diff --git a/extension/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/common/locales-config.xml b/extension/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/common/locales-config.xml
index 42099ce256..1cdc4f4b52 100644
--- a/extension/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/common/locales-config.xml
+++ b/extension/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/conf/common/locales-config.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     <output-encoding>UTF-8</output-encoding>
     <input-encoding>UTF-8</input-encoding>
     <description>Default configuration for the arabe locale</description>
+    <orientation>rt</orientation>
   </locale-config> 
 
   <locale-config>