diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
index 627e8ed..0884b4c 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.theme.inc
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
   // Store rows so that they may be used by further preprocess functions.
   $result = $vars['result'] = $vars['rows'];
   $vars['rows'] = array();
+  // @todo Remove field_classes to field_attributes.
   $vars['field_classes'] = array();
   $vars['header'] = array();
 
@@ -606,6 +607,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
       }
 
       // Set up the header label class.
+      // @todo Rename to header_attributes.
       $vars['header_classes'][$field] = array();
       if ($fields[$field]->options['element_default_classes']) {
         $vars['header_classes'][$field]['class'][] = 'views-field';
@@ -631,6 +633,8 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
         if ($element_label_type) {
           $vars['header'][$field] = '<' . $element_label_type . '>' . $vars['header'][$field] . '</' . $element_label_type . '>';
         }
+        // Improves accessibility of complex tables.
+        $vars['header_classes'][$field]['id'] = drupal_html_id('view-' . $field . '-table-column');
       }
     }
 
@@ -657,6 +661,11 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
         $vars['field_classes'][$field][$num]['class'][] = $options['info'][$field]['responsive'];
       }
 
+      // Improves accessibility of complex tables.
+      if (isset($vars['header_classes'][$field]['id'])) {
+        $vars['field_classes'][$field][$num]['headers'] = array($vars['header_classes'][$field]['id']);
+      }
+
       if (!empty($fields[$field]) && empty($fields[$field]->options['exclude'])) {
         $field_output = $handler->getField($num, $field);
         $element_type = $fields[$field]->elementType(TRUE, TRUE);