diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
index b6338516266..35513741b9c 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextlayout.cpp
@@ -1143,10 +1143,17 @@ void QTextLayout::draw(QPainter *p, const QPointF &pos, const QList<FormatRange>
                 QRectF fullLineRect(tl.rect());
                 fullLineRect.translate(position);
                 fullLineRect.setRight(QFIXED_MAX);
-                if (!selectionEndInLine)
-                    region.addRect(clipIfValid(QRectF(lineRect.topRight(), fullLineRect.bottomRight()), clip));
-                if (!selectionStartInLine)
-                    region.addRect(clipIfValid(QRectF(fullLineRect.topLeft(), lineRect.bottomLeft()), clip));
+
+                const bool rightToLeft = d->isRightToLeft();
+
+                if (!selectionEndInLine) {
+                    region.addRect(clipIfValid(rightToLeft ? QRectF(fullLineRect.topLeft(), lineRect.bottomLeft())
+                                                           : QRectF(lineRect.topRight(), fullLineRect.bottomRight()), clip));
+                }
+                if (!selectionStartInLine) {
+                    region.addRect(clipIfValid(rightToLeft ? QRectF(lineRect.topRight(), fullLineRect.bottomRight())
+                                                           : QRectF(fullLineRect.topLeft(), lineRect.bottomLeft()), clip));
+                }
             } else if (!selectionEndInLine
                 && isLastLineInBlock
                 &&!(d->option.flags() & QTextOption::ShowLineAndParagraphSeparators)) {