diff --git a/resources/mmv/ui/mmv.ui.metadataPanel.less b/resources/mmv/ui/mmv.ui.metadataPanel.less
index 3e4d84772..786874f9c 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/ui/mmv.ui.metadataPanel.less
+++ b/resources/mmv/ui/mmv.ui.metadataPanel.less
@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@
 	background-image: url(img/repo.svg);
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
 	background-size: auto @icon-size;
+	// icon should be positioned with consistent padding, but using absolute lengths is not RTL-compatible
+	// so we use percentages (looks a bit off) for older browsers and four-value syntax for newer ones;
+	// MediaWiki flips 'left' keywords automatically
 	background-position: 2% center;
+	background-position: left @padding center;
+
 	background-color: @info-box-color;
 
 	line-height: 1.3;
@@ -150,6 +155,7 @@
 		padding-left: @icon-size + 2 * @padding;
 		background-size: auto @icon-size;
 		background-position: 3% center;
+		background-position: left @padding+4px center;
 	}
 
 	.mw-mmv-repo,
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@
 .mw-mmv-license {
 	color: #888888;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
-	padding-left: 10px;
+	padding: 0 10px; // pad both sides; depending on the language of the image name, this might end up on either side
 
 	&.empty {
 		display: none;
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@
 		height: 20px;
 		width: 20px;
 		content: ' ';
-		margin-right: 5px;
+		/* @noflip */ margin-right: 5px; // :before is not flipped either
 	}
 }