diff --git a/instances/templates/create_instance_w2.html b/instances/templates/create_instance_w2.html
index 6e2342c5..6d1f3d0e 100644
--- a/instances/templates/create_instance_w2.html
+++ b/instances/templates/create_instance_w2.html
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
                             </select>
                         </div>
                         <div class="col-sm-4">
-                            <select class="form-select" id="image-control" name="image-control" multiple="multiple">
+                            <select class="form-select" id="image-control" name="image-control" multiple="multiple" aria-label="{% trans "Images" %}">
                                 <!-- populated from javascript -->
                             </select>
                         </div>
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
                             </template>
                             <input id="networks" type="hidden" name="networks" value=""/>
                             <input id="custom_mac" type="hidden" name="mac" value=""/>
-                            <select class="form-select" id="network-control" name="network-control" multiple="multiple">
+                            <select class="form-select" id="network-control" name="network-control" multiple="multiple" aria-label="{% trans "Networks" %}">
                                 {% for network in networks %}
                                     <option value="{{ network }}">{{ network }}</option>
                                 {% endfor %}
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
                                 </select>
                             </div>
                             <div class="col-sm-4">
-                                <select class="form-select{{ template_form.template|invalid }}" id="template" name="template" disabled
+                                <select class="form-select{{ template_form.template|invalid }}" id="template" name="template" disabled aria-label="{% trans "Template" %}"
                                         {% error_attrs template_form.template "template" %}>
                                     <!-- populated from javascript -->
                                 </select>
diff --git a/instances/tests/test_create_page_js.py b/instances/tests/test_create_page_js.py
index b432d6e2..35f0d678 100644
--- a/instances/tests/test_create_page_js.py
+++ b/instances/tests/test_create_page_js.py
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ console.log(JSON.stringify([field("#networks").value, field("#custom_mac").value
         self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
         return json.loads(result.stdout)
 
+    def test_the_selects_without_a_label_of_their_own_are_named(self):
+        # TomSelect points the label of a select it enhances at its own
+        # input; the template select sits beside the template pool's label
+        _, page = self.page()
+        page = html.fromstring(page)
+        for select in ("image-control", "network-control", "template"):
+            with self.subTest(select=select):
+                self.assertTrue(page.get_element_by_id(select).get("aria-label"))
+
     def test_a_mac_per_nic_fits_the_form(self):
         macs = ",".join(f"52:54:00:00:00:{n:02x}" for n in range(8))
         self.assertEqual(NewVMForm.base_fields["mac"].clean(macs), macs)