diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b43e680de9..f27fc70ecf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-08-27  Tom Hacohen
+
+	* Evas bidi: Fixed a bug causing BiDi not to work in some cases.
+
 2013-08-20  David Seikel (onefang)
 
 	* Edje Lua: Check for both Lua 5.1 and 5.2.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e1d3418c05..e4fa3d0f39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ Fixes:
      - Fix infinite loop if app use ecore evas image
      - Fix a long-standing off-by-1 in the C "simd" multiplier.
      - Skip the map rendering if all points are transparent.
+     - Evas bidi: Fixed a bug causing BiDi not to work in some cases.
     * Ecore:
      - Don't leak fd on exec.
      - Fix fd handler increase issue when ecore_pipe_add/del is called repeatedly.
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
index afadcf2ca7..b421a3aa7d 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ evas_bidi_is_rtl_str(const Eina_Unicode *str)
    for ( ; *str ; str++)
      {
         type = fribidi_get_bidi_type((FriBidiChar) *str);
-        if (FRIBIDI_IS_LETTER(type) && FRIBIDI_IS_RTL(type))
+        if (FRIBIDI_IS_RTL(type))
           {
              return EINA_TRUE;
           }