diff --git a/assets/sass/book.scss b/assets/sass/book.scss
index 8f9f926c6a..6a1af2bb1b 100644
--- a/assets/sass/book.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/book.scss
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ ol.book-toc {
   margin: -20px 40px 0 40px;
 }
 
+#content[dir="rtl"] .book-wrapper {
+  float: left;
+}
+
 @media (min-width: $mobile-m) {
   .book-toc {
     width: 60%
diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 721d1e636b..e83e4554be 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ <h1>Redirecting&hellip;</h1>
     <div class="inner">
       <div id="content-wrapper">
         {{ partial "sidebar.html" . }}
-        <div id="content">
+        <div id="content"{{ if eq "fa" .Params.book.language_code }} dir="rtl"{{ end }}>
           {{ if isset .Params.book "front_page" }}
             {{ partial "book-front-page.html" . }}
           {{ else }}