diff --git a/common/changes/scriby-dropdown-ax-fixes_2017-04-26-10-27.json b/common/changes/scriby-dropdown-ax-fixes_2017-04-26-10-27.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..faa6ed0d34be2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/scriby-dropdown-ax-fixes_2017-04-26-10-27.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Dropdown: Fix an issue with screenreaders not reading menu items.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "email": "chscribn@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
index 85fd5f3bc553f3..e406596da924b0 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseComponent<IDropdownInternalProps, IDropdownSta
           aria-describedby={ id + '-option' }
           aria-activedescendant={ isOpen && selectedIndex >= 0 ? (this._id + '-list' + selectedIndex) : null }
           aria-disabled={ disabled }
+          aria-owns={ id + '-list' }
         >
           <span
             id={ id + '-option' }
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseComponent<IDropdownInternalProps, IDropdownSta
         className={ css('ms-Dropdown-items', styles.items) }
         aria-labelledby={ id + '-label' }
         onKeyDown={ this._onZoneKeyDown }
+        role='listbox'
       >
         { this.props.options.map((item, index) => onRenderItem({ ...item, index }, this._onRenderItem)) }
       </FocusZone>
@@ -311,9 +313,9 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseComponent<IDropdownInternalProps, IDropdownSta
           }
         ) }
         onClick={ () => this._onItemClick(item.index) }
-        role='menu'
+        role='option'
         aria-selected={ this.state.selectedIndex === item.index ? 'true' : 'false' }
-        aria-label={ item.text }
+        ariaLabel={ item.text }
       > { onRenderOption(item, this._onRenderOption) }</CommandButton>
     );
   }