diff --git a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/ia2/browser_text.js b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/ia2/browser_text.js
index fa41cf38aec0..550b559572d4 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/ia2/browser_text.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/ia2/browser_text.js
@@ -97,3 +97,37 @@ addAccessibleTask(``, async function testAddressBarTextModel() {
   const attrs = await runPython(`urlBar.attributes`);
   ok(attrs.includes("text-model:a1;"), "Address bar includes text-model:a1");
 });
+
+/**
+ * Test that HyperTextAccessible isn't used for XUL box/hbox/vbox elements;
+ * e.g. the address bar's action buttons. See bug 2069276.
+ */
+addAccessibleTask(``, async function testXulBoxNoTextInterface() {
+  info("Focusing address bar");
+  let focused = waitForEvent(EVENT_FOCUS, "urlbar-input");
+  gURLBar.inputField.focus();
+  await focused;
+
+  info("Tabbing to address bar action button");
+  focused = waitForEvent(
+    EVENT_FOCUS,
+    evt =>
+      evt.accessible.DOMNode.tagName == "hbox" &&
+      evt.accessible.DOMNode.role == "button"
+  );
+  EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_Tab");
+  await focused;
+  ok(true, "Address bar action button got focus");
+
+  const hasTextInterface = await runPython(`
+    try:
+      toIa2(getDocIa2().accFocus).QueryInterface(IAccessibleText)
+      return True
+    except COMError:
+      return False
+  `);
+  ok(
+    !hasTextInterface,
+    "Address bar action button does not support IAccessibleText"
+  );
+});
diff --git a/accessible/windows/msaa/MsaaAccessible.cpp b/accessible/windows/msaa/MsaaAccessible.cpp
index 832c1591f1eb..3582dc88db83 100644
--- a/accessible/windows/msaa/MsaaAccessible.cpp
+++ b/accessible/windows/msaa/MsaaAccessible.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,19 @@ MsaaAccessible* MsaaAccessible::Create(Accessible* aAcc) {
     return new ia2AccessibleImage(aAcc);
   }
   if (LocalAccessible* localAcc = aAcc->AsLocal()) {
-    if (localAcc->GetContent() &&
-        localAcc->GetContent()->IsXULElement(nsGkAtoms::menuitem)) {
-      return new MsaaXULMenuitemAccessible(aAcc);
+    if (nsIContent* content = localAcc->GetContent()) {
+      if (content->IsXULElement(nsGkAtoms::menuitem)) {
+        return new MsaaXULMenuitemAccessible(aAcc);
+      }
+      if (content->IsXULElement(nsGkAtoms::box) ||
+          content->IsXULElement(nsGkAtoms::hbox)) {
+        // Bug 2069276: Exposing text interfaces for XUL boxes causes problems
+        // for some clients; e.g. NVDA mouse tracking on address bar action
+        // buttons. Generally, XUL is more like desktop UI anyway, which usually
+        // doesn't expose text interfaces for buttons. Therefore, don't use
+        // ia2AccessibleHypertext for these.
+        return new MsaaAccessible(aAcc);
+      }
     }
   }
   if (aAcc->IsHyperText()) {