diff --git a/src/checker/checker-nightmare.js b/src/checker/checker-nightmare.js
index 4c7c154e..fa48d861 100644
--- a/src/checker/checker-nightmare.js
+++ b/src/checker/checker-nightmare.js
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(PATH_TO_H5O)) {
   throw new Error('Can’t find h5o');
 }
 
-const PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH = path.join(__dirname, '../scripts/axe-patch.js');
-if (!fs.existsSync(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH)) {
-  winston.verbose(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH);
-  throw new Error('Can’t find axe-patch script');
+const PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_GETSELECTOR = path.join(__dirname, '../scripts/axe-patch-getselector.js');
+if (!fs.existsSync(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_GETSELECTOR)) {
+  winston.verbose(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_GETSELECTOR);
+  throw new Error('Can’t find axe-patch-getselector script');
+}
+
+const PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_ARIALOOKUPTABLE = path.join(__dirname, '../scripts/axe-patch-arialookuptable.js');
+if (!fs.existsSync(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_ARIALOOKUPTABLE)) {
+  winston.verbose(PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_ARIALOOKUPTABLE);
+  throw new Error('Can’t find axe-patch-arialookuptable script');
 }
 
 const PATH_TO_ACE_AXE = path.join(__dirname, '../scripts/ace-axe.js');
@@ -54,8 +60,9 @@ function checkSingle(spineItem, epub, nightmare) {
   return nightmare
     .goto(spineItem.url)
     .inject('js', PATH_TO_AXE)
+    .inject('js', PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_GETSELECTOR)
+    .inject('js', PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH_ARIALOOKUPTABLE)
     .inject('js', PATH_TO_H5O)
-    .inject('js', PATH_TO_AXE_PATCH)
     .inject('js', PATH_TO_ACE_AXE)
     .inject('js', PATH_TO_ACE_EXTRACTION)
     .wait(50)
diff --git a/src/scripts/axe-patch-arialookuptable.js b/src/scripts/axe-patch-arialookuptable.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f329044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/axe-patch-arialookuptable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+'use strict';
+
+(function axePatch(window) {
+  const axe = window.axe;
+  const dpubRoles = {
+    'doc-abstract': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-acknowledgments': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-afterword': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-appendix': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-backlink': {
+      type: 'link',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author', 'contents'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-biblioentry': {
+      type: 'listitem',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded', 'aria-level', 'aria-posinset', 'aria-setsize'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: ['doc-bibliography'],
+    },
+    'doc-bibliography': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-biblioref': {
+      type: 'link',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      nameFrom: ['author', 'contents'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-chapter': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-colophon': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-conclusion': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-cover': {
+      type: 'img',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-credit': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-credits': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-dedication': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-endnote': {
+      type: 'listitem',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded', 'aria-level', 'aria-posinset', 'aria-setsize'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: ['doc-endnotes'],
+    },
+    'doc-endnotes': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: ['doc-endnote'],
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-epigraph': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-epilogue': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-errata': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-example': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-footnote': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-foreword': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-glossary': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: ['term', 'definition'],
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-glossref': {
+      type: 'link',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author', 'contents'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-index': {
+      type: 'navigation',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-introduction': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-noteref': {
+      type: 'link',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author', 'contents'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-notice': {
+      type: 'note',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-pagebreak': {
+      type: 'separator',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-pagelist': {
+      type: 'navigation',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-part': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-preface': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-prologue': {
+      type: 'landmark',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-pullquote': {
+      type: 'none',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-qna': {
+      type: 'section',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-subtitle': {
+      type: 'sectionhead',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-tip': {
+      type: 'note',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+    'doc-toc': {
+      type: 'navigation',
+      attributes: {
+        allowed: ['aria-expanded'],
+      },
+      owned: null,
+      namefrom: ['author'],
+      context: null,
+    },
+  };
+
