diff --git a/doc/aria-supported.md b/doc/aria-supported.md
index e4db5f1814..7698a5d233 100644
--- a/doc/aria-supported.md
+++ b/doc/aria-supported.md
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ For a detailed description about how accessibility support is decided, see [How
 
 ## Attributes
 
-| aria-attribute       | axe-core support |
-| -------------------- | ---------------- |
-| aria-describedat     | No               |
-| aria-details         | No               |
-| aria-roledescription | Mixed[^1]        |
-
-[^1]: Supported on elements: `<button>`, `<input type="button" | "checkbox" | "image" | "radio" | "reset" | "submit">`, `<img>`, `<select>`, `<summary>`
+| aria-attribute   | axe-core support |
+| ---------------- | ---------------- |
+| aria-describedat | No               |
+| aria-details     | No               |
diff --git a/doc/rule-descriptions.md b/doc/rule-descriptions.md
index 4fc8da3cb5..60c7390878 100644
--- a/doc/rule-descriptions.md
+++ b/doc/rule-descriptions.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 | aria-required-attr                  | Ensures elements with ARIA roles have all required ARIA attributes                                                         | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                        | true               |
 | aria-required-children              | Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them                                                   | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag131                                                        | true               |
 | aria-required-parent                | Ensures elements with an ARIA role that require parent roles are contained by them                                         | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag131                                                        | true               |
+| aria-roledescription                | Ensure aria-roledescription is only used on elements with an implicit or explicit role                                     | Serious            | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                        | true               |
 | aria-roles                          | Ensures all elements with a role attribute use a valid value                                                               | Serious, Critical  | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                        | true               |
 | aria-toggle-field-name              | Ensures every ARIA toggle field has an accessible name                                                                     | Moderate, Serious  | wcag2a, wcag412                                                                  | true               |
 | aria-valid-attr-value               | Ensures all ARIA attributes have valid values                                                                              | Critical           | cat.aria, wcag2a, wcag412                                                        | true               |
diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6f1180ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+options = options || {};
+
+const role = axe.commons.aria.getRole(node);
+const supportedRoles = options.supportedRoles || [];
+
+if (supportedRoles.includes(role)) {
+	return true;
+}
+
+if (role && role !== 'presentation' && role !== 'none') {
+	return undefined;
+}
+
+return false;
diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.json b/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d86395dcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+	"id": "aria-roledescription",
+	"evaluate": "aria-roledescription.js",
+	"options": {
+		"supportedRoles": [
+			"button",
+			"img",
+			"checkbox",
+			"radio",
+			"combobox",
+			"menuitemcheckbox",
+			"menuitemradio"
+		]
+	},
+	"metadata": {
+		"impact": "serious",
+		"messages": {
+			"pass": "aria-roledescription used on a supported semantic role",
+			"incomplete": "Check that the aria-roledescription is announced by supported screen readers",
+			"fail": "Give the element a role that supports aria-roledescription"
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/commons/aria/index.js b/lib/commons/aria/index.js
index 9e39efe0b9..5177a2cbb6 100644
--- a/lib/commons/aria/index.js
+++ b/lib/commons/aria/index.js
@@ -198,20 +198,7 @@ lookupTable.attributes = {
 	'aria-roledescription': {
 		type: 'string',
 		allowEmpty: true,
-		unsupported: {
-			exceptions: [
-				'button',
-				{
-					nodeName: 'input',
-					properties: {
-						type: ['button', 'checkbox', 'image', 'radio', 'reset', 'submit']
-					}
-				},
-				'img',
-				'select',
-				'summary'
-			]
-		}
+		unsupported: false
 	},
 	'aria-rowcount': {
 		type: 'int',
diff --git a/lib/rules/aria-roledescription.json b/lib/rules/aria-roledescription.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d154121c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rules/aria-roledescription.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	"id": "aria-roledescription",
+	"selector": "[aria-roledescription]",
+	"tags": ["cat.aria", "wcag2a", "wcag412"],
+	"metadata": {
+		"description": "Ensure aria-roledescription is only used on elements with an implicit or explicit role",
+		"help": "Use aria-roledescription on elements with a semantic role"
