diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qsplashscreen.cpp b/src/widgets/widgets/qsplashscreen.cpp
index 468fc272b5b..44b9f7d9a16 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qsplashscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qsplashscreen.cpp
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ bool QSplashScreen::event(QEvent *e)
     if (e->type() == QEvent::Paint) {
         Q_D(QSplashScreen);
         QPainter painter(this);
+        painter.setLayoutDirection(layoutDirection());
         if (!d->pixmap.isNull())
             painter.drawPixmap(QPoint(), d->pixmap);
         drawContents(&painter);