diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list.fxml
index a7a622205..a05d834a3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/vault_list.fxml
@@ -38,14 +38,17 @@
 			</VBox>
 		</StackPane>
 		<HBox styleClass="button-bar">
-			<Button fx:id="addVaultButton" onAction="#toggleMenu" styleClass="button-left" alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY">
+			<Button fx:id="addVaultButton" onAction="#toggleMenu" styleClass="button-left" alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY" accessibleText="%main.vaultlist.addVaultButton.tooltip">
 				<graphic>
 					<FontAwesome5IconView glyph="PLUS" glyphSize="16"/>
 				</graphic>
+				<tooltip>
+					<Tooltip text="%main.vaultlist.addVaultButton.tooltip"/>
+				</tooltip>
 			</Button>
 			<Region HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS"/>
 			<StackPane>
-				<Button onAction="#showEventViewer" styleClass="button-right" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY" mnemonicParsing="false">
+				<Button onAction="#showEventViewer" styleClass="button-right" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY" mnemonicParsing="false" accessibleText="%main.vaultlist.showEventsButton.tooltip">
 					<graphic>
 						<FontAwesome5IconView glyph="BELL" glyphSize="16"/>
 					</graphic>
@@ -57,10 +60,13 @@
 					<Circle radius="4" styleClass="icon-update-indicator" AnchorPane.topAnchor="-8" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="-6" visible="${controller.unreadEventsPresent}" />
 				</AnchorPane>
 			</StackPane>
-	<Button onAction="#showPreferences" styleClass="button-right" alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY">
+			<Button onAction="#showPreferences" styleClass="button-right" alignment="CENTER" minWidth="20" contentDisplay="GRAPHIC_ONLY" accessibleText="%main.vaultlist.showPreferencesButton.tooltip">
 				<graphic>
 					<FontAwesome5IconView glyph="COG" glyphSize="16"/>
 				</graphic>
+				<tooltip>
+					<Tooltip text="%main.vaultlist.showPreferencesButton.tooltip"/>
+				</tooltip>
 			</Button>
 		</HBox>
 	</VBox>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/i18n/strings.properties b/src/main/resources/i18n/strings.properties
index 66f473248..a0b287cec 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/i18n/strings.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/i18n/strings.properties
@@ -400,7 +400,9 @@ main.vaultlist.contextMenu.share=Share…
 main.vaultlist.addVaultBtn.menuItemNew=Create New Vault…
 main.vaultlist.addVaultBtn.menuItemExisting=Open Existing Vault…
 main.vaultlist.addVaultBtn.menuItemRecover=Recover Existing Vault…
-main.vaultlist.showEventsButton.tooltip=Open event view
+main.vaultlist.addVaultButton.tooltip=Add Vault
+main.vaultlist.showEventsButton.tooltip=Open Event View
+main.vaultlist.showPreferencesButton.tooltip=Show Preferences
 ##Notificaition
 main.notification.updateAvailable=Update is available.
 main.notification.support=Support Cryptomator.