diff --git a/src/courseware/course/sequence/sequence-navigation/UnitNavigation.jsx b/src/courseware/course/sequence/sequence-navigation/UnitNavigation.jsx
index 26610f9e..b6aa1ef8 100644
--- a/src/courseware/course/sequence/sequence-navigation/UnitNavigation.jsx
+++ b/src/courseware/course/sequence/sequence-navigation/UnitNavigation.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { Button } from '@edx/paragon';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { faChevronLeft, faChevronRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-import { injectIntl, intlShape } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+import {
+  injectIntl, intlShape, isRtl, getLocale,
+} from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { getCourseExitNavigation } from '../../course-exit';
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ function UnitNavigation({
     const buttonOnClick = isLastUnit ? goToCourseExitPage : onClickNext;
     const buttonText = (isLastUnit && exitText) ? exitText : intl.formatMessage(messages.nextButton);
     const disabled = isLastUnit && !exitActive;
+    const nextArrow = isRtl(getLocale()) ? faChevronLeft : faChevronRight;
     return (
       <Button
         variant="outline-primary"
@@ -38,11 +41,12 @@ function UnitNavigation({
         <UnitNavigationEffortEstimate sequenceId={sequenceId} unitId={unitId}>
           {buttonText}
         </UnitNavigationEffortEstimate>
-        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronRight} className="ml-2" size="sm" />
+        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={nextArrow} className="ml-2" size="sm" />
       </Button>
     );
   };
 
+  const prevArrow = isRtl(getLocale()) ? faChevronRight : faChevronLeft;
   return (
     <div className="unit-navigation d-flex">
       <Button
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ function UnitNavigation({
         disabled={isFirstUnit}
         onClick={onClickPrevious}
       >
-        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faChevronLeft} className="mr-2" size="sm" />
+        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={prevArrow} className="mr-2" size="sm" />
         {intl.formatMessage(messages.previousButton)}
       </Button>
       {renderNextButton()}