diff --git a/src/guiengine/widgets/bubble_widget.cpp b/src/guiengine/widgets/bubble_widget.cpp
index 14289227e..dc8e09ec4 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/widgets/bubble_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/widgets/bubble_widget.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ void BubbleWidget::add()
     IGUIStaticText* irrwidget;
     irrwidget = GUIEngine::getGUIEnv()->addStaticText(message.c_str(), m_shrinked_size,
                                                       false, true /* word wrap */, m_parent, (m_focusable ? getNewID() : getNewNoFocusID()));
-        
+    
+#if IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || (IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_MINOR >= 8)
+    irrwidget->setRightToLeft( translations->isRTLLanguage() );
+#endif
+    
     // find expanded bubble size
     int text_height = irrwidget->getTextHeight();
 
diff --git a/src/guiengine/widgets/label_widget.cpp b/src/guiengine/widgets/label_widget.cpp
index c519e1128..03ca68fc4 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/widgets/label_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/widgets/label_widget.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "guiengine/engine.hpp"
 #include "guiengine/scalable_font.hpp"
 #include "guiengine/skin.hpp"
+#include "utils/translation.hpp"
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ void LabelWidget::add()
     irrwidget = GUIEngine::getGUIEnv()->addStaticText(message.c_str(), widget_size,
                                                       false, word_wrap, m_parent, -1);
     
+#if IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || (IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_MINOR >= 8)
+    irrwidget->setRightToLeft( translations->isRTLLanguage() );
+#endif
+    
     m_element = irrwidget;
     irrwidget->setTextAlignment( align, valign );