diff --git a/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/core-editor-rich-text-editor.html b/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/core-editor-rich-text-editor.html
index 8daa430f7..029b97c3d 100644
--- a/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/core-editor-rich-text-editor.html
+++ b/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/core-editor-rich-text-editor.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <ion-textarea [hidden]="rteEnabled" #textarea class="core-textarea" role="textbox" [attr.name]="name" ngControl="control"
-        [placeholder]="placeholder" [attr.aria-label]="placeholder" (ionChange)="onChange()" (ionFocus)="showToolbar($event)"
+        [placeholder]="placeholder" [attr.aria-labelledby]="ariaLabelledBy" (ionChange)="onChange()" (ionFocus)="showToolbar($event)"
         (ionBlur)="hideToolbar($event)" />
 
     <div class="core-rte-info-message" *ngIf="infoMessage">
diff --git a/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.ts b/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.ts
index 2d54bd8f6..48787de7f 100644
--- a/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.ts
+++ b/src/core/features/editor/components/rich-text-editor/rich-text-editor.ts
@@ -231,11 +231,18 @@ export class CoreEditorRichTextEditorComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit,
             return;
         }
 
-        const updateArialabelledBy = () => this.ariaLabelledBy = label.getAttribute('id') ?? undefined;
+        const updateArialabelledBy = () => {
+            this.ariaLabelledBy = label.getAttribute('id') ?? undefined;
+        };
 
         this.labelObserver = new MutationObserver(updateArialabelledBy);
         this.labelObserver.observe(label, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['id'] });
 
+        // Usually the label won't have an id, so we need to add one.
+        if (!label.getAttribute('id')) {
+            label.setAttribute('id', 'rte-'+CoreUtils.getUniqueId('CoreEditorRichTextEditor'));
+        }
+
         updateArialabelledBy();
     }