diff --git a/client/js/dpaste.js b/client/js/dpaste.js
index 5c656ea..f03d890 100644
--- a/client/js/dpaste.js
+++ b/client/js/dpaste.js
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ if (wordwrapCheckbox && snippetDiv) {
   wordwrapCheckbox.onchange = toggleWordwrap;
 }
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Right-To-Left
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const rtlCheckbox = document.getElementById('id_rtl');
+const snippetArea = document.getElementById('id_content');
+
+function toggleRTL() {
+  if (rtlCheckbox.checked) {
+    snippetArea.dir = 'rtl';
+  } else {
+    snippetArea.dir = '';
+  }
+}
+
+if (rtlCheckbox && snippetArea) {
+  toggleRTL();
+  rtlCheckbox.onchange = toggleRTL;
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Line Highlighting
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/client/scss/components/_form.scss b/client/scss/components/_form.scss
index 4eebbab..cf40fc1 100644
--- a/client/scss/components/_form.scss
+++ b/client/scss/components/_form.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@
 .snippet-form {
   background-color: $bgColor;
 
-  label { display: none; }
+  label {
+    display: none;
+    font-size: 13px;
+  }
+
+  .options-rtl label {
+    display: inline;
+  }
 
   select {
     -moz-appearance: none;
diff --git a/dpaste/forms.py b/dpaste/forms.py
index 4091a0b..a88fe5c 100644
--- a/dpaste/forms.py
+++ b/dpaste/forms.py
@@ -20,24 +20,37 @@ def get_expire_values(expires):
     else:
         expire_type = Snippet.EXPIRE_TIME
         expires = expires and expires or config.EXPIRE_DEFAULT
-        expires = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(expires))
+        expires = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(
+            seconds=int(expires)
+        )
     return expires, expire_type
 
 
 class SnippetForm(forms.ModelForm):
     content = forms.CharField(
         label=_('Content'),
-        widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'placeholder': _('Awesome code goes here...')}),
+        widget=forms.Textarea(
+            attrs={'placeholder': _('Awesome code goes here...')}
+        ),
         max_length=config.MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH,
         strip=False,
     )
 
     lexer = forms.ChoiceField(
-        label=_('Lexer'), initial=LEXER_DEFAULT, choices=LEXER_CHOICES
+        label=_('Lexer'),
+        initial=LEXER_DEFAULT,
+        choices=LEXER_CHOICES
     )
 
     expires = forms.ChoiceField(
-        label=_('Expires'), choices=config.EXPIRE_CHOICES, initial=config.EXPIRE_DEFAULT
+        label=_('Expires'),
+        choices=config.EXPIRE_CHOICES,
+        initial=config.EXPIRE_DEFAULT,
+    )
+
+    rtl = forms.BooleanField(
+        label=_('Right to Left'),
+        required=False
     )
 
     # Honeypot field
@@ -49,7 +62,7 @@ class SnippetForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Snippet
-        fields = ('content', 'lexer')
+        fields = ('content', 'lexer', 'rtl')
 
     def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         super(SnippetForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/dpaste/highlight.py b/dpaste/highlight.py
index 4e7a2b7..386b116 100644
--- a/dpaste/highlight.py
+++ b/dpaste/highlight.py
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ class Highlighter(object):
                 return l[1]
         return fallback
 
-    def render(self, code_string, lexer_name, **kwargs):
+    def render(self, code_string, lexer_name, direction=None, **kwargs):
         highlighted_string = self.highlight(code_string, lexer_name=lexer_name)
         context = {
             'highlighted': highlighted_string,
             'highlighted_splitted': highlighted_string.splitlines(),
             'lexer_name': lexer_name,
             'lexer_display_name': self.get_lexer_display_name(lexer_name),
+            'direction': direction,
         }
         context.update(kwargs)
         return render_to_string(self.template_name, context)
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ class MarkdownHighlighter(PlainTextHighlighter):
 
         return mark_safe(
             misaka.html(
-                code_string, extensions=self.extensions, render_flags=self.render_flags
+                code_string,
+                extensions=self.extensions,
+                render_flags=self.render_flags
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/dpaste/migrations/0007_snippet_rtl.py b/dpaste/migrations/0007_snippet_rtl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4e5299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpaste/migrations/0007_snippet_rtl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.1.1 on 2018-12-19 13:39
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('dpaste', '0006_auto_20180622_1051'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='snippet',
+            name='rtl',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name='Right-to-left'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/dpaste/models.py b/dpaste/models.py
index c27a716..b5f15e8 100644
--- a/dpaste/models.py
+++ b/dpaste/models.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ def generate_secret_id(length):
         )
 
     secret_id = ''.join(
-        [R.choice(config.SLUG_CHOICES) for i in range(length or config.SLUG_LENGTH)]
+        [
+            R.choice(config.SLUG_CHOICES)
+            for i in range(length or config.SLUG_LENGTH)
+        ]
     )
 
