diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_calendar.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_calendar.scss
index e99b8a82e..a4f5b2d0a 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_calendar.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_calendar.scss
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@
     color: $fg_color;
     font-feature-settings: "tnum";
     @include fontsize($base_font_size);
-    text-align: right;
+
+    &:ltr { text-align: right; }
+    &:rtl { text-align: left; }
   }
 
   // timezone offset label
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
index 0b148bea9..06fdcf25a 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_login-dialog.scss
@@ -138,11 +138,10 @@
 .user-widget.horizontal .user-widget-label {
   @include fontsize($base_font_size + 2);
   font-weight: bold;
-  text-align: left;
   padding-left: 15px;
 
-  &:ltr { padding-left: 14px; }
-  &:rtl { padding-right: 14px; }
+  &:ltr { padding-left: 14px; text-align: left; }
+  &:rtl { padding-right: 14px; text-align: right; }
 }
 
 .user-widget.vertical .user-widget-label {
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_message-list.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_message-list.scss
index e6a4d92bc..45edb26b2 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_message-list.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_message-list.scss
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@
     > .event-time {
       color: transparentize($fg_color, 0.5);
       @include fontsize($base_font_size - 2);
-      text-align: right;
       /* HACK: the label should be baseline-aligned with a 1em label, fake this with some bottom padding */
       padding-bottom: 0.13em;
+
+      &:ltr { text-align: right };
+      &:rtl { text-align: left };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
index a693f1503..db9df9aa3 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ $popover_arrow_height: 12px;
 
 // container for radio and check boxes
 .popup-menu-ornament {
-  text-align: right;
   width: 1.2em;
+
+  &:ltr { text-align: right };
+  &:rtl { text-align: left };
 }
 
 // separator