diff -r ef0373b55136 -r 758a864f9613 src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp	Fri Sep 17 08:34:18 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp	Mon Oct 04 01:19:32 2010 +0300
@@ -1156,6 +1156,10 @@
     if (dir != Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto)
         return dir;
 
+    dir = p->defaultTextOption.textDirection();
+    if (dir != Qt::LayoutDirectionAuto)
+        return dir;
+
     const QString buffer = p->buffer();
 
     const int pos = position();