diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.common.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.common.ts
index 2f23b19304c..73174b07ad7 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.common.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.common.ts
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ export abstract class IgxComboBaseDirective implements IgxComboBase, AfterViewCh
     protected manageRequiredAsterisk(): void {
         if (this.ngControl) {
             this.inputGroup.isRequired = this.required;
+            this.comboInput.nativeElement.setAttribute('aria-required', this.required.toString());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.component.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.component.spec.ts
index c78987a3027..e229536d702 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.component.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/combo/combo.component.spec.ts
@@ -3405,8 +3405,10 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                 it('should add/remove asterisk when setting validators dynamically', () => {
                     let inputGroupIsRequiredClass = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.' + CSS_CLASS_INPUTGROUP_REQUIRED));
                     let asterisk = window.getComputedStyle(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.' + CSS_CLASS_INPUTGROUP_LABEL)).nativeElement, ':after').content;
+                    input = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(`.${CSS_CLASS_COMBO_INPUTGROUP}`));
                     expect(asterisk).toBe('"*"');
                     expect(inputGroupIsRequiredClass).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(input.nativeElement.getAttribute('aria-required')).toMatch('true');
 
                     fixture.componentInstance.reactiveForm.controls.townCombo.clearValidators();
                     fixture.componentInstance.reactiveForm.controls.townCombo.updateValueAndValidity();
@@ -3415,6 +3417,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     asterisk = window.getComputedStyle(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.' + CSS_CLASS_INPUTGROUP_LABEL)).nativeElement, ':after').content;
                     expect(asterisk).toBe('none');
                     expect(inputGroupIsRequiredClass).toBeNull();
+                    expect(input.nativeElement.getAttribute('aria-required')).toMatch('false');
 
                     fixture.componentInstance.reactiveForm.controls.townCombo.setValidators(Validators.required);
                     fixture.componentInstance.reactiveForm.controls.townCombo.updateValueAndValidity();
@@ -3423,6 +3426,7 @@ describe('igxCombo', () => {
                     asterisk = window.getComputedStyle(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.' + CSS_CLASS_INPUTGROUP_LABEL)).nativeElement, ':after').content;
                     expect(asterisk).toBe('"*"');
                     expect(inputGroupIsRequiredClass).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(input.nativeElement.getAttribute('aria-required')).toMatch('true');
                 });
 
                 it('Should update validity state when programmatically setting errors on reactive form controls', fakeAsync(() => {