diff --git a/components/button/lib/button.ts b/components/button/lib/button.ts
index d404447ec..71d479f1b 100644
--- a/components/button/lib/button.ts
+++ b/components/button/lib/button.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import '@material/mwc-icon/mwc-icon';
 import '../../focus/focus-ring';
 import '../../ripple/mwc-ripple';
 
-import {AriaHasPopup, ariaProperty} from '@material/mwc-base/aria-property';
 import {html, LitElement, TemplateResult} from 'lit';
 import {eventOptions, property, query, queryAssignedNodes, queryAsync, state} from 'lit/decorators';
 import {ClassInfo, classMap} from 'lit/directives/class-map';
 import {ifDefined} from 'lit/directives/if-defined';
 
+import {ariaProperty} from '../../decorators/aria-property';
 import {pointerPress, shouldShowStrongFocus} from '../../focus/strong-focus';
 import {Ripple} from '../../ripple/mwc-ripple';
 import {RippleHandlers} from '../../ripple/ripple-handlers';
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ export abstract class Button extends LitElement implements ButtonState {
   static override shadowRootOptions:
       ShadowRootInit = {mode: 'open', delegatesFocus: true};
 
-  /** @soyPrefixAttribute */
+  // TODO(b/210730484): replace with @soyParam annotation
+  @property({type: String, attribute: 'data-aria-has-popup', noAccessor: true})
   @ariaProperty
-  @property({type: String, attribute: 'aria-haspopup'})
-  override ariaHasPopup!: AriaHasPopup;
+  // TODO(b/210675600): change to shared type
+  override ariaHasPopup!: 'false'|'true'|'menu'|'listbox'|'tree'|'grid'|
+      'dialog';
 
   @property({type: Boolean, reflect: true}) disabled = false;
 
@@ -38,7 +40,10 @@ export abstract class Button extends LitElement implements ButtonState {
 
   @property({type: String}) label = '';
 
-  @property({type: String}) override ariaLabel!: string;
+  // TODO(b/210730484): replace with @soyParam annotation
+  @property({type: String, attribute: 'data-aria-label', noAccessor: true})
+  @ariaProperty
+  override ariaLabel!: string;
 
   @property({type: Boolean}) hasIcon = false;
 
@@ -176,6 +181,7 @@ export abstract class Button extends LitElement implements ButtonState {
     this.hasIcon = !!this.iconElement && this.iconElement.length > 0;
   }
 
+  // TODO(b/210731759): remove once internal tooling delegates focus
   override focus() {
     const buttonElement = this.buttonElement;
     if (buttonElement) {
@@ -183,6 +189,7 @@ export abstract class Button extends LitElement implements ButtonState {
     }
   }
 
