diff --git a/docs/docs/options.mdx b/docs/docs/options.mdx
index de25b904..3dd7bc80 100644
--- a/docs/docs/options.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/options.mdx
@@ -130,3 +130,4 @@ import { Tooltip } from 'react-tooltip';
 | `opacity`               | CSS opacity                            | no       | `0.9`                     | a CSS opacity value                                                                                                               | Change the opacity of the tooltip                                                                                                                               |
 | `arrowColor`            | CSS color                              | no       |                           | a CSS background color                                                                                                            | Change color of the tooltip arrow                                                                                                                               |
 | `disableStyleInjection` | `boolean` or `'core'`                  | no       | `false`                   | `true` `false` `'core'`                                                                                                           | Whether to disable automatic style injection. Do not set dynamically. Check the [styling page](./examples/styling#disabling-reacttooltip-css) for more details  |
+| `role`                  | React.AriaRole                         | no       | `tooltip`                 | `'tooltip'` `'dialog'`                                                                                                            | Set ARIA role, either `tooltip` or `dialog` if the tooltip should contain focusable elements                                                                    |
diff --git a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
index eda9e2d9..3f3b8641 100644
--- a/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Tooltip/Tooltip.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const Tooltip = ({
   border,
   opacity,
   arrowColor,
+  role = 'tooltip',
 }: ITooltip) => {
   const tooltipRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null)
   const tooltipArrowRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null)
@@ -788,7 +789,7 @@ const Tooltip = ({
   return rendered && !hidden && actualContent ? (
     <WrapperElement
       id={id}
-      role="tooltip"
+      role={role}
       className={classNames(
         'react-tooltip',
         coreStyles['tooltip'],
diff --git a/src/components/Tooltip/TooltipTypes.d.ts b/src/components/Tooltip/TooltipTypes.d.ts
index 71b0f97e..d5158cbb 100644
--- a/src/components/Tooltip/TooltipTypes.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/Tooltip/TooltipTypes.d.ts
@@ -153,4 +153,5 @@ export interface ITooltip {
   border?: CSSProperties['border']
   opacity?: CSSProperties['opacity']
   arrowColor?: CSSProperties['backgroundColor']
+  role?: React.AriaRole
 }
diff --git a/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipController.tsx b/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipController.tsx
index cdc65cff..903fc01c 100644
--- a/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipController.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipController.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const TooltipController = React.forwardRef<TooltipRefProps, ITooltipController>(
       setIsOpen,
       afterShow,
       afterHide,
+      role = 'tooltip',
     }: ITooltipController,
     ref,
   ) => {
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ const TooltipController = React.forwardRef<TooltipRefProps, ITooltipController>(
       afterHide,
       activeAnchor,
       setActiveAnchor: (anchor: HTMLElement | null) => setActiveAnchor(anchor),
+      role,
     }
 
     return <Tooltip {...props} />
diff --git a/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipControllerTypes.d.ts b/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipControllerTypes.d.ts
index 101463eb..b97e9c07 100644
--- a/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipControllerTypes.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/TooltipController/TooltipControllerTypes.d.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export interface ITooltipController {
   setIsOpen?: (value: boolean) => void
   afterShow?: () => void
   afterHide?: () => void
+  role?: React.AriaRole
 }
 
 declare module 'react' {