diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 676073e..6698398 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -327,14 +327,14 @@ export class AppModule {}
 
 You can use the keyboard to manipulate the context menu.  Note: Keyboard navigation should be used in conjunction with `autoFocus`, since key events are only captured when the context menu is focused.
 
-| Key            | Action                                         |
-|:--------------:|------------------------------------------------|
-| ArrowDown      | Move to next menu item (wrapping)              |
-| ArrowUp        | Move to previous menu item (wrapping)          |
-| ArrowRight     | Open submenu of current menu item if present   |
-| ArrowLeft      | Close current menu unless already at root menu |
-| Enter \| Space | Open submenu or execute current menu item      |
-| Esc            | Close current menu                             |
+| Key                             | Action                                         |
+|:-------------------------------:|------------------------------------------------|
+| Arrow Down                      | Move to next menu item (wrapping)              |
+| Arrow Up                        | Move to previous menu item (wrapping)          |
+| Arrow Right (LTR) \/ Left (RTL) | Open submenu of current menu item if present   |
+| Arrow Left (LTR) \/ Right (RTL) | Close current menu unless already at root menu |
+| Enter \/ Space                  | Open submenu or execute current menu item      |
+| Escape                          | Close current menu                             |
 
 ## Disable Context Menu
 
diff --git a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.component.ts b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.component.ts
index ed623dc..4946b08 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.component.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
+import { Directionality } from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
 import {
-    ChangeDetectorRef,
-    Component,
-    ContentChildren,
-    ElementRef,
-    EventEmitter,
-    HostListener,
-    Inject,
-    Input,
-    OnDestroy,
-    Optional,
-    Output,
-    QueryList,
-    ViewChild,
-    ViewEncapsulation,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ContentChildren,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  HostListener,
+  Inject,
+  Input,
+  OnDestroy,
+  Optional,
+  Output,
+  QueryList,
+  ViewChild,
+  ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnDestroy {
     private _contextMenuService: ContextMenuService,
     private changeDetector: ChangeDetectorRef,
     private elementRef: ElementRef,
+    public directionality: Directionality,
     @Optional()
     @Inject(CONTEXT_MENU_OPTIONS) private options: IContextMenuOptions,
   ) {
@@ -102,7 +104,12 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnDestroy {
     this.event = event;
     this.item = item;
     this.setVisibleMenuItems();
-    this._contextMenuService.openContextMenu({ ...menuEvent, menuItems: this.visibleMenuItems, menuClass: this.menuClass });
+    this._contextMenuService.openContextMenu({
+      ...menuEvent,
+      menuItems: this.visibleMenuItems,
+      menuClass: this.menuClass,
+      directionality: this.directionality,
+    });
     this._contextMenuService.close.asObservable().pipe(first()).subscribe(closeEvent => this.close.emit(closeEvent));
     this.open.next(menuEvent);
   }
diff --git a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.service.ts b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.service.ts
index 123accf..c6eddf8 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.service.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenu.service.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Directionality } from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
 import { Overlay, OverlayRef, ScrollStrategyOptions } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
 import { ComponentPortal } from '@angular/cdk/portal';
 import { ComponentRef, Injectable, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export interface IContextMenuClickEvent {
 export interface IContextMenuContext extends IContextMenuClickEvent {
   menuItems: ContextMenuItemDirective[];
   menuClass: string;
+  directionality: Directionality;
 }
 export interface CloseLeafMenuEvent {
   exceptRootMenu?: boolean;
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ export class ContextMenuService {
   ) { }
 
   public openContextMenu(context: IContextMenuContext) {
-    const { anchorElement, event, parentContextMenu } = context;
+    const { anchorElement, event, parentContextMenu, directionality } = context;
 
     if (!parentContextMenu) {
       const mouseEvent = event as MouseEvent;
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ export class ContextMenuService {
         positionStrategy,
         panelClass: 'ngx-contextmenu',
         scrollStrategy: this.scrollStrategy.close(),
+        direction: directionality,
       })];
       this.attachContextMenu(this.overlays[0], context);
     } else {
@@ -124,6 +127,7 @@ export class ContextMenuService {
         positionStrategy,
         panelClass: 'ngx-contextmenu',
         scrollStrategy: this.scrollStrategy.close(),
+        direction: directionality,
       });
       this.destroySubMenus(parentContextMenu);
       this.overlays = this.overlays.concat(newOverlay);
diff --git a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenuContent.component.ts b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenuContent.component.ts
index 6fc62a9..8336881 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenuContent.component.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/contextMenuContent.component.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
-import { CloseLeafMenuEvent, IContextMenuClickEvent } from './contextMenu.service';
+import { ActiveDescendantKeyManager } from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
+import { Directionality } from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
+import { LEFT_ARROW, RIGHT_ARROW, UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW, SPACE, ENTER, ESCAPE } from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import { OverlayRef } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
 import {
-    AfterViewInit,
-    ChangeDetectorRef,
-    Component,
-    ElementRef,
-    Inject,
-    Input,
-    Optional,
-    ViewChild,
-    ViewChildren,
+  AfterViewInit,
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  HostListener,
+  Inject,
+  Input,
+  OnDestroy,
+  OnInit,
+  Optional,
+  Output,
+  QueryList,
+  Renderer,
+  ViewChild,
+  ViewChildren,
 } from '@angular/core';
-import { EventEmitter, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output, QueryList, HostListener } from '@angular/core';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { ContextMenuItemDirective } from './contextMenu.item.directive';
 import { IContextMenuOptions } from './contextMenu.options';
+import { CloseLeafMenuEvent, IContextMenuClickEvent } from './contextMenu.service';
 import { CONTEXT_MENU_OPTIONS } from './contextMenu.tokens';
-import { ActiveDescendantKeyManager } from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
 
