diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
index 785b09e622f..77b7d901f9a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
   color: $gl-text-color;
   word-wrap: break-word;
 
+  [dir="auto"] {
+    text-align: initial;
+  }
+
   a {
     color: $md-link-color;
   }
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/12892-reset-css-text-align-to-initial-for-rtl.md b/changelogs/unreleased/12892-reset-css-text-align-to-initial-for-rtl.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87e95240bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/12892-reset-css-text-align-to-initial-for-rtl.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: "reset text-align to initial to let elements with dir="auto" align texts to right in RTL languages ( default is left )"
+merge_request: 12892
+author: goshhob