diff --git a/screen_ui.cpp b/screen_ui.cpp
index 64a5dcd..ab7546d 100644
--- a/screen_ui.cpp
+++ b/screen_ui.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@
         if (strcmp(lang, "ar") == 0 ||   // Arabic
             strcmp(lang, "fa") == 0 ||   // Persian (Farsi)
             strcmp(lang, "he") == 0 ||   // Hebrew (new language code)
-            strcmp(lang, "iw") == 0) {   // Hebrew (old language code)
+            strcmp(lang, "iw") == 0 ||   // Hebrew (old language code)
+            strcmp(lang, "ur") == 0) {   // Urdu
             rtl_locale = true;
         }
         free(lang);