 export interface ILinkConfig {
   click: (item: any, $event?: MouseEvent) => void;
@@ -25,8 +33,6 @@ export interface ILinkConfig {
   html: (item: any) => string;
 }
 
-const ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE = 37;
-
 @Component({
   selector: 'context-menu-content',
   styles: [
@@ -38,13 +44,23 @@ const ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE = 37;
        line-height: @line-height-base;
        white-space: nowrap;
      }
-    .hasSubMenu:before {
+    :dir(ltr) .hasSubMenu:before {
       content: "\u25B6";
       float: right;
+    }
+    :dir(rtl) .dropdown {
+      direction: rtl;
+    }
+    :dir(rtl) .dropdown-menu {
+      text-align: right;
+    }
+    :dir(rtl) .hasSubMenu:before {
+      content: "\u25C0";
+      float: left;
     }`,
   ],
   template:
-  `<div class="dropdown open show ngx-contextmenu" [ngClass]="menuClass" tabindex="0">
+    `<div class="dropdown open show ngx-contextmenu" [ngClass]="menuClass" tabindex="0">
       <ul #menu class="dropdown-menu show" style="position: static; float: none;" tabindex="0">
         <li #li *ngFor="let menuItem of menuItems; let i = index" [class.disabled]="!isMenuItemEnabled(menuItem)"
             [class.divider]="menuItem.divider" [class.dropdown-divider]="useBootstrap4 && menuItem.divider"
@@ -64,8 +80,7 @@ const ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE = 37;
           </span>
         </li>
       </ul>
-    </div>
-  `,
+    </div>`,
 })
 export class ContextMenuContentComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterViewInit {
   @Input() public menuItems: ContextMenuItemDirective[] = [];
@@ -87,11 +102,14 @@ export class ContextMenuContentComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterView
   public useBootstrap4 = false;
   private _keyManager: ActiveDescendantKeyManager<ContextMenuItemDirective>;
   private subscription: Subscription = new Subscription();
+
   constructor(
     private changeDetector: ChangeDetectorRef,
     private elementRef: ElementRef,
     @Optional()
     @Inject(CONTEXT_MENU_OPTIONS) private options: IContextMenuOptions,
+    public renderer: Renderer,
+    public directionality: Directionality,
   ) {
     if (options) {
       this.autoFocus = options.autoFocus;
@@ -149,48 +167,31 @@ export class ContextMenuContentComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterView
     return link.enabled && !link.enabled(this.item);
   }
 
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.ArrowDown', ['$event'])
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.ArrowUp', ['$event'])
-  public onKeyEvent(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
-    if (!this.isLeaf) {
-      return;
-    }
-    this._keyManager.onKeydown(event);
-  }
-
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.ArrowRight', ['$event'])
-  public keyboardOpenSubMenu(event?: KeyboardEvent): void {
-    if (!this.isLeaf) {
-      return;
-    }
-    this.cancelEvent(event);
-    const menuItem = this.menuItems[this._keyManager.activeItemIndex];
-    if (menuItem) {
-      this.onOpenSubMenu(menuItem);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.Enter', ['$event'])
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.Space', ['$event'])
-  public keyboardMenuItemSelect(event?: KeyboardEvent): void {
-    if (!this.isLeaf) {
-      return;
-    }
-    this.cancelEvent(event);
-    const menuItem = this.menuItems[this._keyManager.activeItemIndex];
-    if (menuItem) {
-      this.onMenuItemSelect(menuItem, event);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.Escape', ['$event'])
-  @HostListener('window:keydown.ArrowLeft', ['$event'])
-  public onCloseLeafMenu(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
-    if (!this.isLeaf) {
-      return;
+  @HostListener('window:keydown', ['$event'])
+  public onKeydownEvent(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    const openSubMenuArrowKeyCode = this.directionality.value === 'ltr' ? RIGHT_ARROW : LEFT_ARROW;
+    const closeLeafMenuArrowKeyCode = this.directionality.value === 'ltr' ? LEFT_ARROW : RIGHT_ARROW;
+    switch (event.keyCode) {
+      case UP_ARROW:
+      case DOWN_ARROW: {
+        this.onKeyEvent(event);
+        break;
+      }
+      case ENTER:
+      case SPACE: {
+        this.keyboardMenuItemSelect(event);
+        break;
+      }
+      case openSubMenuArrowKeyCode: {
+        this.keyboardOpenSubMenu(event);
+        break;
+      }
+      case ESCAPE:
+      case closeLeafMenuArrowKeyCode: {
+        this.onCloseLeafMenu(event);
+        break;
+      }
     }
-    this.cancelEvent(event);
-    this.closeLeafMenu.emit({ exceptRootMenu: event.keyCode === ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE, event });
   }
 
