diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 77ab12faaf9..6b99ae2f22f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-10-14  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el (tabulated-list-mode): Force
+	bidi-paragraph-direction to 'left-to-right'.  This fixes
+	buffer-menu display when the first buffer happens to start with
+	R2L letter.
+
 2014-10-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* emacs-lisp/authors.el (authors-aliases, authors-fixed-case)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
index d0d71ddb935..86701068c4e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/tabulated-list.el
@@ -518,7 +518,10 @@ as the ewoc pretty-printer."
   (setq-local buffer-read-only t)
   (setq-local buffer-undo-list t)
   (setq-local revert-buffer-function #'tabulated-list-revert)
-  (setq-local glyphless-char-display tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display))
+  (setq-local glyphless-char-display tabulated-list-glyphless-char-display)
+  ;; Avoid messing up the entries' display just because the first
+  ;; column of the first entry happens to begin with a R2L letter.
+  (setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right))
 
 (put 'tabulated-list-mode 'mode-class 'special)