diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/lib/nav-menu.js b/src/js/_enqueues/lib/nav-menu.js
index 655d904bc3..7633d92453 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/lib/nav-menu.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/lib/nav-menu.js
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@
 				nextItemDepth = parseInt( nextItem.menuItemDepth(), 10 ) + 1,
 				prevItem = thisItem.prev(),
 				prevItemDepth = parseInt( prevItem.menuItemDepth(), 10 ),
-				prevItemId = prevItem.getItemData()['menu-item-db-id'];
+				prevItemId = prevItem.getItemData()['menu-item-db-id'],
+				a11ySpeech = menus[ 'moved' + dir.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + dir.slice(1) ];
 
 			switch ( dir ) {
 			case 'up':
@@ -399,6 +400,10 @@
 			api.registerChange();
 			api.refreshKeyboardAccessibility();
 			api.refreshAdvancedAccessibility();
+
+			if ( a11ySpeech ) {
+				wp.a11y.speak( a11ySpeech );
+			}
 		},
 
 		initAccessibility : function() {
@@ -1224,6 +1229,7 @@
 			$menuMarkup.hideAdvancedMenuItemFields().appendTo( api.targetList );
 			api.refreshKeyboardAccessibility();
 			api.refreshAdvancedAccessibility();
+			wp.a11y.speak( menus.itemAdded );
 			$( document ).trigger( 'menu-item-added', [ $menuMarkup ] );
 		},
 
@@ -1239,6 +1245,7 @@
 			$menuMarkup.hideAdvancedMenuItemFields().prependTo( api.targetList );
 			api.refreshKeyboardAccessibility();
 			api.refreshAdvancedAccessibility();
+			wp.a11y.speak( menus.itemAdded );
 			$( document ).trigger( 'menu-item-added', [ $menuMarkup ] );
 		},
 
@@ -1513,6 +1520,7 @@
 						ins.removeClass( 'menu-instructions-inactive' );
 					}
 					api.refreshAdvancedAccessibility();
+					wp.a11y.speak( menus.itemRemoved );
 				});
 		},
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/nav-menus.php b/src/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
index d340fb6b67..b7ab1692cc 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
@@ -499,6 +499,13 @@ $nav_menus_l10n = array(
 	'menuItemDeletion'        => __( 'item %s' ),
 	/* translators: %s: Item name. */
 	'itemsDeleted'            => __( 'Deleted menu item: %s.' ),
+	'itemAdded'               => __( 'Menu item added' ),
+	'itemRemoved'             => __( 'Menu item removed' ),
+	'movedUp'                 => __( 'Menu item moved up' ),
+	'movedDown'               => __( 'Menu item moved down' ),
+	'movedTop'                => __( 'Menu item moved to the top' ),
+	'movedLeft'               => __( 'Menu item moved out of submenu' ),
+	'movedRight'              => __( 'Menu item is now a sub-item' ),
 );
 wp_localize_script( 'nav-menu', 'menus', $nav_menus_l10n );
 
diff --git a/tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js b/tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js
index 98a3448a34..c630d07829 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/wp-admin/js/nav-menu.js
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
 
 		var testString = '<div>Hello World</div>';
 
+		// Mock global menus.
+		if ( ! window.hasOwnProperty( 'menus' ) ) {
+			window.menus = {
+				'itemAdded': false,
+				'itemDeleted': false
+			};
+		}
+
+		// Mock global wp.a11y.
+		window.wp = window.wp || {};
+		window.wp.a11y = {
+			'speak': function() {}
+		};
+
 		// Mock the internal function calls so the don't fail.
 		$.fn.hideAdvancedMenuItemFields = function() {
 			return {