+  // TODO(b/210731759): remove once internal tooling delegates focus
   override blur() {
     const buttonElement = this.buttonElement;
     if (buttonElement) {
diff --git a/components/button/lib/state.ts b/components/button/lib/state.ts
index ae9c1ce1f..5dfc56144 100644
--- a/components/button/lib/state.ts
+++ b/components/button/lib/state.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
 export interface ButtonState {
   disabled: boolean;
   label: string;
-  ariaLabel: string;
   trailingIcon: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/components/decorators/aria-property.ts b/components/decorators/aria-property.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffc218337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/decorators/aria-property.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {ReactiveElement} from 'lit';
+
+/**
+ * A property decorator that helps proxy an aria attribute to an internal node.
+ *
+ * This decorator is only intended for use with ARIAMixin properties,
+ * such as `ariaLabel`, to help with screen readers.
+ *
+ * This decorator will remove the host `aria-*` attribute at runtime and add it
+ * to a `data-aria-*` attribute to avoid screenreader conflicts between the
+ * host and internal node.
+ *
+ * `@ariaProperty` decorated properties should sync with LitElement to the
+ * `data-aria-*` attribute, not the native `aria-*` attribute.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * class MyElement extends LitElement {
+ *   \@ariaProperty
+ *   // TODO(b/210730484): replace with @soyParam annotation
+ *   \@property({ type: String, attribute: 'data-aria-label', noAccessor: true})
+ *   ariaLabel!: string;
+ * }
+ * ```
+ * @category Decorator
+ * @ExportDecoratedItems
+ */
+export function ariaProperty(
+    prototype: ReactiveElement, property: keyof ARIAMixin) {
+  // Replace the ARIAMixin property with data-* attribute syncing instead of
+  // using the native aria-* attribute reflection. This preserves the attribute
+  // for SSR and avoids screenreader conflicts after delegating the attribute
+  // to a child node.
+  Object.defineProperty(prototype, property, {
+    configurable: true,
+    enumerable: true,
+    get(this: ReactiveElement) {
+      return this.dataset[property] ?? '';
+    },
+    set(this: ReactiveElement, value: unknown) {
+      // Coerce non-string values to a string
+      const strValue = String(value ?? '');
+      const oldValue = this.dataset[property];
+      if (strValue === oldValue) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (strValue) {
+        this.dataset[property] = strValue;
+      } else {
+        delete this.dataset[property];
+      }
+
+      this.requestUpdate(property, oldValue);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Define an internal property that syncs from the `aria-*` attribute with lit
+  // and delegates to the real ARIAMixin property, which renders an update.
+  // This property will immediately remove the `aria-*` attribute, which doesn't
+  // work well with SSR (which is why there's a separate synced property).
+  const internalAriaProperty = Symbol(property);
+  // "ariaLabel" -> "aria-label" / "ariaLabelledBy" -> "aria-labelledby"
+  const ariaAttribute = property.replace('aria', 'aria-').toLowerCase();
+  const constructor = (prototype.constructor as typeof ReactiveElement);
+  let removingAttribute = false;
+  Object.defineProperty(prototype, internalAriaProperty, {
+    get(this: ReactiveElement) {
+      // tslint is failing here, but the types are correct (ARIAMixin
+      // properties do not obfuscate with closure)
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-dict-access-on-struct-type
+      return this[property];
+    },
+    set(this: ReactiveElement, value: string) {
+      if (removingAttribute) {
+        // Ignore this update, which is triggered below
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Set the ARIAMixin property, which will sync the `data-*` attribute
+      // and trigger rendering if the value changed.
+      // tslint is failing here, but the types are correct (ARIAMixin
+      // properties do not obfuscate with closure)
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-dict-access-on-struct-type
+      this[property] = value;
+      // Remove the `aria-*` attribute, which will call this setter again with
+      // the incorrect value. Ignore these updates.
+      removingAttribute = true;
+      this.removeAttribute(ariaAttribute);
+      removingAttribute = false;
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Tell lit to observe the `aria-*` attribute and set the internal property,
+  // which acts as a "aria-* attribute changed" observer.
+  constructor.createProperty(internalAriaProperty, {
+    attribute: ariaAttribute,
+    noAccessor: true,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/components/decorators/test/aria-property.test.ts b/components/decorators/test/aria-property.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a25d81b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/decorators/test/aria-property.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import 'jasmine';
+
+import {html, LitElement} from 'lit';
+import {customElement, property, query} from 'lit/decorators';
+import {ifDefined} from 'lit/directives/if-defined';
+
+import {Environment} from '../../testing/environment';
+import {ariaProperty} from '../aria-property';
+
+describe('@ariaProperty', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  @customElement('my-element')
+  class MyElement extends LitElement {
+    // TODO(b/210730484): replace with @soyParam annotation
+    @property({type: String, attribute: 'data-aria-label', noAccessor: true})
+    @ariaProperty
+    override ariaLabel!: string;
+
+    @query('.root') labelledElement!: HTMLElement;
+
+    override render() {
+      return html`<div class="root"
+        aria-label=${ifDefined(this.ariaLabel)}></div>`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  let element: MyElement;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    const root = env.render(html`<my-element></my-element>`);
+    await env.waitForStability();
+    element = root.querySelector('my-element') as MyElement;
+  });
+
+  it('should set `ariaX` from `data-*` attribute', () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.setAttribute('data-aria-label', value);
+    expect(element.ariaLabel).toBe(value);
+  });
+
+  it('should set `data-*` attribute from `ariaX`', () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.ariaLabel = value;
+    expect(element.getAttribute('data-aria-label')).toBe(value);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove `data-*` attribute when set to an empty string',
+     async () => {
+       element.ariaLabel = 'Aria label';
+       element.ariaLabel = '';
+       expect(element.hasAttribute('data-aria-label'))
+           .withContext('should not have data-aria-label attribute')
+           .toBeFalse();
+     });
+
+  it('should set `ariaX` from `aria-*` attribute', () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.setAttribute('aria-label', value);
+    expect(element.ariaLabel).toBe(value);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove `aria-*` attribute when set and keep `ariaX` value', () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.setAttribute('aria-label', value);
+    expect(element.hasAttribute('aria-label'))
+        .withContext('should not have aria-label attribute')
+        .toBeFalse();
+    expect(element.ariaLabel).toBe(value);
+  });
+
+  it('should delegate to rendered elements after updateComplete', async () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.ariaLabel = value;
+    await element.updateComplete;
+    expect(element.labelledElement.getAttribute('aria-label')).toBe(value);
+  });
+
+  it('`ariaX` should coerce non-string values to strings', () => {
+    (element as any).ariaLabel = null;
+    expect(element.ariaLabel).withContext('null should coerce to ""').toBe('');
+
+    (element as any).ariaLabel = undefined;
+    expect(element.ariaLabel)
+        .withContext('undefined should coerce to ""')
+        .toBe('');
+
+    (element as any).ariaLabel = 42;
+    expect(element.ariaLabel)
+        .withContext('number should coerce to string')
+        .toBe('42');
+
+    (element as any).ariaLabel = true;
+    expect(element.ariaLabel)
+        .withContext('boolean should coerce to string')
+        .toBe('true');
+  });
+
+  it('should not request an update if the value stays the same', async () => {
+    const value = 'Aria label';
+    element.ariaLabel = value;
+    await element.updateComplete;
+    element.ariaLabel = value;
+    expect(element.isUpdatePending)
+        .withContext('there should not be an update pending')
+        .toBeFalse();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/switch/lib/switch.ts b/components/switch/lib/switch.ts
index 66a5205c1..579da8cf7 100644
--- a/components/switch/lib/switch.ts
+++ b/components/switch/lib/switch.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import '@material/mwc-ripple/mwc-ripple';
 
