diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index b0477194c..819b15c34 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ dist_theme_DATA =				\
 	theme/calendar-today.svg		\
 	theme/close-window.svg			\
 	theme/close.svg				\
-	theme/corner-ripple.png			\
+	theme/corner-ripple-ltr.png		\
+	theme/corner-ripple-rtl.png		\
 	theme/dash-placeholder.svg		\
 	theme/filter-selected-ltr.svg		\
 	theme/filter-selected-rtl.svg		\
diff --git a/data/theme/corner-ripple.png b/data/theme/corner-ripple-ltr.png
similarity index 100%
rename from data/theme/corner-ripple.png
rename to data/theme/corner-ripple-ltr.png
diff --git a/data/theme/corner-ripple-rtl.png b/data/theme/corner-ripple-rtl.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26cf965f6
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/theme/corner-ripple-rtl.png differ
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index e26c16249..caaa5c425 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -1280,7 +1280,11 @@ StTooltip StLabel {
 .ripple-box {
     width: 52px;
     height: 52px;
-    background-image: url("corner-ripple.png");
+    background-image: url("corner-ripple-ltr.png");
+}
+
+.ripple-box:rtl {
+    background-image: url("corner-ripple-rtl.png");
 }
 
 .switcher-arrow {
diff --git a/js/ui/panel.js b/js/ui/panel.js
index 5ef212a93..8cbceb051 100644
--- a/js/ui/panel.js
+++ b/js/ui/panel.js
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@ HotCorner.prototype = {
                                         x: x,
                                         y: y });
         ripple._opacity =  startOpacity;
+        if (ripple.get_direction() == St.TextDirection.RTL)
+            ripple.set_anchor_point_from_gravity(Clutter.Gravity.NORTH_EAST);
         Tweener.addTween(ripple, { _opacity: finalOpacity,
                                    scale_x: finalScale,
                                    scale_y: finalScale,