diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Text/RCTAttributedTextUtilsTest.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Text/RCTAttributedTextUtilsTest.mm
index a02622d5d7d7..242e40e644ae 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Text/RCTAttributedTextUtilsTest.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Text/RCTAttributedTextUtilsTest.mm
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ static NSTextAlignment NSTextAlignmentFromTextAlign(NSString *textAlign, LayoutD
   return paragraphStyle.alignment;
 }
 
+static NSParagraphStyle *ParagraphStyleFromLayoutDirection(std::optional<LayoutDirection> layoutDirection)
+{
+  TextAttributes textAttributes;
+  textAttributes.layoutDirection = layoutDirection;
+
+  NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *attributes = RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(textAttributes);
+  return attributes[NSParagraphStyleAttributeName];
+}
+
 static UIFont *FontFromSettings(std::optional<std::string> settings, std::optional<FontWeight> weight = std::nullopt)
 {
   TextAttributes textAttributes;
@@ -133,6 +142,22 @@ - (void)testTextAlignmentStartAndEndResolveWithLayoutDirection
   XCTAssertEqual(NSTextAlignmentFromTextAlign(@"end", LayoutDirection::RightToLeft), NSTextAlignmentLeft);
 }
 
+- (void)testUndeclaredTextAlignmentResolvesWithLayoutDirection
+{
+  NSParagraphStyle *leftToRight = ParagraphStyleFromLayoutDirection(LayoutDirection::LeftToRight);
+  XCTAssertNotNil(leftToRight);
+  XCTAssertEqual(leftToRight.alignment, NSTextAlignmentLeft);
+
+  NSParagraphStyle *rightToLeft = ParagraphStyleFromLayoutDirection(LayoutDirection::RightToLeft);
+  XCTAssertNotNil(rightToLeft);
+  XCTAssertEqual(rightToLeft.alignment, NSTextAlignmentRight);
+}
+
+- (void)testUndeclaredTextAlignmentWithoutLayoutDirectionStaysNatural
+{
+  XCTAssertNil(ParagraphStyleFromLayoutDirection(std::nullopt));
+}
+
 - (void)testSamenessOfEmptyAttributedStrings
 {
   NSAttributedString *attributedString1 = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@""];
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index 95ff5a0d180e..ebebb33ff749 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ inline static CGFloat RCTEffectiveFontSizeMultiplierFromTextAttributes(const Tex
   NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = [NSMutableParagraphStyle new];
   BOOL isParagraphStyleUsed = NO;
   const bool isRTL = textAttributes.layoutDirection == LayoutDirection::RightToLeft;
-  if (textAttributes.alignment.has_value() || isRTL) {
+  if (textAttributes.alignment.has_value() || textAttributes.layoutDirection.has_value()) {
     TextAlignment textAlignment =
         RCTResolveTextAlignment(textAttributes.alignment.value_or(TextAlignment::Natural), isRTL);