diff --git a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/Node.java b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/Node.java
--- a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/Node.java
+++ b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/Node.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 import javafx.geometry.Point3D;
 import javafx.geometry.Rectangle2D;
 import javafx.scene.accessibility.Accessible;
+import javafx.scene.accessibility.AccessibleEvent;
 import javafx.scene.accessibility.Action;
 import javafx.scene.accessibility.Attribute;
 import javafx.scene.accessibility.Role;
@@ -381,7 +382,26 @@
  */
 @IDProperty("id")
 public abstract class Node implements EventTarget, Styleable {
-
+    
+    public final ObjectProperty<EventHandler<AccessibleEvent>> onGetAttributeProperty() { return onGetAttribute; }
+    public final void setOnGetAttribute(EventHandler<AccessibleEvent> value) { onGetAttributeProperty().set(value); }
+    public final EventHandler<AccessibleEvent> getOnGetAttribute() { return onGetAttributeProperty().get(); }
+    private ObjectProperty<EventHandler<AccessibleEvent>> onGetAttribute = new ObjectPropertyBase<EventHandler<AccessibleEvent>>() {
+        @Override protected void invalidated() {
+            setEventHandler(AccessibleEvent.GET_ATTRIBUTE, get());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Object getBean() {
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return "onGetAttribute";
+        }
+    };
+    
      static {
           PerformanceTracker.logEvent("Node class loaded");
      }
@@ -2326,6 +2346,10 @@
         //    PerformanceTracker.logEvent("Node.postinit " +
         //                                "for [{this}, id=\"{id}\"] finished");
         //}
+        addEventHandler(AccessibleEvent.GET_ATTRIBUTE, e -> {
+            e.setResult(accGetAttribute(e.getAttribute(), e.getParameters()));
+            e.consume();
+        });
     }
 
     /***************************************************************************
@@ -9231,7 +9255,9 @@
         if (accessible == null) {
             accessible = new Accessible() {
                 @Override public Object getAttribute(Attribute attribute, Object... parameters) {
-                    return accGetAttribute(attribute, parameters);
+                    AccessibleEvent event = new AccessibleEvent(AccessibleEvent.GET_ATTRIBUTE, attribute, parameters);
+                    Event.fireEvent(Node.this, event);
+                    return event.getResult();
                 }
                 @Override public void executeAction(Action action, Object... parameters) {
                     accExecuteAction(action, parameters);
diff --git a/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/accessibility/AccessibleEvent.java b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/accessibility/AccessibleEvent.java
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/graphics/src/main/java/javafx/scene/accessibility/AccessibleEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package javafx.scene.accessibility;
+
+import javafx.beans.NamedArg;
+import javafx.event.Event;
+import javafx.event.EventTarget;
+import javafx.event.EventType;
+
+//TODO - missing annotations and generics
+
+public class AccessibleEvent extends Event {
+    public static final EventType<AccessibleEvent> GET_ATTRIBUTE = new EventType<AccessibleEvent>(Event.ANY, "GET_ATTRIBUTE");
+    
+    public AccessibleEvent(EventType type, Attribute attribute, Object [] parameters) {
+        super(type);
+        this.attribute = attribute;
+        this.parameters = parameters;
+    }
+
+    Attribute attribute;
+    public Attribute getAttribute () {
+        return attribute;
+    }
+    
+    Object [] parameters;
+    public Object [] getParameters() {
+        return parameters;
+    }
+
+    private static class Result implements Cloneable {
+        Object value;
+
+        @Override
+        public Result clone() {
+            try {
+                return (Result) super.clone();
+            } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+                // FAIL SILENTLY - won't happen
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Result result = new Result ();
+    
+    public Object getResult() {
+        return result.value;
+    }
+    public void setResult(Object result) {
+        this.result.value = result;
+    }
+    //TODO - are these methods needed
+    
+    @Override
+    public AccessibleEvent copyFor(Object newSource, EventTarget newTarget) {
+        return (AccessibleEvent) super.copyFor(newSource, newTarget);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EventType<? extends AccessibleEvent> getEventType() {
+        return (EventType<? extends AccessibleEvent>) super.getEventType();
+    }
+    
+}
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