diff --git a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
index fc3ef3c6bc..e52087c3dc 100644
--- a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
+++ b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ static string const lyxline_def =
 static string const noun_def = "\\newcommand{\\noun}[1]{\\textsc{#1}}";
 
 static string const lyxarrow_def =
-	"\\newcommand{\\lyxarrow}{\\leavevmode\\,$\\triangleright$\\,\\allowbreak}";
+	"\\newcommand{\\lyxarrow}{%\n"
+	"\\@ifstar\n"
+	"{\\leavevmode\\,$\\triangleleft$\\,\\allowbreak}\n"
+	"{\\leavevmode\\,$\\triangleright$\\,\\allowbreak}}";
 
 // for quotes without babel. This does not give perfect results, but
 // anybody serious about non-english quotes should use babel (JMarc).
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetSpecialChar.cpp b/src/insets/InsetSpecialChar.cpp
index 8e107d4c0d..0750187c65 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetSpecialChar.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetSpecialChar.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "InsetSpecialChar.h"
 
 #include "Dimension.h"
+#include "Font.h"
 #include "LaTeXFeatures.h"
 #include "Lexer.h"
 #include "MetricsInfo.h"
@@ -220,7 +221,10 @@ int InsetSpecialChar::latex(odocstream & os,
 		os << "\\ldots{}";
 		break;
 	case MENU_SEPARATOR:
-		os << "\\lyxarrow{}";
+		if (rp.local_font->isRightToLeft())
+			os << "\\lyxarrow*{}";
+		else
+			os << "\\lyxarrow{}";
 		break;
 	case SLASH:
 		os << "\\slash{}";