diff --git a/Tusker/Views/AccountDisplayAndUserNameLabel.swift b/Tusker/Views/AccountDisplayAndUserNameLabel.swift
index 0e96350349..be09d32d69 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/AccountDisplayAndUserNameLabel.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/AccountDisplayAndUserNameLabel.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ class AccountDisplayAndUserNameLabel: EmojiLabel {
     
     private func makeAttributedText(state: State) -> NSAttributedString {
         let s = NSMutableAttributedString()
-        s.append(NSAttributedString(string: state.displayName, attributes: [
+        // U+2068 FIRST-STRONG ISOLATE and U+2069 POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE
+        // to prevent bidi text in the display name influencing the username
+        s.append(NSAttributedString(string: "\u{2068}\(state.displayName)\u{2069}", attributes: [
             .font: UIFont(descriptor: baseFont.addingAttributes([
                 .traits: [
                     UIFontDescriptor.TraitKey.weight: UIFont.Weight.semibold.rawValue,