diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1ae0ace285..a1ad0c58c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-02-21  Tom Hacohen (TAsn)
+
+        * Evas text: Fixed bug with the text object direction detection.
+
+	size_range.
 2013-02-21  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
 
         * Add ecore_x_dnd_self_begin() and ecore_x_dnd_self_drop() to
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 67913fbfa1..a9bf4ed1d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -177,4 +177,5 @@ Fixes:
     * Evas: Fix Evas_Object_Text when LTR and RTL are used in the same paragraph.
     * Properly report file not found in Edje.
     * Fix ecore-x edid fetch to ftech 128, not 100 bytes.
+    * Evas text: Fixed bug with the text object direction detection.
     
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_text.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_text.c
index 4e619205d5..98b3ac46d6 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_text.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_text.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct _Evas_Object_Text
       Evas_Object_Text_Item    *ellipsis_end;
    } last_computed;
 
+   Evas_BiDi_Direction         bidi_dir : 2;
    char                        changed : 1;
 };
 
@@ -700,11 +701,20 @@ _evas_object_text_layout(Evas_Object *eo_obj, Evas_Object_Text *o, Eina_Unicode
 
    if (o->items) _evas_object_text_items_clean(obj, o);
 
+   if (text && *text)
+      o->bidi_dir = EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_LTR;
+   else
+      o->bidi_dir = EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL;
+
 #ifdef BIDI_SUPPORT
    if (o->bidi_delimiters)
       segment_idxs = evas_bidi_segment_idxs_get(text, o->bidi_delimiters);
    evas_bidi_paragraph_props_unref(o->bidi_par_props);
    o->bidi_par_props = evas_bidi_paragraph_props_get(text, len, segment_idxs);
+
+   if (o->bidi_par_props)
+      o->bidi_dir = EVAS_BIDI_PAR_TYPE_TO_DIRECTION(o->bidi_par_props->direction);
+
    evas_bidi_props_reorder_line(NULL, 0, len, o->bidi_par_props, &v_to_l);
    if (segment_idxs) free(segment_idxs);
 #endif
@@ -1098,7 +1108,7 @@ _text_direction_get(Eo *eo_obj EINA_UNUSED, void *_pd, va_list *list)
 {
    Evas_BiDi_Direction *bidi_dir = va_arg(*list, Evas_BiDi_Direction *);
    const Evas_Object_Text *o = _pd;
-   *bidi_dir = o->items ? o->items->text_props.bidi_dir : EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL;
+   *bidi_dir = o->bidi_dir;
 }
 
 EAPI Evas_Coord
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
index ff2f41a641..37a4e65964 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.h
@@ -90,12 +90,36 @@ struct _Evas_BiDi_Props
 #define EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WLTR    FRIBIDI_PAR_WLTR
 #define EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WRTL    FRIBIDI_PAR_WRTL
 
-#define EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_DIRECTION_IS_RTL(x)       \
-   (((x) &&                                \
-     ((x->direction == EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_RTL) ||   \
-      (x->direction == EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WRTL))) ?   \
+#define EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_IS_RTL(x)       \
+   ((((x) == EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_RTL) ||   \
+     ((x) == EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WRTL)) ?   \
     EINA_TRUE : EINA_FALSE)
 
+#define EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_DIRECTION_IS_RTL(x)       \
+   ((x) && EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_IS_RTL((x)->direction))
+
+#define EVAS_BIDI_PAR_TYPE_TO_DIRECTION(x) \
+   _evas_bidi_par_type_to_direction(x)
+
+static inline Evas_BiDi_Direction
+_evas_bidi_par_type_to_direction(EvasBiDiParType par_type)
+{
+   switch (par_type)
+     {
+      case EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_LTR:
+      case EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WLTR:
+         return EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_LTR;
+         break;
+      case EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_RTL:
+      case EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_WRTL:
+         return EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_RTL;
+         break;
+      case EVAS_BIDI_PARAGRAPH_NEUTRAL:
+      default:
+         return EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL;
+         break;
+     }
+}
 
 # define evas_bidi_position_visual_to_logical(list, position) \
                 (list) ? list[position] : position;
diff --git a/src/tests/evas/evas_test_text.c b/src/tests/evas/evas_test_text.c
index 2d1b46bedc..b94ff256e7 100644
--- a/src/tests/evas/evas_test_text.c
+++ b/src/tests/evas/evas_test_text.c
@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ START_TEST(evas_text_set_get)
    evas_object_text_text_set(to, "");
    fail_if(evas_object_text_direction_get(to) != EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_NEUTRAL);
 
+   /* LTR paragraphs */
+   evas_object_text_text_set(to, "Test נסיון");
+   fail_if(evas_object_text_direction_get(to) != EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_LTR);
+
+   /* RTL paragraphs */
+   evas_object_text_text_set(to, "נסיון test");
+   fail_if(evas_object_text_direction_get(to) != EVAS_BIDI_DIRECTION_RTL);
+
    END_TEXT_TEST();
 }
 END_TEST