+  Object.assign(axe.commons.aria._lut.role, dpubRoles);
+}(window));
diff --git a/src/scripts/axe-patch.js b/src/scripts/axe-patch-getselector.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/scripts/axe-patch.js
rename to src/scripts/axe-patch-getselector.js
diff --git a/tests/__tests__/axe-rules.test.js b/tests/__tests__/axe-rules.test.js
index 7434c77f..eefdbb3f 100644
--- a/tests/__tests__/axe-rules.test.js
+++ b/tests/__tests__/axe-rules.test.js
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@ test('`bypass` rule is disabled', async () => {
   const report = await ace('../data/axerule-bypass');
   expect(report['earl:result']['earl:outcome']).toEqual('pass');
 });
+
+test('DPUB ARIA roles are allowed', async () => {
+  const report = await ace('../data/axerule-dpubroles');
+  expect(report['earl:result']['earl:outcome']).toEqual('pass');
+});
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/content_001.xhtml b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/content_001.xhtml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff451514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/content_001.xhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" xml:lang="en">
+<head>
+<title>Minimal EPUB</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Loomings</h1>
+<p>Call me Ishmael.</p>
+<div role="doc-abstract"></div>
+<div role="doc-acknowledgments"></div>
+<div role="doc-afterword"></div>
+<div role="doc-appendix"></div>
+<div role="doc-backlink"></div>
+<div role="doc-bibliography">
+  <div role="list">
+    <div role="doc-biblioentry"></div>  
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div role="doc-biblioref"></div>
+<div role="doc-chapter"></div>
+<div role="doc-colophon"></div>
+<div role="doc-conclusion"></div>
+<img role="doc-cover" src="image_001.jpg" alt="A beautiful cover"/>
+<div role="doc-credit"></div>
+<div role="doc-credits"></div>
+<div role="doc-dedication"></div>
+<div role="doc-endnotes">
+  <div role="list">
+    <div role="doc-endnote"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div role="doc-epigraph"></div>
+<div role="doc-epilogue"></div>
+<div role="doc-errata"></div>
+<div role="doc-example"></div>
+<div role="doc-footnote"></div>
+<div role="doc-foreword"></div>
+<div role="doc-glossary">
+  <span role="term">foo</span>: <span role="definition">bar</span>
+</div>
+<div role="doc-glossref"></div>
+<div role="doc-index"></div>
+<div role="doc-introduction"></div>
+<div role="doc-noteref"></div>
+<div role="doc-notice"></div>
+<div role="doc-pagebreak"></div>
+<div role="doc-pagelist"></div>
+<div role="doc-part"></div>
+<div role="doc-preface"></div>
+<div role="doc-prologue"></div>
+<div role="doc-pullquote"></div>
+<div role="doc-qna"></div>
+<div role="doc-subtitle"></div>
+<div role="doc-tip"></div>
+<div role="doc-toc"></div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/image_001.jpg b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/image_001.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2c2e1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/image_001.jpg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fake image
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/nav.xhtml b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/nav.xhtml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d538c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/nav.xhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops" xml:lang="en">
+<head>
+<title>Minimal Nav</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<nav epub:type="toc">
+<ol>
+<li><a href="content_001.xhtml">content 001</a></li>
+</ol>
+</nav>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/package.opf b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/package.opf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfb9179d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/EPUB/package.opf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" version="3.0" xml:lang="en" unique-identifier="uid">
+<metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
+  <dc:title id="title">Minimal EPUB 3.0</dc:title>
+  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
+  <dc:identifier id="uid">NOID</dc:identifier>
+  <meta property="dcterms:modified">2017-01-01T00:00:01Z</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessibilityFeature">structuralNavigation</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessibilitySummary">everything OK!</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessibilityHazard">noFlashingHazard</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessibilityHazard">noSoundHazard</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessibilityHazard">noMotionSimulationHazard</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessMode">textual</meta>
+  <meta property="schema:accessModeSufficient">textual</meta>
+</metadata>
+<manifest>
+  <item id="nav"  href="nav.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" properties="nav"/>
+  <item id="content_001"  href="content_001.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
+  <item id="image_001"  href="image_001.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg"/>
+</manifest>
+<spine>
+  <itemref idref="content_001" />
+</spine>
+</package>
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/META-INF/container.xml b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/META-INF/container.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cf00654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/META-INF/container.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container">
+   <rootfiles>
+      <rootfile full-path="EPUB/package.opf" media-type="application/oebps-package+xml"/>
+   </rootfiles>
+</container>
diff --git a/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/mimetype b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/mimetype
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57ef03f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/axerule-dpubroles/mimetype
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+application/epub+zip
\ No newline at end of file