diff --git a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
index 45722caa98..90e71a770b 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
         });
 
         return (
-            <aside className={classes}>
+            <aside className={classes} id="sidebarPanel">
                 { panel }
             </aside>
         );
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
index 3c0f2e3d41..cabfc48ec5 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.js
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
 
         return (
             <div className="mx_RoomHeader light-panel">
-                <div className="mx_RoomHeader_wrapper">
+                <div className="mx_RoomHeader_wrapper" aria-owns="sidebarPanel">
                     <div className="mx_RoomHeader_avatar">{ roomAvatar }{ e2eIcon }</div>
                     { privateIcon }
                     { name }