   @HostListener('document:click', ['$event'])
@@ -223,6 +224,43 @@ export class ContextMenuContentComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterView
     }
   }
 
+  private onKeyEvent(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    if (!this.isLeaf) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this._keyManager.onKeydown(event);
+  }
+
+  private keyboardOpenSubMenu(event?: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    if (!this.isLeaf) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.cancelEvent(event);
+    const menuItem = this.menuItems[this._keyManager.activeItemIndex];
+    if (menuItem) {
+      this.onOpenSubMenu(menuItem);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private keyboardMenuItemSelect(event?: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    if (!this.isLeaf) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.cancelEvent(event);
+    const menuItem = this.menuItems[this._keyManager.activeItemIndex];
+    if (menuItem) {
+      this.onMenuItemSelect(menuItem, event);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private onCloseLeafMenu(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    if (!this.isLeaf) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.cancelEvent(event);
+    this.closeLeafMenu.emit({ exceptRootMenu: event.keyCode === LEFT_ARROW, event });
+  }
+
   private cancelEvent(event): void {
     if (!event) {
       return;
diff --git a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/ngx-contextmenu.ts b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/ngx-contextmenu.ts
index 09075e3..ae118e7 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/ngx-contextmenu.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-contextmenu/src/lib/ngx-contextmenu.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { OverlayModule, FullscreenOverlayContainer, OverlayContainer, } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
+import { BidiModule } from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
+import { FullscreenOverlayContainer, OverlayContainer, OverlayModule } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { ModuleWithProviders, NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import { ContextMenuContentComponent } from './contextMenuContent.component';
   imports: [
     CommonModule,
     OverlayModule,
+    BidiModule,
   ],
 })
 export class ContextMenuModule {
diff --git a/src/demo/app.component.html b/src/demo/app.component.html
index 22ee362..8572263 100644
--- a/src/demo/app.component.html
+++ b/src/demo/app.component.html
@@ -90,6 +90,59 @@ <h3>Custom styling</h3>
         <ul>
           <li [contextMenu]="customClassMenu" [contextMenuSubject]="item">Right click to see styled menu</li>
         </ul>
+        <br>
+        <h3>RTL</h3>
+        <ul>
+          <li [contextMenu]="rtlMenu" [contextMenuSubject]="item">Right click to see RTL menu</li>
+          <context-menu dir="rtl" #rtlMenu>
+            <ng-template contextMenuItem [subMenu]="hebrewSubMenu">
+              עברית
+            </ng-template>
+            <context-menu #hebrewSubMenu>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem [subMenu]="hebrewSaySubMenu">
+                תגיד...
+              </ng-template>
+              <context-menu #hebrewSaySubMenu>
+                <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('שלום, ' + $event.item.name)">
+                  ...שלום!
+                </ng-template>
+                <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('היי, ' + $event.item.name)">
+                  ...היי!
+                </ng-template>
+              </context-menu>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('כן!')">
+                אני תומך ב-RTL! נחמד, נכון?
+              </ng-template>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem passive="true">
+                הזן משהו:
+                <input type="text">
+              </ng-template>
+            </context-menu>
+            <ng-template contextMenuItem [subMenu]="arabicSubMenu">
+              العربية
+            </ng-template>
+            <context-menu #arabicSubMenu>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem [subMenu]="arabicSaySubMenu">
+                قل...
+              </ng-template>
+              <context-menu #arabicSaySubMenu>
+                <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('שלום, ' + $event.item.name)">
+                  ...مرحبا!
+                </ng-template>
+                <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('היי, ' + $event.item.name)">
+                  ...اهلا!
+                </ng-template>
+              </context-menu>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem (execute)="showMessage('כן!')">
+                أنا أؤيد RTL! حق جميل؟
+              </ng-template>
+              <ng-template contextMenuItem passive="true">
+                إدخال شيء:
+                <input type="text">
+              </ng-template>
+            </context-menu>
+          </context-menu>
+        </ul>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>