+	},
+	"all": [],
+	"any": ["aria-roledescription"],
+	"none": []
+}
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js b/test/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de344bf8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/checks/aria/aria-roledescription.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+describe('aria-roledescription', function() {
+	'use strict';
+
+	var fixture = document.getElementById('fixture');
+	var checkContext = axe.testUtils.MockCheckContext();
+
+	afterEach(function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML = '';
+		checkContext.reset();
+	});
+
+	it('returns true for elements with an implicit supported role', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<button aria-roledescription="Awesome Button">Click</button>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild,
+			{
+				supportedRoles: ['button']
+			}
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, true);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+
+	it('returns true for elements with an explicit supported role', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<div role="radio" aria-roledescription="Awesome Radio">Click</div>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild,
+			{
+				supportedRoles: ['radio']
+			}
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, true);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+
+	it('returns undefined for elements with an unsupported role', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<div role="main" aria-roledescription="Awesome Main">The main element</div>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, undefined);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+
+	it('returns false for elements without role', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<div aria-roledescription="Awesome Main">The main element</div>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, false);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+
+	it('returns false for elements with role=presentation', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<div role="presentation" aria-roledescription="Awesome Main">The main element</div>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, false);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+
+	it('returns false for elements with role=none', function() {
+		fixture.innerHTML =
+			'<div role="none" aria-roledescription="Awesome Main">The main element</div>';
+		var actual = checks['aria-roledescription'].evaluate.call(
+			checkContext,
+			fixture.firstChild
+		);
+		assert.equal(actual, false);
+		assert.isNull(checkContext._data, null);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
index e4a96b2560..ba73b5d6d3 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
@@ -6,9 +6,3 @@
 <!-- unsupported attributes -->
 <div aria-describedat="#fail4" id="fail5">fail</div>
 <div aria-details="fail5" id="fail6">fail</div>
-<div aria-roledescription="Slide" id="fail7">fail</div>
-<p id="fail8" aria-roledescription="status">
-	warning: things are a wee bit bit slow
-</p>
-<input id="fail9" type="text" aria-roledescription="input" />
-<textarea id="fail10" type="text" aria-roledescription="comments"></textarea>
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
index b2bd48b3da..5317b913c7 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 		["#fail3"],
 		["#fail4"],
 		["#fail5"],
-		["#fail6"],
-		["#fail7"],
-		["#fail8"],
-		["#fail9"],
-		["#fail10"]
+		["#fail6"]
 	]
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1c951b046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<button aria-roledescription="my button" id="pass1">button</button>
+<img aria-roledescription="my img" src="foo.png" id="pass2" />
+<div role="checkbox" aria-roledescription="my checkbox" id="pass3"></div>
+<div role="radio" aria-roledescription="my radio" id="pass4"></div>
+<div role="combobox" aria-roledescription="my combobox" id="pass5"></div>
+<div
+	role="menuitemcheckbox"
+	aria-roledescription="my menuitemcheckbox"
+	id="pass6"
+></div>
+<div
+	role="menuitemradio"
+	aria-roledescription="my menuitemradio"
+	id="pass7"
+></div>
+<input type="checkbox" aria-roledescription="my checkbox" id="pass8" />
+<input type="radio" aria-roledescription="my radio" id="pass9" />
+
+<h1 aria-roledescription="my heading" id="incomplete1">heading</h1>
+<div role="rowgroup" aria-roledescription="my row" id="incomplete2"></div>
+
+<p aria-roledescription="my paragraph" id="fail1">paragraph</p>
+<div aria-roledescription="my div" id="fail2">div</div>
+<div
+	role="presentation"
+	aria-roledescription="my presentation"
+	id="fail3"
+></div>
+<div role="none" aria-roledescription="my none" id="fail4"></div>
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.json b/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..689c383e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-roledescription/aria-roledescription.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"description": "aria-roledescription test",
+	"rule": "aria-roledescription",
+	"violations": [["#fail1"], ["#fail2"], ["#fail3"], ["#fail4"]],
+	"passes": [
+		["#pass1"],
+		["#pass2"],
+		["#pass3"],
+		["#pass4"],
+		["#pass5"],
+		["#pass6"],
+		["#pass7"],
+		["#pass8"],
+		["#pass9"]
+	],
+	"incomplete": [["#incomplete1"], ["#incomplete2"]]
+}