diff --git a/data/default.css b/data/default.css
index 819219a..4a03e08 100644
--- a/data/default.css
+++ b/data/default.css
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  * Font family can be any font installed, or a generic family name (Serif, Sans-Serif, Monospace, Cursive, Fantasy).
  * Font weight and font style : no upper case when string.
  *
+ * text-align: left or right.
+ *
  */
 
 .draw-on-your-screen {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
     font-family: Cantarell;
     font-weight: normal;
     font-style: normal;
+    text-align: left;
 }
 
 /* Palette */
diff --git a/draw.js b/draw.js
index d75088f..a926fd6 100644
--- a/draw.js
+++ b/draw.js
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ const CAIRO_DEBUG_EXTENDS = false;
 const SVG_DEBUG_EXTENDS = false;
 const SVG_DEBUG_SUPERPOSES_CAIRO = false;
 const TEXT_CURSOR_TIME = 600; // ms
-const ENABLE_RTL = false;
 
 const ICON_DIR = Me.dir.get_child('data').get_child('icons');
 const COLOR_ICON_PATH = ICON_DIR.get_child('color-symbolic.svg').get_path();
@@ -227,6 +226,7 @@ var DrawingArea = new Lang.Class({
             this.newThemeAttributes.FontStyle = font.get_style();
             this.newThemeAttributes.FontStretch = font.get_stretch();
             this.newThemeAttributes.FontVariant = font.get_variant();
+            this.newThemeAttributes.TextRightAligned = themeNode.get_text_align() == St.TextAlign.RIGHT;
             this.newThemeAttributes.LineWidth = themeNode.get_length('-drawing-line-width');
             this.newThemeAttributes.LineJoin = themeNode.get_double('-drawing-line-join');
             this.newThemeAttributes.LineCap = themeNode.get_double('-drawing-line-cap');
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ var DrawingArea = new Lang.Class({
                 stretch: this.currentFontStretch,
                 variant: this.currentFontVariant };
             this.currentElement.text = _("Text");
-            this.currentElement.rtl = ENABLE_RTL && this.get_text_direction() == Clutter.TextDirection.RTL;
+            this.currentElement.textRightAligned = this.currentTextRightAligned;
         }
         
         this.currentElement.startDrawing(startX, startY);
@@ -932,6 +932,15 @@ var DrawingArea = new Lang.Class({
         this.emit('show-osd', null, `<span font_family="${currentFontFamily}">${_(currentFontFamily)}</span>`, "", -1);
     },
     
+    toggleTextAlignment: function() {
+        this.currentTextRightAligned = !this.currentTextRightAligned;
+        if (this.currentElement && this.currentElement.textRightAligned !== undefined) {
+            this.currentElement.textRightAligned = this.currentTextRightAligned;
+            this._redisplay();
+        }
+        this.emit('show-osd', null, this.currentTextRightAligned ? _("Right aligned") : _("Left aligned"), "", -1);
+    },
+    
     toggleHelp: function() {
         if (this.helper.visible) {
             this.helper.hideHelp();
@@ -1224,8 +1233,6 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
         if (params.transformations === undefined)
             this.transformations = [];
         if (params.shape == Shapes.TEXT) {
-            if (params.rtl === undefined)
-                this.rtl = false;
             if (params.font && params.font.weight === 0)
                 this.font.weight = 400;
             if (params.font && params.font.weight === 1)
@@ -1258,7 +1265,7 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
             transformations: this.transformations,
             text: this.text,
             lineIndex: this.lineIndex !== undefined ? this.lineIndex : undefined,
-            rtl: this.rtl,
+            textRightAligned: this.textRightAligned,
             font: this.font,
             points: this.points.map((point) => [Math.round(point[0]*100)/100, Math.round(point[1]*100)/100])
         };
@@ -1384,7 +1391,7 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
             layout.set_font_description(fontDescription);
             layout.set_text(this.text, -1);
             this.textWidth = layout.get_pixel_size()[0];
-            cr.moveTo(points[1][0] - (this.rtl ? this.textWidth : 0), Math.max(points[0][1],points[1][1]) - layout.get_baseline() / Pango.SCALE);
+            cr.moveTo(points[1][0] - (this.textRightAligned ? this.textWidth : 0), Math.max(points[0][1],points[1][1]) - layout.get_baseline() / Pango.SCALE);
             layout.set_text(this.text, -1);
             PangoCairo.show_layout(cr, layout);
             
@@ -1392,13 +1399,13 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
                 let cursorPosition = this.cursorPosition == -1 ? this.text.length : this.cursorPosition;
                 layout.set_text(this.text.slice(0, cursorPosition), -1);
                 let width = layout.get_pixel_size()[0];
-                cr.rectangle(points[1][0] - (this.rtl ? this.textWidth : 0) + width, Math.max(points[0][1],points[1][1]),
+                cr.rectangle(points[1][0] - (this.textRightAligned ? this.textWidth : 0) + width, Math.max(points[0][1],points[1][1]),
                              Math.abs(points[1][1] - points[0][1]) / 25, - Math.abs(points[1][1] - points[0][1]));
                 cr.fill();
             }
             
             if (params.showTextRectangle || params.drawTextRectangle) {
-                cr.rectangle(points[1][0] - (this.rtl ? this.textWidth : 0), Math.max(points[0][1], points[1][1]),
+                cr.rectangle(points[1][0] - (this.textRightAligned ? this.textWidth : 0), Math.max(points[0][1], points[1][1]),
                              this.textWidth, - Math.abs(points[1][1] - points[0][1]));
                 if (params.showTextRectangle)
                     setDummyStroke(cr);
@@ -1541,7 +1548,8 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
             if (this.font.variant && FontVariantNames[this.font.variant])
                 attributes += ` font-variant="${FontVariantNames[this.font.variant].toLowerCase()}"`;
             
-            row += `<text ${attributes} x="${points[1][0] - this.rtl * this.textWidth}" `;
+            // this.textWidth is computed during Cairo building.
+            row += `<text ${attributes} x="${points[1][0] - (this.textRightAligned ? this.textWidth : 0)}" `;
             row += `y="${Math.max(points[0][1], points[1][1])}"${transAttribute}>${this.text}</text>`;
         }
         
@@ -1747,6 +1755,7 @@ const DrawingElement = new Lang.Class({
     },
     
     // The figure rotation center before transformations (original).
+    // this.textWidth is computed during Cairo building.
     _getOriginalCenter: function() {
         if (!this._originalCenter) {
             let points = this.points;
@@ -2169,8 +2178,10 @@ const DrawingMenu = new Lang.Class({
         this._addSubMenuItem(fontSection, 'font-x-generic-symbolic', FontGenericNamesCopy, this.area, 'currentFontGeneric');
         this._addSubMenuItem(fontSection, 'format-text-bold-symbolic', FontWeightNames, this.area, 'currentFontWeight');
         this._addSubMenuItem(fontSection, 'format-text-italic-symbolic', FontStyleNames, this.area, 'currentFontStyle');
+        this._addSwitchItem(fontSection, _("Right aligned"), 'format-justify-left-symbolic', 'format-justify-right-symbolic', this.area, 'currentTextRightAligned');
         this._addSeparator(fontSection);
         this.menu.addMenuItem(fontSection);
+        fontSection.itemActivated = () => {};
         this.fontSection = fontSection;
         
         let manager = Extension.manager;
@@ -2215,11 +2226,19 @@ const DrawingMenu = new Lang.Class({
         
         item.icon = new St.Icon({ style_class: 'popup-menu-icon' });
         getActor(item).insert_child_at_index(item.icon, 1);
-        item.icon.set_gicon(target[targetProperty] ? iconTrue : iconFalse);
+        let icon = target[targetProperty] ? iconTrue : iconFalse;
+        if (icon && icon instanceof GObject.Object && GObject.type_is_a(icon, Gio.Icon))
+            item.icon.set_gicon(icon);
+        else if (icon)
+            item.icon.set_icon_name(icon);
         
         item.connect('toggled', (item, state) => {
             target[targetProperty] = state;
-            item.icon.set_gicon(target[targetProperty] ? iconTrue : iconFalse);
+            let icon = target[targetProperty] ? iconTrue : iconFalse;
+            if (icon && icon instanceof GObject.Object && GObject.type_is_a(icon, Gio.Icon))
+                item.icon.set_gicon(icon);
+            else if (icon)
+                item.icon.set_icon_name(icon);
             if (onToggled)
                 onToggled();
         });
diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index 26cefb5..96e3551 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ var AreaManager = new Lang.Class({
             'toggle-font-family': this.activeArea.toggleFontFamily.bind(this.activeArea),
             'toggle-font-weight': this.activeArea.toggleFontWeight.bind(this.activeArea),
             'toggle-font-style': this.activeArea.toggleFontStyle.bind(this.activeArea),
+            'toggle-text-alignment': this.activeArea.toggleTextAlignment.bind(this.activeArea),
             'toggle-panel-and-dock-visibility': this.togglePanelAndDockOpacity.bind(this),
             'toggle-help': this.activeArea.toggleHelp.bind(this.activeArea),
             'open-user-stylesheet': this.openUserStyleFile.bind(this),
diff --git a/locale/draw-on-your-screen.pot b/locale/draw-on-your-screen.pot
index 18fa325..38b4edf 100644
--- a/locale/draw-on-your-screen.pot
+++ b/locale/draw-on-your-screen.pot
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "%d px"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Right aligned"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Left aligned"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: helper
 
 msgid "Screenshot"
@@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Change linecap"
 msgstr ""
 
-msgid "Change fill rule"
+msgid "Toggle fill rule"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: already in draw.js
@@ -255,6 +261,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Change font style"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Toggle text alignment"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Hide panel and dock"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index 1f6cc25..3ea6e30 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var INTERNAL_KEYBINDINGS = {
     'select-mirror-tool': "Select mirror",
     '-separator-2': '',
     'toggle-fill': "Toggle fill/stroke",
-    'toggle-fill-rule': "Change fill rule",
+    'toggle-fill-rule': "Toggle fill rule",
     '-separator-3': '',
     'increment-line-width': "Increment line width",
     'decrement-line-width': "Decrement line width",
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ var INTERNAL_KEYBINDINGS = {
     'toggle-font-family': "Change font family (generic name)",
     'toggle-font-weight': "Change font weight",
     'toggle-font-style': "Change font style",
+    'toggle-text-alignment': "Toggle text alignment",
     '-separator-5': '',
     'toggle-panel-and-dock-visibility': "Hide panel and dock",
     'toggle-background': "Add a drawing background",
diff --git a/schemas/gschemas.compiled b/schemas/gschemas.compiled
index fda9879..4ce4994 100644
Binary files a/schemas/gschemas.compiled and b/schemas/gschemas.compiled differ
diff --git a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml
index 38c9300..e9cb2bf 100644
--- a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml
+++ b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.draw-on-your-screen.gschema.xml
@@ -231,6 +231,11 @@
       <summary>toggle font style</summary>
       <description>toggle font style</description>
     </key>
+    <key type="as" name="toggle-text-alignment">
+      <default>["&lt;Primary&gt;&lt;Shift&gt;a"]</default>
+      <summary>toggle text alignment</summary>
+      <description>toggle text alignment</description>
+    </key>
     <key type="as" name="open-user-stylesheet">
       <default>["&lt;Primary&gt;o"]</default>
       <summary>open user stylesheet to edit style</summary>