diff --git a/_includes/search/search_form.html b/_includes/search/search_form.html
index c3463798..b9de365c 100644
--- a/_includes/search/search_form.html
+++ b/_includes/search/search_form.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   {%- assign search_provider = site.search_provider | default: "lunr" -%}
   {%- case search_provider -%}
   {%- when "lunr" -%}
-  <form class="search-content__form" onkeydown="return event.key != 'Enter';">
+  <form class="search-content__form" onkeydown="return event.key != 'Enter';" role="search">
     <label class="sr-only" for="search">
       {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_label_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}
     </label>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </form>
   <div id="results" class="results"></div>
   {%- when "google" -%}
-  <form onsubmit="return googleCustomSearchExecute();" id="cse-search-box-form-id">
+  <form onsubmit="return googleCustomSearchExecute();" id="cse-search-box-form-id" role="search">
     <label class="sr-only" for="cse-search-input-box-id">
       {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].search_label_text | default: 'Enter your search term...' }}
     </label>