diff --git a/Mastodon/Diffiable/Section/Status/StatusSection.swift b/Mastodon/Diffiable/Section/Status/StatusSection.swift
index fe95c4c7..68242292 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Diffiable/Section/Status/StatusSection.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Diffiable/Section/Status/StatusSection.swift
@@ -720,6 +720,15 @@ extension StatusSection {
         statusItemAttribute: Item.StatusAttribute
     ) {
         // set content
+        let paragraphStyle = cell.statusView.contentMetaText.paragraphStyle
+        if let language = (status.reblog ?? status).language {
+            let direction = Locale.characterDirection(forLanguage: language)
+            paragraphStyle.alignment = direction == .rightToLeft ? .right : .left
+        } else {
+            paragraphStyle.alignment = .natural
+        }
+        cell.statusView.contentMetaText.paragraphStyle = paragraphStyle
+        
         if let content = content {
             cell.statusView.contentMetaText.configure(content: content)
             cell.statusView.contentMetaText.textView.accessibilityLabel = content.trimmed
diff --git a/Mastodon/Scene/Share/View/Content/StatusView.swift b/Mastodon/Scene/Share/View/Content/StatusView.swift
index 7afabd3a..9a6907d1 100644
--- a/Mastodon/Scene/Share/View/Content/StatusView.swift
+++ b/Mastodon/Scene/Share/View/Content/StatusView.swift
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ final class StatusView: UIView {
             let style = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
             style.lineSpacing = 5
             style.paragraphSpacing = 8
+            style.alignment = .natural
             return style
         }()
         metaText.textAttributes = [