diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b670192fa9..cf4b8ceefd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 - Updated `EuiIcon` to use Slack's updated branding ([#1954](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1954))
 - Updated `compile-icons` script to format icon components with Prettier ([#1955](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1955))
 
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Addressed a chrome issue where negative letter-spacing can reverse RTL text in SVGs ([#1960](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1960))
+
 ## [`11.1.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v11.1.0)
 
 - Converted `pretty_interval` to TS ([#1920](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/1920))
diff --git a/src/global_styling/reset/_hacks.scss b/src/global_styling/reset/_hacks.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a69b4bcd26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/global_styling/reset/_hacks.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Chrome has an issue around RTL languages in SVGs when letter-spacing is negative
+// https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=966480
+svg text {
+  letter-spacing: normal !important; // sass-lint:disable-line no-important
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/global_styling/reset/_index.scss b/src/global_styling/reset/_index.scss
index 4a15b73c70c..23aead08d55 100644
--- a/src/global_styling/reset/_index.scss
+++ b/src/global_styling/reset/_index.scss
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 @import 'reset';
+@import 'hacks';
 @import 'scrollbar';
diff --git a/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss b/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
index 6b4539a0fc3..0824f6a834e 100644
--- a/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
+++ b/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ hr {
 
 fieldset {
   min-inline-size: auto;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file