diff --git a/C4/Installer/PerlDependencies.pm b/C4/Installer/PerlDependencies.pm
index 376985e4c3..d6d7288fb9 100644
--- a/C4/Installer/PerlDependencies.pm
+++ b/C4/Installer/PerlDependencies.pm
@@ -702,11 +702,17 @@ our $PERL_DEPS = {
         'required' => '0',
         'min_ver'  => '5.836',
     },
+
     'Test::DBIx::Class' => {
         'usage'    => 'Testing modules utilising DBIx::Class',
         'required' => '0',
         'min_ver'  => '0.42',
     },
+    'Text::Bidi'   => {
+        'usage'    => 'Label batch PDF',
+        'required' => '0',
+        'min_ver'  => '0.03',
+    },
 };
 
 1;
diff --git a/C4/Labels/Label.pm b/C4/Labels/Label.pm
index eb2800680c..ff6c8654e5 100644
--- a/C4/Labels/Label.pm
+++ b/C4/Labels/Label.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Algorithm::CheckDigits;
 use Text::CSV_XS;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Library::CallNumber::LC;
+use Text::Bidi qw( log2vis );
 
 use C4::Context;
 use C4::Debug;
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@ sub draw_label_text {
         foreach my $line (@label_lines) {
             next LABEL_LINES if $line eq '';
             my $fontName = C4::Creators::PDF->Font($font);
+            $line = log2vis( $line );
             my $string_width = C4::Creators::PDF->StrWidth($line, $fontName, $self->{'font_size'});
             if ($self->{'justify'} eq 'R') {
                 $text_llx = $params{'llx'} + $self->{'width'} - ($self->{'left_text_margin'} + $string_width);
diff --git a/install_misc/debian.packages b/install_misc/debian.packages
index 9c31206fb2..9b8ad6dc5d 100644
--- a/install_misc/debian.packages
+++ b/install_misc/debian.packages
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ libtest-mockmodule-perl		install
 libtest-strict-perl		install
 libtest-warn-perl		install
 libtest-yaml-valid-perl		install
+libtext-bidi-perl           install
 libtext-charwidth-perl	install
 libtext-csv-encoded-perl install
 libtext-csv-perl	install
diff --git a/install_misc/ubuntu.10.04.packages b/install_misc/ubuntu.10.04.packages
index 17cfdc8951..d849d6ada2 100644
--- a/install_misc/ubuntu.10.04.packages
+++ b/install_misc/ubuntu.10.04.packages
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ libtest-mockmodule-perl		install
 libtest-strict-perl		install
 libtest-warn-perl		install
 libtest-yaml-valid-perl		install
+libtext-bidi-perl           install
 libtext-charwidth-perl			install
 libtext-csv-encoded-perl			install
 libtext-csv-perl			install
diff --git a/install_misc/ubuntu.12.04.packages b/install_misc/ubuntu.12.04.packages
index c63aaf3ac6..5cf60173f3 100644
--- a/install_misc/ubuntu.12.04.packages
+++ b/install_misc/ubuntu.12.04.packages
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ libtest-mockmodule-perl			install
 libtest-strict-perl			install
 libtest-warn-perl		install
 libtest-yaml-valid-perl		install
+libtext-bidi-perl           install
 libtext-charwidth-perl			install
 libtext-csv-encoded-perl			install
 libtext-csv-perl			install
diff --git a/install_misc/ubuntu.packages b/install_misc/ubuntu.packages
index aea298eb98..ff132c90f2 100644
--- a/install_misc/ubuntu.packages
+++ b/install_misc/ubuntu.packages
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ libtest-mockmodule-perl			install
 libtest-strict-perl			install
 libtest-warn-perl		install
 libtest-yaml-valid-perl		install
+libtext-bidi-perl           install
 libtext-charwidth-perl			install
 libtext-csv-encoded-perl			install
 libtext-csv-perl			install