diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorRtlTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorRtlTest.java
index a4642cfb891c..3c9fa7fcda83 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorRtlTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorRtlTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.VisualPosition;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.EditorEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.view.IterationState;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry;
+import com.intellij.testFramework.TestFileType;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -441,6 +442,14 @@ public class EditorRtlTest extends AbstractEditorTest {
     assertFalse(it.hasPastLineEndBackgroundSegment());
   }
   
+  public void testUsingLexerForBidiLayout() throws Exception {
+    init("class Foo {\n  int<caret> " + RTL_CHAR + " = 1;\n}", TestFileType.JAVA);
+    right();
+    right();
+    
+    assertEquals(RTL_CHAR, myEditor.getDocument().getCharsSequence().charAt(myEditor.getCaretModel().getOffset() - 1));
+  }
+  
   private void init(String text) throws IOException {
     initText(text.replace(RTL_CHAR_REPRESENTATION, RTL_CHAR));
   }