diff --git a/EditorPlugin.ts b/EditorPlugin.ts
index 3154797..278d38d 100644
--- a/EditorPlugin.ts
+++ b/EditorPlugin.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { EditorState, RangeSetBuilder } from "@codemirror/state";
 import { syntaxTree } from "@codemirror/language";
 import RtlPlugin from './main';
 import { editorInfoField, MarkdownView } from 'obsidian';
-import { Direction } from './direction.util';
+import { Direction, hasRtlChar } from './direction.util';
 
 type Region = {from: number; to: number;};
 type DecorationRegion = Region & {dec: Decoration};
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ export function getEditorPlugin(rtlPlugin: RtlPlugin) {
 				if (!viewport)
 					return builder.finish();
 
-				let decoration = this.emptyDirDec;
-				if (this.direction != 'auto') {
-					decoration = this.direction === 'ltr' ? this.ltrDec : this.rtlDec;
-				}
-
 				let pos = viewport.from,
 					preventRTLFrontmatter = this.rtlPlugin.settings.preventRTLFrontmatter;
 				// Move the pos after the frontmatter if the pos touches it.
@@ -126,6 +121,14 @@ export function getEditorPlugin(rtlPlugin: RtlPlugin) {
 
 				while (pos <= viewport.to) {
 					const line = view.state.doc.lineAt(pos);
+					let decoration: Decoration;
+					if (this.direction != 'auto') {
+						decoration = this.direction === 'ltr' ? this.ltrDec : this.rtlDec;
+					} else if (this.rtlPlugin.settings.autoRTLForMixedContent && hasRtlChar(line.text)) {
+						decoration = this.rtlDec;
+					} else {
+						decoration = this.emptyDirDec;
+					}
 					builder.add(line.from, line.from, decoration);
 					pos = line.to + 1;
 				}
diff --git a/MarkdownPostProcessor.ts b/MarkdownPostProcessor.ts
index 4cd814d..53d7293 100644
--- a/MarkdownPostProcessor.ts
+++ b/MarkdownPostProcessor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { MarkdownPostProcessorContext } from 'obsidian';
-import { Direction } from './direction.util';
+import { Direction, hasRtlChar } from './direction.util';
 
 // Try to detect if the postprocessor was asked to render an export, which seems to be the only case on which
 // the post processor is called with a top-level Markdown Preview View div.
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ function detectExport(el: HTMLElement, ctx: MarkdownPostProcessorContext, setPre
 
 type SetPreviewDirection = (path: string, markdownPreviewElement: HTMLDivElement) => void;
 
+function applyMixedContentRTL(el: HTMLElement) {
+	const elements = el.querySelectorAll('p, li, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, td, th, blockquote');
+	for (const element of elements) {
+		if (hasRtlChar(element.textContent || '')) {
+			(element as HTMLElement).setAttribute('dir', 'rtl');
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * This Markdown post-processor handles the Reading view and other rendered components of notes.
  * It detects the direction for each node individually and adds corresponding CSS classes that are
@@ -20,8 +29,12 @@ type SetPreviewDirection = (path: string, markdownPreviewElement: HTMLDivElement
 export const autoDirectionPostProcessor = (
 	el: HTMLElement,
 	ctx: MarkdownPostProcessorContext,
+	autoRTLForMixedContent: boolean,
 	setPreviewDirection: SetPreviewDirection,
 ) => {
 	detectExport(el, ctx, setPreviewDirection);
+	if (autoRTLForMixedContent) {
+		applyMixedContentRTL(el);
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/direction.util.ts b/direction.util.ts
index d4c86c6..03a2914 100644
--- a/direction.util.ts
+++ b/direction.util.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@ export const LTR_CLASS = 'is-ltr';
 export const RTL_CLASS = 'is-rtl';
 export const AUTO_CLASS = 'is-auto';
 
+export const RTL_CHAR_REGEX = /[\u0600-\u06FF\u0750-\u077F\u08A0-\u08FF\uFB50-\uFDFF\uFE70-\uFEFF]/;
+
+export function hasRtlChar(text: string): boolean {
+	return RTL_CHAR_REGEX.test(text);
+}
+
diff --git a/main.ts b/main.ts
index 8050d37..9b8d105 100644
--- a/main.ts
+++ b/main.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class RtlPlugin extends Plugin {
 		// extensions and can override the direction that they set.
 		this.registerEditorExtension(Prec.lowest(this.editorPlugin));
 		this.registerMarkdownPostProcessor((el, ctx) => {
-			autoDirectionPostProcessor(el, ctx, (path, markdownPreviewElement) => this.setPreviewDirectionByFileSettings(path, markdownPreviewElement));
+			autoDirectionPostProcessor(el, ctx, this.settings.autoRTLForMixedContent, (path, markdownPreviewElement) => this.setPreviewDirectionByFileSettings(path, markdownPreviewElement));
 		});
 
 		this.addSettingTab(new RtlSettingsTab(this.app, this));
diff --git a/settingsTab.ts b/settingsTab.ts
index d2d50ad..8f2a9ad 100644
--- a/settingsTab.ts
+++ b/settingsTab.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type Settings = {
 	setYamlDirection: boolean;
 	preventRTLFrontmatter: boolean; // Frontmatter == Raw YAML
 	statusBar: boolean;
+	autoRTLForMixedContent: boolean;
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: Settings = {
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: Settings = {
 	setNoteTitleDirection: true,
 	setYamlDirection: false,
 	preventRTLFrontmatter: false,
-	statusBar: true
+	statusBar: true,
+	autoRTLForMixedContent: false
 };
 
 export class RtlSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
@@ -94,6 +96,16 @@ export class RtlSettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 							this.plugin.adjustDirectionToActiveView();
 						}));
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Auto-RTL for mixed LTR/RTL content')
+			.setDesc('When in auto mode, lines containing RTL scripts (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc.) will be treated as RTL regardless of their first directional character.')
+			.addToggle(toggle => toggle.setValue(this.settings.autoRTLForMixedContent ?? false)
+						.onChange((value) => {
+							this.settings.autoRTLForMixedContent = value;
+							this.plugin.saveSettings();
+							this.plugin.adjustDirectionToActiveView();
+						}));
+
 		new Setting(containerEl)
 			.setName('Show status bar item')
 			.setDesc('Show a clickable status bar item showing the current direction.')