-import {ariaProperty} from '@material/mwc-base/aria-property';
+import {ariaProperty as legacyAriaProperty} from '@material/mwc-base/aria-property';
 import {FormElement} from '@material/mwc-base/form-element';
 import {Ripple} from '@material/mwc-ripple/mwc-ripple';
 import {RippleHandlers} from '@material/mwc-ripple/ripple-handlers';
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {eventOptions, property, query, queryAsync, state} from 'lit/decorators';
 import {ClassInfo, classMap} from 'lit/directives/class-map';
 import {ifDefined} from 'lit/directives/if-defined';
 
+import {ariaProperty} from '../../decorators/aria-property';
+
 import {MDCSwitchFoundation} from './foundation';
 import {MDCSwitchAdapter, MDCSwitchState} from './state';
 
@@ -26,13 +28,14 @@ export class Switch extends FormElement implements MDCSwitchState {
   @property({type: Boolean}) selected = false;
 
   // Aria
-  /** @soyPrefixAttribute */
   @ariaProperty
-  @property({type: String, attribute: 'aria-label'})
-  override ariaLabel = '';
+  // TODO(b/210730484): replace with @soyParam annotation
+  @property({type: String, attribute: 'data-aria-label', noAccessor: true})
+  override ariaLabel!: string;
 
+  // TODO: Add support in @ariaProperty for idref aria attributes
   /** @soyPrefixAttribute */
-  @ariaProperty
+  @legacyAriaProperty
   @property({type: String, attribute: 'aria-labelledby'})
   ariaLabelledBy = '';
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ export class Switch extends FormElement implements MDCSwitchState {
         class="mdc-switch ${classMap(this.getRenderClasses())}"
         role="switch"
         aria-checked="${this.selected}"
-        aria-label="${ifDefined(this.ariaLabel || undefined)}"
+        aria-label="${ifDefined(this.ariaLabel)}"
         aria-labelledby="${ifDefined(this.ariaLabelledBy || undefined)}"
         .disabled=${this.disabled}
         @click=${this.handleClick}
diff --git a/components/testing/environment.ts b/components/testing/environment.ts
index a4a97c44d..549e51800 100644
--- a/components/testing/environment.ts
+++ b/components/testing/environment.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ export class Environment {
    * Render a Lit template in the environment's root container.
    *
    * @param template a Lit `TemplateResult` to render.
+   * @return The root container the template was rendered to.
    */
   render(template: TemplateResult) {
-    litRender(template, this.createNewRoot());
+    const root = this.createNewRoot();
+    litRender(template, root);
+    return root;
   }
 
   /**