diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/rtl.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/rtl.scss
index eace234960c..a56ee853d37 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/rtl.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/rtl.scss
@@ -56,3 +56,10 @@
 .rtl .dashboard-right {
   float: left !important;
 }
+
+// This is for the support_mixed_text_direction setting
+.cooked ul[dir="ltr"], .d-editor-preview ul[dir="ltr"],
+.cooked ul[dir="rtl"], .d-editor-preview ul[dir="rtl"] {
+  padding-right: 40px;
+  padding-left: 40px;
+}