diff --git a/development/scons/scons_manifest.py b/development/scons/scons_manifest.py
index 5c5e647b1b..70e66bae5a 100644
--- a/development/scons/scons_manifest.py
+++ b/development/scons/scons_manifest.py
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ lib_layouts_files = Split('''
     amsmaths-seq.inc
     amsmaths.inc
     apa.layout
+    arab-article.layout
     article.layout
     beamer.layout
     book.layout
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 815e861181..94761e53be 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -824,6 +824,7 @@ dist_layouts_DATA =\
 	layouts/amsmaths-seq.inc \
 	layouts/amsmaths.inc \
 	layouts/apa.layout \
+	layouts/arab-article.layout \
 	layouts/article.layout \
 	layouts/beamer.layout \
 	layouts/book.layout \
diff --git a/lib/layouts/arab-article.layout b/lib/layouts/arab-article.layout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed4cae0c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/layouts/arab-article.layout
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
+#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[arabart]{article (Arabic)}
+# Arabic article textclass definition file.
+# Author: Dekel Tsur <dekel@math.tau.ac.il>
+
+Format 2
+Input article