diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index 19926020b8a..fcb4d2bb4f1 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String ON = "on";
   public static final String RESIZE_MODE = "resizeMode";
   public static final String RESIZE_METHOD = "resizeMethod";
+  public static final String LAYOUT_DIRECTION = "layoutDirection";
   public static final String TEXT_ALIGN = "textAlign";
   public static final String TEXT_ALIGN_VERTICAL = "textAlignVertical";
   public static final String TEXT_DECORATION_LINE = "textDecorationLine";
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index c6d739a586f..599ab79e666 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
     ReadableNativeMap state = stateWrapper.getState();
     ReadableMap attributedString = state.getMap("attributedString");
     ReadableMap paragraphAttributes = state.getMap("paragraphAttributes");
-
     Spannable spanned =
         TextLayoutManager.getOrCreateSpannableForText(
             view.getContext(), attributedString, mReactTextViewManagerCallback);
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
         spanned,
         state.hasKey("mostRecentEventCount") ? state.getInt("mostRecentEventCount") : -1,
         false, // TODO add this into local Data
-        TextAttributeProps.getTextAlignment(props),
+        TextAttributeProps.getTextAlignment(props, TextLayoutManager.isRTL(attributedString)),
         textBreakStrategy,
         TextAttributeProps.getJustificationMode(props));
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.java
index 2562f450ea5..29e3e2969fb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.text;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.text.Layout;
+import android.util.LayoutDirection;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ public class TextAttributeProps {
   protected float mLetterSpacingInput = Float.NaN;
   protected int mTextAlign = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
 
+  // `UNSET` is -1 and is the same as `LayoutDirection.UNDEFINED` but the symbol isn't available.
+  protected int mLayoutDirection = UNSET;
+
   protected TextTransform mTextTransform = TextTransform.UNSET;
 
   protected float mTextShadowOffsetDx = 0;
@@ -129,10 +133,10 @@ public class TextAttributeProps {
     setTextShadowRadius(getIntProp(PROP_SHADOW_RADIUS, 1));
     setTextShadowColor(getIntProp(PROP_SHADOW_COLOR, DEFAULT_TEXT_SHADOW_COLOR));
     setTextTransform(getStringProp(PROP_TEXT_TRANSFORM));
+    setLayoutDirection(getStringProp(ViewProps.LAYOUT_DIRECTION));
   }
 
-  // TODO T63645393 add support for RTL
-  public static int getTextAlignment(ReactStylesDiffMap props) {
+  public static int getTextAlignment(ReactStylesDiffMap props, boolean isRTL) {
     @Nullable
     String textAlignPropValue =
         props.hasKey(ViewProps.TEXT_ALIGN) ? props.getString(ViewProps.TEXT_ALIGN) : null;
@@ -144,9 +148,9 @@ public class TextAttributeProps {
       if (textAlignPropValue == null || "auto".equals(textAlignPropValue)) {
         textAlignment = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
       } else if ("left".equals(textAlignPropValue)) {
-        textAlignment = Gravity.LEFT;
+        textAlignment = isRTL ? Gravity.RIGHT : Gravity.LEFT;
       } else if ("right".equals(textAlignPropValue)) {
-        textAlignment = Gravity.RIGHT;
+        textAlignment = isRTL ? Gravity.LEFT : Gravity.RIGHT;
       } else if ("center".equals(textAlignPropValue)) {
         textAlignment = Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL;
       } else {
@@ -369,6 +373,19 @@ public class TextAttributeProps {
     }
   }
 
+  public void setLayoutDirection(@Nullable String layoutDirection) {
+    if (layoutDirection == null || "undefined".equals(layoutDirection)) {
+      mLayoutDirection = UNSET;
+    } else if ("rtl".equals(layoutDirection)) {
+      mLayoutDirection = LayoutDirection.RTL;
+    } else if ("ltr".equals(layoutDirection)) {
+      mLayoutDirection = LayoutDirection.LTR;
+    } else {
+      throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException(
+          "Invalid layoutDirection: " + layoutDirection);
+    }
+  }
+
   public void setTextShadowRadius(float textShadowRadius) {
     if (textShadowRadius != mTextShadowRadius) {
       mTextShadowRadius = textShadowRadius;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
index d2a68fd4550..2213ec61282 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.StaticLayout;
 import android.text.TextPaint;
+import android.util.LayoutDirection;
 import android.util.LruCache;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
@@ -47,6 +48,17 @@ public class TextLayoutManager {
   private static final Object sSpannableCacheLock = new Object();
   private static LruCache<String, Spannable> sSpannableCache = new LruCache<>(spannableCacheSize);
 
+  public static boolean isRTL(ReadableMap attributedString) {
+    ReadableArray fragments = attributedString.getArray("fragments");
+    for (int i = 0, length = fragments.size(); i < length; i++) {
+      ReadableMap fragment = fragments.getMap(i);
+      ReactStylesDiffMap map = new ReactStylesDiffMap(fragment.getMap("textAttributes"));
+      TextAttributeProps textAttributes = new TextAttributeProps(map);
+      return textAttributes.mLayoutDirection == LayoutDirection.RTL;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private static void buildSpannableFromFragment(
       Context context,
       ReadableArray fragments,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 4bbbca32973..2f228cd0566 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
         spanned,
         state.getInt("mostRecentEventCount"),
         false, // TODO add this into local Data
-        TextAttributeProps.getTextAlignment(props),
+        TextAttributeProps.getTextAlignment(props, TextLayoutManager.isRTL(attributedString)),
         textBreakStrategy,
         TextAttributeProps.getJustificationMode(props),
         attributedString);