diff --git a/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtils.kt b/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtils.kt
index 6500985be44..e2f7e5e63c6 100644
--- a/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtils.kt
+++ b/components/support/utils/src/main/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtils.kt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ object URLStringUtils {
      * https/http and/or WWW prefixes and/or trailing slash when applicable.
      */
     fun toDisplayUrl(originalUrl: CharSequence) =
+        "\u200E" + // use the left-to-right mark to always enforce LTR for displayed URLs
         maybeStripTrailingSlash(maybeStripUrlProtocol(originalUrl))
 
     private fun maybeStripUrlProtocol(url: CharSequence): CharSequence {
diff --git a/components/support/utils/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtilsTest.kt b/components/support/utils/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtilsTest.kt
index a1d119b1c48..2186e02ca7f 100644
--- a/components/support/utils/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/components/support/utils/src/test/java/mozilla/components/support/utils/URLStringUtilsTest.kt
@@ -130,42 +130,48 @@ class URLStringUtilsTest {
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSchemeUrlWithHttps() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("https://mozilla.com")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripTrailingSlash() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("mozilla.com/")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSchemeUrlWithHttpsAndTrailingSlash() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("https://mozilla.com/")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSchemeUrlWithHttp() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("http://mozilla.com")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSubdomainUrlWithHttps() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("https://www.mozilla.com")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSubdomainUrlWithHttp() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("http://www.mozilla.com")
-        assertEquals("mozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Emozilla.com", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun stripUrlSchemeAndSubdomainUrlNoMatch() {
         val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("zzz://www.mozillahttp://.com")
-        assertEquals("zzz://www.mozillahttp://.com", testDisplayUrl)
+        assertEquals("\u200Ezzz://www.mozillahttp://.com", testDisplayUrl)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun alwaysShowDisplayUrlAsLTR() {
+        val testDisplayUrl = URLStringUtils.toDisplayUrl("http://ختار.ار/www.mozilla.org/1")
+        assertEquals("\u200Eختار.ار/www.mozilla.org/1", testDisplayUrl)
     }
 }