diff --git a/pylib/anki/lang.py b/pylib/anki/lang.py
index af31e68ad..d83342f0a 100644
--- a/pylib/anki/lang.py
+++ b/pylib/anki/lang.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def get_def_lang(lang: str | None = None) -> tuple[int, str]:
 
 
 def is_rtl(lang: str) -> bool:
-    return lang in ("he", "ar", "fa")
+    return lang in ("he", "ar", "fa", "ug")
 
 
 # strip off unicode isolation markers from a translated string