diff --git a/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/ComposeAccessible.kt b/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/ComposeAccessible.kt
index 40b75c8b922e2..f144f9ede206c 100644
--- a/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/ComposeAccessible.kt
+++ b/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopMain/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/ComposeAccessible.kt
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ internal class ComposeAccessible(
                 Role.Checkbox -> AccessibleRole.CHECK_BOX
                 Role.RadioButton -> AccessibleRole.RADIO_BUTTON
                 Role.Tab -> AccessibleRole.PAGE_TAB
+                Role.DropdownList -> AccessibleRole.COMBO_BOX
                 else -> null
                 // ?
                 //  Role.Switch ->
diff --git a/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopTest/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/AccessibilityTest.kt b/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopTest/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/AccessibilityTest.kt
index 9912c45c55922..8cdf85b350ce9 100644
--- a/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopTest/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/AccessibilityTest.kt
+++ b/compose/ui/ui/src/desktopTest/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/platform/AccessibilityTest.kt
@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@
 
 package androidx.compose.ui.platform
 
+import androidx.compose.material.Button
 import androidx.compose.material.Tab
 import androidx.compose.material.TabRow
 import androidx.compose.material.Text
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.assertThat
 import androidx.compose.ui.isEqualTo
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.Role
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.role
+import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
+import androidx.compose.ui.test.SemanticsNodeInteraction
 import androidx.compose.ui.test.junit4.createComposeRule
 import androidx.compose.ui.test.onNodeWithTag
 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleRole
@@ -75,10 +80,28 @@ class AccessibilityTest {
             }
         }
 
-        val node = rule.onNodeWithTag("tab").fetchSemanticsNode()
-        val accessibleNode = ComposeAccessible(node)
-        assertThat(accessibleNode.accessibleContext.accessibleRole)
-            .isEqualTo(AccessibleRole.PAGE_TAB)
+        rule.onNodeWithTag("tab").assertHasAccessibleRole(AccessibleRole.PAGE_TAB)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun dropDownListRoleTranslatesToComboBoxAccessibleRole() {
+        rule.setContent {
+            Button(
+                modifier = Modifier
+                    .semantics { role = Role.DropdownList }
+                    .testTag("button"),
+                onClick = { }
+            ) {
+                Text("Button")
+            }
+        }
+
+        rule.onNodeWithTag("button").assertHasAccessibleRole(AccessibleRole.COMBO_BOX)
+    }
+
+    private fun SemanticsNodeInteraction.assertHasAccessibleRole(role: AccessibleRole) {
+        val accessible = ComposeAccessible(fetchSemanticsNode())
+        assertThat(accessible.accessibleContext.accessibleRole).isEqualTo(role)
     }
 
 }
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