diff --git a/src/components/progress/progress-bar.js b/src/components/progress/progress-bar.js
index 02af3d0d4e3..f5745cca82d 100644
--- a/src/components/progress/progress-bar.js
+++ b/src/components/progress/progress-bar.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const props = makePropsConfigurable(
     animated: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_BOOLEAN, null),
     label: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_STRING),
     labelHtml: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_STRING),
+    ariaLabel: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_STRING, 'progress-bar'),
     max: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_NUMBER_STRING, null),
     precision: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_NUMBER_STRING, null),
     showProgress: makeProp(PROP_TYPE_BOOLEAN, null),
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ export const BProgressBar = /*#__PURE__*/ extend({
     }
   },
   render(h) {
-    const { label, labelHtml, computedValue, computedPrecision } = this
+    const { ariaLabel, label, labelHtml, computedValue, computedPrecision } = this
 
     let $children
     let domProps = {}
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export const BProgressBar = /*#__PURE__*/ extend({
         style: this.progressBarStyles,
         attrs: {
           role: 'progressbar',
+          'aria-label': ariaLabel,
           'aria-valuemin': '0',
           'aria-valuemax': toString(this.computedMax),
           'aria-valuenow': toFixed(computedValue, computedPrecision)
diff --git a/src/components/progress/progress-bar.spec.js b/src/components/progress/progress-bar.spec.js
index 730db5ceb60..ffe98109898 100644
--- a/src/components/progress/progress-bar.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/progress/progress-bar.spec.js
@@ -267,4 +267,16 @@ describe('progress-bar', () => {
 
     wrapper.destroy()
   })
+
+  it('has aria-label attribute when explicitly set', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(BProgressBar, {
+      attrs: {
+        'aria-label': 'ariaLabel'
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('ariaLabel')
+
+    wrapper.destroy()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/components/progress/progress.js b/src/components/progress/progress.js
index d0c50723c96..7f4734b1e68 100644
--- a/src/components/progress/progress.js
+++ b/src/components/progress/progress.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { BProgressBar, props as BProgressBarProps } from './progress-bar'
 
 // --- Props ---
 
-const progressBarProps = omit(BProgressBarProps, ['label', 'labelHtml'])
+const progressBarProps = omit(BProgressBarProps, ['ariaLabel', 'label', 'labelHtml'])
 
 export const props = makePropsConfigurable(
   sortKeys({
diff --git a/src/components/progress/progress.spec.js b/src/components/progress/progress.spec.js
index b375a7f07d8..c0f89c299dd 100644
--- a/src/components/progress/progress.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/progress/progress.spec.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe('progress', () => {
     const $bar = wrapper.find('.progress-bar')
     expect($bar.element.tagName).toBe('DIV')
     expect($bar.attributes('role')).toBe('progressbar')
+    expect($bar.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('progress-bar')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuemin')).toBe('0')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuemax')).toBe('100')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuenow')).toBe('0')
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ describe('progress', () => {
     const $bar = wrapper.find('.progress-bar')
     expect($bar.element.tagName).toBe('DIV')
     expect($bar.attributes('role')).toBe('progressbar')
+    expect($bar.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('progress-bar')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuemin')).toBe('0')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuemax')).toBe('50')
     expect($bar.attributes('aria-valuenow')).toBe('25')