diff --git a/deltachat-ios/Extensions/Extensions.swift b/deltachat-ios/Extensions/Extensions.swift
index 4602d2328..8dd414426 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/Extensions/Extensions.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/Extensions/Extensions.swift
@@ -114,6 +114,23 @@ extension UILabel {
     }
 }
 
+extension UIButton {
+    func fixImageAndTitleSpacing() {
+        let spacing = 6.0
+        let insetAmount = spacing / 2
+        let isRTL = UIView.userInterfaceLayoutDirection(for: semanticContentAttribute) == .rightToLeft
+        if isRTL {
+           imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: -insetAmount)
+           titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: -insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: insetAmount)
+           contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: -insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: -insetAmount)
+        } else {
+           imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: -insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: insetAmount)
+           titleEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: -insetAmount)
+           contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: insetAmount, bottom: 0, right: insetAmount)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 extension NSData {
     func sha1() -> String {
          var digest = [UInt8](repeating: 0, count: Int(CC_SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH))
diff --git a/deltachat-ios/View/ChatListEditingBar.swift b/deltachat-ios/View/ChatListEditingBar.swift
index d7238d947..a20e1fc82 100644
--- a/deltachat-ios/View/ChatListEditingBar.swift
+++ b/deltachat-ios/View/ChatListEditingBar.swift
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ChatListEditingBar: UIView {
             if showImageAndText {
                 button.setTitle(imageDescription, for: .normal)
                 button.setTitleColor(tintColor, for: .normal)
-                button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: -10, bottom: 0, right: 0)
+                button.fixImageAndTitleSpacing()
             }
         } else {
             button.setTitle(imageDescription, for: .normal)