diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listView.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listView.ts
index 1a8ac09277c..d42777bec4b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listView.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ export interface IListViewDragAndDrop<T> extends IListDragAndDrop<T> {
 	getDragElements(element: T): T[];
 }
 
-export interface IAriaSetProvider<T> {
+export interface IAriaProvider<T> {
 	getSetSize(element: T, index: number, listLength: number): number;
 	getPosInSet(element: T, index: number): number;
+	getRole?(element: T): string;
+	isChecked?(element: T): boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IListViewOptions<T> {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ export interface IListViewOptions<T> {
 	readonly supportDynamicHeights?: boolean;
 	readonly mouseSupport?: boolean;
 	readonly horizontalScrolling?: boolean;
-	readonly ariaSetProvider?: IAriaSetProvider<T>;
+	readonly ariaProvider?: IAriaProvider<T>;
 }
 
 const DefaultOptions = {
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ export class ListView<T> implements ISpliceable<T>, IDisposable {
 	private setRowLineHeight: boolean;
 	private supportDynamicHeights: boolean;
 	private horizontalScrolling: boolean;
-	private ariaSetProvider: IAriaSetProvider<T>;
+	private ariaProvider: IAriaProvider<T>;
 	private scrollWidth: number | undefined;
 	private canUseTranslate3d: boolean | undefined = undefined;
 
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ export class ListView<T> implements ISpliceable<T>, IDisposable {
 		this.horizontalScrolling = getOrDefault(options, o => o.horizontalScrolling, DefaultOptions.horizontalScrolling);
 		DOM.toggleClass(this.domNode, 'horizontal-scrolling', this.horizontalScrolling);
 
-		this.ariaSetProvider = options.ariaSetProvider || { getSetSize: (e, i, length) => length, getPosInSet: (_, index) => index + 1 };
+		this.ariaProvider = options.ariaProvider || { getSetSize: (e, i, length) => length, getPosInSet: (_, index) => index + 1 };
 
 		this.rowsContainer = document.createElement('div');
 		this.rowsContainer.className = 'monaco-list-rows';
@@ -566,7 +568,12 @@ export class ListView<T> implements ISpliceable<T>, IDisposable {
 
 		if (!item.row) {
 			item.row = this.cache.alloc(item.templateId);
-			item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('role', 'treeitem');
+			const role = this.ariaProvider.getRole ? this.ariaProvider.getRole(item.element) : 'treeitem';
+			item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('role', role);
+			const checked = this.ariaProvider.isChecked ? this.ariaProvider.isChecked(item.element) : undefined;
+			if (typeof checked !== 'undefined') {
+				item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('aria-checked', String(checked));
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!item.row.domNode!.parentElement) {
@@ -634,8 +641,8 @@ export class ListView<T> implements ISpliceable<T>, IDisposable {
 
 		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('data-index', `${index}`);
 		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('data-last-element', index === this.length - 1 ? 'true' : 'false');
-		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('aria-setsize', String(this.ariaSetProvider.getSetSize(item.element, index, this.length)));
-		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('aria-posinset', String(this.ariaSetProvider.getPosInSet(item.element, index)));
+		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('aria-setsize', String(this.ariaProvider.getSetSize(item.element, index, this.length)));
+		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('aria-posinset', String(this.ariaProvider.getPosInSet(item.element, index)));
 		item.row!.domNode!.setAttribute('id', this.getElementDomId(index));
 
 		DOM.toggleClass(item.row!.domNode!, 'drop-target', item.dropTarget);
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
index 55ac74bc01c..0e0a4df34bc 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/list/listWidget.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { StandardKeyboardEvent, IKeyboardEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/keyboardE
 import { Event, Emitter, EventBufferer } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { domEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/event';
 import { IListVirtualDelegate, IListRenderer, IListEvent, IListContextMenuEvent, IListMouseEvent, IListTouchEvent, IListGestureEvent, IIdentityProvider, IKeyboardNavigationLabelProvider, IListDragAndDrop, IListDragOverReaction, ListAriaRootRole } from './list';
-import { ListView, IListViewOptions, IListViewDragAndDrop, IAriaSetProvider } from './listView';
+import { ListView, IListViewOptions, IListViewDragAndDrop, IAriaProvider } from './listView';
 import { Color } from 'vs/base/common/color';
 import { mixin } from 'vs/base/common/objects';
 import { ScrollbarVisibility, ScrollEvent } from 'vs/base/common/scrollable';
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ export interface IListOptions<T> extends IListStyles {
 	readonly supportDynamicHeights?: boolean;
 	readonly mouseSupport?: boolean;
 	readonly horizontalScrolling?: boolean;
-	readonly ariaSetProvider?: IAriaSetProvider<T>;
+	readonly ariaProvider?: IAriaProvider<T>;
 }
 
 export interface IListStyles {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
index dad7d26545a..a034736f2f5 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/abstractTree.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function asListOptions<T, TFilterData, TRef>(modelProvider: () => ITreeModel<T,
 			}
 		},
 		enableKeyboardNavigation: options.simpleKeyboardNavigation,
-		ariaSetProvider: {
+		ariaProvider: {
 			getSetSize(node) {
 				return node.parent!.visibleChildrenCount;
 			},
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
index 367815c4c7f..6be40083966 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function asObjectTreeOptions<TInput, T, TFilterData>(options?: IAsyncDataTreeOpt
 				e => (options.expandOnlyOnTwistieClick as ((e: T) => boolean))(e.element as T)
 			)
 		),
-		ariaSetProvider: undefined
+		ariaProvider: undefined
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/breakpointsView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/breakpointsView.ts
index 38fe05f0eb0..e0fa0e6c9f3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/breakpointsView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/debug/browser/breakpointsView.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ export class BreakpointsView extends ViewletPanel {
 		], {
 				identityProvider: { getId: (element: IEnablement) => element.getId() },
 				multipleSelectionSupport: false,
-				keyboardNavigationLabelProvider: { getKeyboardNavigationLabel: (e: IEnablement) => e }
+				keyboardNavigationLabelProvider: { getKeyboardNavigationLabel: (e: IEnablement) => e },
+				ariaProvider: {
+					getSetSize: (_: IEnablement, index: number, listLength: number) => listLength,
+					getPosInSet: (_: IEnablement, index: number) => index,
+					getRole: (breakpoint: IEnablement) => 'checkbox',
+					isChecked: (breakpoint: IEnablement) => breakpoint.enabled
+				}
 			}) as WorkbenchList<IEnablement>;
 
 		CONTEXT_BREAKPOINTS_FOCUSED.bindTo(this.list.contextKeyService);