diff --git a/demos/index.html b/demos/index.html
index b306da46e..530e24965 100644
--- a/demos/index.html
+++ b/demos/index.html
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
   </div>
 
   <hr />
+  <div class="mermaid">
+    pie
+      title Key elements in Product X
+      accDescription This is a pie chart showing the key elements in Product X.
+      "Calcium" : 42.96
+      "Potassium" : 50.05
+      "Magnesium" : 10.01
+      "Iron" :  5
+  </div>
 
   <div class="mermaid">
     gantt
diff --git a/src/accessibility.js b/src/accessibility.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe4a6e857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/accessibility.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * This method will add a basic title and description element to a chart. The yy parser will need to
+ * respond to getTitle and getAccDescription, where the title is the title element on the chart,
+ * which is not displayed and the accDescription is the description element on the chart, which is
+ * also not displayed.
+ *
+ * @param yy_parser
+ * @param svg
+ * @param id
+ */
+export default function addSVGAccessibilityFields(yy_parser, svg, id) {
+  let title_string = yy_parser.getTitle();
+  let description = yy_parser.getAccDescription();
+  svg.attr('role', 'img').attr('aria-labelledby', 'chart-title-' + id + ' chart-desc-' + id);
+
+  svg
+    .insert('desc', ':first-child')
+    .attr('id', 'chart-desc-' + id)
+    .text(description);
+
+  svg
+    .insert('title', ':first-child')
+    .attr('id', 'chart-desc-' + id)
+    .text(title_string);
+}
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
index 19c7eea4d..74711ae55 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.jison
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 %x string
 %x title
+%x accDescription
 %x open_directive
 %x type_directive
 %x arg_directive
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
 [\s]+ 		                                                      /* ignore */
 title                                                           { this.begin("title");return 'title'; }
 <title>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                                        { this.popState(); return "title_value"; }
+accDescription                                                  { this.begin("accDescription");return 'accDescription'; }
+<accDescription>(?!\n|;|#)*[^\n]*                               { this.popState(); return "description_value"; }
 ["]                                                             { this.begin("string"); }
 <string>["]                                                     { this.popState(); }
 <string>[^"]*                                                   { return "txt"; }
@@ -34,7 +37,6 @@ title                                                           { this.begin("ti
 ":"[\s]*[\d]+(?:\.[\d]+)?                                       return "value";
 <<EOF>>                                                         return 'EOF';
 
-
 /lex
 
 %start start
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ statement
   :
 	| txt value          { yy.addSection($1,yy.cleanupValue($2)); }
 	| title title_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setTitle($$); }
+  | accDescription description_value  { $$=$2.trim();yy.setAccDescription($$); }
 	| directive
 	;
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
index 7cc7656f3..dbd62cead 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/parser/pie.spec.js
@@ -62,6 +62,37 @@ pie
     expect(title).toBe('a 60/40 pie');
   });
 
+  it('should handle simple pie without an acc description', function () {
+    const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie title a neat chart
+"ash" : 60
+"bat" : 40
+`);
+
+    const sections = pieDb.getSections();
+    const title = pieDb.getTitle();
+    const description = pieDb.getAccDescription();
+    const section1 = sections['ash'];
+    expect(section1).toBe(60);
+    expect(title).toBe('a neat chart');
+    expect(description).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle simple pie with an acc description', function () {
+    const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie title a neat chart
+    accDescription a neat description
+"ash" : 60
+"bat" : 40
+`);
+
+    const sections = pieDb.getSections();
+    const title = pieDb.getTitle();
+    const description = pieDb.getAccDescription();
+    const section1 = sections['ash'];
+    expect(section1).toBe(60);
+    expect(title).toBe('a neat chart');
+    expect(description).toBe('a neat description');
+  });
+
   it('should handle simple pie with positive decimal', function () {
     const res = pie.parser.parse(`pie
 "ash" : 60.67
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js b/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
index d9bdb3fab..25ebb4efb 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/pieDb.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as configApi from '../../config';
 
 let sections = {};
 let title = '';
+let description = '';
 let showData = false;
 
 export const parseDirective = function (statement, context, type) {
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ const getShowData = function () {
 const getTitle = function () {
   return title;
 };
+
+const setAccDescription = function (txt) {
+  description = txt;
+};
+
+const getAccDescription = function () {
+  return description;
+};
+
 const cleanupValue = function (value) {
   if (value.substring(0, 1) === ':') {
     value = value.substring(1).trim();
@@ -62,5 +72,7 @@ export default {
   getTitle,
   setShowData,
   getShowData,
+  getAccDescription,
+  setAccDescription,
   // parseError
 };
diff --git a/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
index c405a5c6d..bd7692b2e 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/pie/pieRenderer.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pieParser from './parser/pie';
 import { log } from '../../logger';
 import { configureSvgSize } from '../../utils';
 import * as configApi from '../../config';
+import addSVGAccessibilityFields from '../../accessibility';
 
 let conf = configApi.getConfig();
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const draw = (txt, id) => {
     const diagram = select('#' + id);
     configureSvgSize(diagram, height, width, conf.pie.useMaxWidth);
 
+    addSVGAccessibilityFields(parser.yy, diagram, id);
     // Set viewBox
     elem.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 ' + width + ' ' + height);
 
diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index e51f22468..46815e2d4 100755
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import infoParser from './diagrams/info/parser/info';
 import pieParser from './diagrams/pie/parser/pie';
 import pieDb from './diagrams/pie/pieDb';
 import pieRenderer from './diagrams/pie/pieRenderer';
+import addSVGAccessibilityFields from './diagrams/pie/pieRenderer';
 import requirementParser from './diagrams/requirement/parser/requirementDiagram';
 import requirementDb from './diagrams/requirement/requirementDb';
 import requirementRenderer from './diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer';