diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRootShadowView.m b/React/Views/RCTRootShadowView.m
index b23914d25cac4a..e012358966aa37 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRootShadowView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRootShadowView.m
@@ -7,10 +7,26 @@
  * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
  */
 
+#import "RCTI18nUtil.h"
 #import "RCTRootShadowView.h"
 
 @implementation RCTRootShadowView
 
+/**
+ * Init the RCTRootShadowView with RTL status.
+ * Returns a RTL CSS layout if isRTL is true (Default is LTR CSS layout).
+ */
+- (instancetype)init
+{
+  self = [super init];
+  if (self) {
+    if ([[RCTI18nUtil sharedInstance] isRTL]) {
+      self.cssNode->style.direction = CSS_DIRECTION_RTL;
+    }
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (void)applySizeConstraints
 {
   switch (_sizeFlexibility) {