diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.test.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.test.tsx
index 26978cc9e6f57..84f96eeeab65f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.test.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ import { DiscoverServices } from '../../../../build_services';
 
 setHeaderActionMenuMounter(jest.fn());
 
-function mountComponent(indexPattern: DataView, prevSidebarClosed?: boolean) {
+function mountComponent(
+  indexPattern: DataView,
+  prevSidebarClosed?: boolean,
+  mountOptions: { attachTo?: HTMLElement } = {}
+) {
   const searchSourceMock = createSearchSourceMock({});
   const services = {
     ...discoverServiceMock,
@@ -159,7 +163,8 @@ function mountComponent(indexPattern: DataView, prevSidebarClosed?: boolean) {
   return mountWithIntl(
     <KibanaContextProvider services={services}>
       <DiscoverLayout {...(props as DiscoverLayoutProps)} />
-    </KibanaContextProvider>
+    </KibanaContextProvider>,
+    mountOptions
   );
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +179,17 @@ describe('Discover component', () => {
     expect(component.find('[data-test-subj="discoverChartOptionsToggle"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  test('the saved search title h1 gains focus on navigate', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    const component = mountComponent(indexPatternWithTimefieldMock, undefined, {
+      attachTo: container,
+    });
+    expect(
+      component.find('[data-test-subj="discoverSavedSearchTitle"]').getDOMNode()
+    ).toHaveFocus();
+  });
+
   describe('sidebar', () => {
     test('should be opened if discover:sidebarClosed was not set', () => {
       const component = mountComponent(indexPatternWithTimefieldMock, undefined);
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
index 6cbc8add99c39..d44f0e6c002ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
@@ -213,8 +213,31 @@ export function DiscoverLayout({
     [onChangeIndexPattern]
   );
 
+  const savedSearchTitle = useRef<HTMLHeadingElement>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    savedSearchTitle.current?.focus();
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <EuiPage className="dscPage" data-fetch-counter={fetchCounter.current}>
+      <h1
+        id="savedSearchTitle"
+        className="euiScreenReaderOnly"
+        data-test-subj="discoverSavedSearchTitle"
+        tabIndex={-1}
+        ref={savedSearchTitle}
+      >
+        {savedSearch.title
+          ? i18n.translate('discover.pageTitleWithSavedSearch', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Discover - {savedSearchTitle}',
+              values: {
+                savedSearchTitle: savedSearch.title,
+              },
+            })
+          : i18n.translate('discover.pageTitleWithoutSavedSearch', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Discover - Search not yet saved',
+            })}
+      </h1>
       <TopNavMemoized
         indexPattern={indexPattern}
         onOpenInspector={onOpenInspector}
@@ -236,18 +259,6 @@ export function DiscoverLayout({
           spaces={spaces}
           history={history}
         />
-        <h1 id="savedSearchTitle" className="euiScreenReaderOnly">
-          {savedSearch.title
-            ? i18n.translate('discover.pageTitleWithSavedSearch', {
-                defaultMessage: 'Discover - {savedSearchTitle}',
-                values: {
-                  savedSearchTitle: savedSearch.title,
-                },
-              })
-            : i18n.translate('discover.pageTitleWithoutSavedSearch', {
-                defaultMessage: 'Discover - Search not yet saved',
-              })}
-        </h1>
         <EuiFlexGroup className="dscPageBody__contents" gutterSize="s">
           <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
             <SidebarMemoized
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover_accessibility.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover_accessibility.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..599891aac7a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_discover_accessibility.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+
+import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../ftr_provider_context';
+
+export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
+  const browser = getService('browser');
+  const log = getService('log');
+  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
+  const find = getService('find');
+  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'discover', 'header', 'timePicker']);
+
+  const defaultSettings = {
+    defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
+  };
+
+  describe('discover accessibility', () => {
+    before(async () => {
+      log.debug('load kibana index with default index pattern');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
+      // and load a set of makelogs data
+      await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/logstash_functional');
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace(defaultSettings);
+      await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['search', 'index-pattern'] });
+    });
+
+    it('should give focus to the saved search title h1 on navigate', async () => {
+      const titleElement = await testSubjects.find('discoverSavedSearchTitle');
+      const activeElement = await find.activeElement();
+      expect(await titleElement.getAttribute('data-test-subj')).to.eql(
+        await activeElement.getAttribute('data-test-subj')
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should give focus to the data view switch link when Tab is pressed', async () => {
+      await browser.pressKeys(browser.keys.TAB);
+      const dataViewSwitchLink = await testSubjects.find('discover-dataView-switch-link');
+      const activeElement = await find.activeElement();
+      expect(await dataViewSwitchLink.getAttribute('data-test-subj')).to.eql(
+        await activeElement.getAttribute('data-test-subj')
+      );
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/index.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/index.ts
index 44ad8687f8ed5..b969ac1f5fc31 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/index.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }: FtrProviderContext) {
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_no_data'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_saved_queries'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_discover'));
+      loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_discover_accessibility'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_discover_histogram'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_doc_table'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_doc_table_newline'));