diff --git a/lib/outputrenderers.php b/lib/outputrenderers.php
index 7181ffee7a8..bbbf2e09132 100644
--- a/lib/outputrenderers.php
+++ b/lib/outputrenderers.php
@@ -3579,6 +3579,9 @@ EOD;
             if ($item->hidden) {
                 $attributes['class'] = 'dimmed_text';
             }
+            if ($item->is_last()) {
+                $attributes['aria-current'] = 'page';
+            }
             $content = html_writer::tag('span', $content, array('itemprop' => 'title'));
             $content = html_writer::link($item->action, $content, $attributes);
 
diff --git a/theme/boost/templates/core/navbar.mustache b/theme/boost/templates/core/navbar.mustache
index 07d0c0404aa..2998888315e 100644
--- a/theme/boost/templates/core/navbar.mustache
+++ b/theme/boost/templates/core/navbar.mustache
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
         ]
     }
 }}
-<nav role="navigation">
+<nav role="navigation" aria-label="{{#str}}breadcrumb, access{{/str}}">
     <ol class="breadcrumb">
         {{#get_items}}
             {{#has_action}}
                 <li class="breadcrumb-item{{#is_hidden}} dimmed_text{{/is_hidden}}">
-                    <a href="{{{action}}}" {{#get_title}}title="{{get_title}}"{{/get_title}}>{{{get_content}}}</a>
+                    <a href="{{{action}}}" {{#is_last}}aria-current="page"{{/is_last}} {{#get_title}}title="{{get_title}}"{{/get_title}}>{{{get_content}}}</a>
                 </li>
             {{/has_action}}
             {{^has_action}}