diff --git a/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp b/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
index 6df2416ac4..6567e2aaac 100644
--- a/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/InsetMathHull.cpp
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ docstring InsetMathHull::xhtml(XHTMLStream & xs, OutputParams const & op) const
 			string const tag = (getType() == hullSimple) ? "span" : "div";
 			xs << html::CR()
 			   << html::StartTag(tag)
-				 << html::CompTag("img", "src=\"" + filename + "\"")
+				 << html::CompTag("img", "src=\"" + filename + "\" alt=\"Mathematical Equation\"")
 				 << html::EndTag(tag)
 				 << html::CR();
 			success = true;
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index b6b399ab3f..6559268c87 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Added h5 and h6 as tags for Paragraph and Subparagraph.
 
+- Include alt tag when exporting math as images (bug 8746).
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE