diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fdc75f86..45d023329 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ### Bugfixes
 - Fix selection of options with non-ASCII letters in dropdown list 
 - Fix font loader to support LV_FONT_FMT_TXT_LARGE
+- Fix BIDI support in dropdown list
 
 ## v7.5.0 (15.09.2020)
 
diff --git a/src/lv_widgets/lv_dropdown.c b/src/lv_widgets/lv_dropdown.c
index 7a2d6090b..2952b6325 100644
--- a/src/lv_widgets/lv_dropdown.c
+++ b/src/lv_widgets/lv_dropdown.c
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ void lv_dropdown_open(lv_obj_t * ddlist)
     lv_obj_add_protect(ext->page, LV_PROTECT_POS | LV_PROTECT_CLICK_FOCUS);
     lv_obj_add_protect(lv_page_get_scrollable(ext->page), LV_PROTECT_CLICK_FOCUS);
 
+    lv_obj_set_base_dir(ext->page, lv_obj_get_base_dir(ddlist));
+
     if(ancestor_page_signal == NULL) ancestor_page_signal = lv_obj_get_signal_cb(ext->page);
     if(ancestor_page_scrl_signal == NULL) ancestor_page_scrl_signal = lv_obj_get_signal_cb(lv_page_get_scrollable(
                                                                                                    ext->page));