diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5a982c81e..8c442f5be 100755
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         android:fullBackupContent="@xml/backup_scheme"
         android:hasFragileUserData="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+        android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:largeHeap="true"
         android:localeConfig="@xml/locales_config"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
index 89ed1128a..ca8bb65aa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class ReaderActivity : EhActivity() {
         binding.actionReadingMode.setImageResource(viewerMode.iconRes)
         viewer?.destroy()
         viewer = ReadingModeType.toViewer(readerPreferences.defaultReadingMode().get(), this)
+        binding.pageSlider.isRTL = viewer is R2LPagerViewer
         updateViewerInset(readerPreferences.fullscreen().get())
         binding.viewerContainer.removeAllViews()
         setOrientation(readerPreferences.defaultOrientationType().get())