     # Check if this slug already exists, if not, return this new slug
@@ -51,13 +54,16 @@ class Snippet(models.Model):
         _('Secret ID'), max_length=255, blank=True, null=True, unique=True
     )
     content = models.TextField(_('Content'))
-    lexer = models.CharField(_('Lexer'), max_length=30, default=highlight.LEXER_DEFAULT)
+    lexer = models.CharField(
+        _('Lexer'), max_length=30, default=highlight.LEXER_DEFAULT
+    )
     published = models.DateTimeField(_('Published'), auto_now_add=True)
     expire_type = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
         _('Expire Type'), choices=EXPIRE_CHOICES, default=EXPIRE_CHOICES[0][0]
     )
     expires = models.DateTimeField(_('Expires'), blank=True, null=True)
     view_count = models.PositiveIntegerField(_('View count'), default=0)
+    rtl = models.BooleanField(_('Right-to-left'), default=False)
     parent = models.ForeignKey(
         'self',
         null=True,
@@ -80,11 +86,17 @@ class Snippet(models.Model):
         super(Snippet, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return reverse('snippet_details', kwargs={'snippet_id': self.secret_id})
+        return reverse(
+            'snippet_details', kwargs={'snippet_id': self.secret_id}
+        )
 
     def highlight(self):
         HighlighterClass = highlight.get_highlighter_class(self.lexer)
-        return HighlighterClass().render(self.content, self.lexer)
+        return HighlighterClass().render(
+            code_string=self.content,
+            lexer_name=self.lexer,
+            direction='rtl' if self.rtl else 'ltr',
+        )
 
     @property
     def lexer_name(self):
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/highlight/text.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/highlight/text.html
index 29fa987..db56b23 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/highlight/text.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/highlight/text.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="snippet-text">
-  <article>
+  <article dir="{{ direction }}">
     <div>{{ highlighted }}</div>
   </article>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/includes/form.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/includes/form.html
index fbb1bf5..2fb541b 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/includes/form.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/includes/form.html
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
       {{ form.expires }}
     </p>
 
+    <p class="options-rtl">
+      {{ form.rtl }}
+      <label for="{{ form.rtl.auto_id }}">
+        {% trans "Right-to-Left" %}
+        <small>[beta]</small>
+      </label>
+    </p>
+
     <p class="action">
       <button class="btn" type="submit">
         {% trans "Paste Snippet" %}
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index b036f5a..c2ec679 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class SnippetView(FormView):
     """
     Create a new snippet.
     """
-
     form_class = SnippetForm
     template_name = 'dpaste/new.html'
 
@@ -100,7 +99,11 @@ class SnippetDetailView(SnippetView, DetailView):
 
     def get_initial(self):
         snippet = self.get_object()
-        return {'content': snippet.content, 'lexer': snippet.lexer}
+        return {
+            'content': snippet.content,
+            'lexer': snippet.lexer,
+            'rtl': snippet.rtl,
+        }
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
         snippet = form.save(parent=self.get_object())
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7b565a..a28f370 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
     "postinstall": "npm run build",
     "start": "npm run build && pipenv run ./manage.py runserver",
     "docs": "pipenv run sphinx-build -c docs docs docs/_build/html",
-
     "build-css": "node-sass --output-style compressed -o build client/scss/dpaste.scss ",
     "build-js": "uglifyjs --compress=\"drop_console=true,ecma=6\" --mangle=\"toplevel\" --output=build/dpaste.js client/js/dpaste.js",
     "build": "npm run build-css && npm run build-js",
-
     "watch-css": "npm run build && node-sass --source-map true -o build/ --watch client/scss/dpaste.scss",
     "watch-docs": "pipenv run sphinx-autobuild -c docs docs docs/_build/html"
   },