this._removeIrrelevantTourItems($tour, this._getDocument());
         var that = this;
+        var close = Drupal.t('close');
         if ($tour.find('li').length) {
           $tour.joyride({
             autoStart: true,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
             },
 
             template: {
-              link: '<a href="#close" class="joyride-close-tip">&times;</a>',
+              link: '<a href="#close" class="joyride-close-tip" aria-label="' + close + '">&times;</a>',
               button: '<a href="#" class="button button--primary joyride-next-tip"></a>'
             }
           });