diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index ce3aa87906..9ece6d3821 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Correctly redirect on MCP main page after posts approval/disapproval from it. (Bug #49625)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Do not display topic approval status image for shadow topic if a user is not a moderator in the forum the topic has been moved to. (Bug #43295)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Fix email problems on servers with PHP installations not accepting RFC-compliant subject string passed to the the mail()-function. (Bug #46725)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Correctly orientate Control-Panel-Navigation background-image on RTL languages. (Bug #49945)</li>
 		<li>[Change] submit_post() now accepts force_approved_state key passed to $data to indicate new posts being approved (true) or unapproved (false).</li>
 		<li>[Change] Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.</li>
 		<li>[Change] Add index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries. (Bug #44665 - Patch by bantu)</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
index 7929bbefe4..2c0606001c 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
@@ -790,6 +790,11 @@ ul.cplist {
 	background-image: url("{T_THEME_PATH}/images/bg_menu.gif");
 }
 
+.rtl #navigation a {
+	background-image: url("{T_THEME_PATH}/images/bg_menu_rtl.gif");
+	background-position: 0 100%;
+}
+
 #navigation a:hover {
 	background-color: #aabac6;
 	color: #BC2A4D;
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/images/bg_menu_rtl.gif b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/images/bg_menu_rtl.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10add09a17
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