diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
index 27ab06f3d211139bbd0c72597e5998db1d8272bc..01259b88fd0a0bee98d360bb30dd92049cb63452 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/textAreaHandler.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ export class TextAreaHandler extends ViewPart {
 			this.textArea.setAttribute('aria-autocomplete', 'both');
 			this.textArea.removeAttribute('aria-activedescendant');
 		}
+		if (options.role) {
+			this.textArea.setAttribute('role', options.role);
+		}
 	}
 
 	// --- end view API
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
index 2d69767a7e7de220d428d1a00deca7682bd59bc6..f273b5dd3fcbe60d063ee10058c152a05c8e817d 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ export interface IOverviewRuler {
  */
 export interface IEditorAriaOptions {
 	activeDescendant: string | undefined;
+	role?: string;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/output/browser/outputView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/output/browser/outputView.ts
index fe8cc9313a7f0c6b744449f0c970d0f5f14611cd..d3b8f613973ce1beee395a72c39e3fecbceb7887 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/output/browser/outputView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/output/browser/outputView.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class OutputViewPane extends ViewPane {
 	renderBody(container: HTMLElement): void {
 		this.editor.create(container);
 		const codeEditor = <ICodeEditor>this.editor.getControl();
+		codeEditor.setAriaOptions({ role: 'document', activeDescendant: undefined });
 		this._register(codeEditor.onDidChangeModelContent(() => {
 			const activeChannel = this.outputService.getActiveChannel();
 			if (activeChannel && !this.scrollLock) {
@@ -317,4 +318,3 @@ class SwitchOutputActionViewItem extends SelectActionViewItem {
 		this.setOptions(options.map((label, index) => <ISelectOptionItem>{ text: label, isDisabled: (index === separatorIndex ? true : false) }), Math.max(0, selected));
 	}
 }
-