diff --git a/core/modules/system/css/system.theme.css b/core/modules/system/css/system.theme.css
index 8fa14dd4ca973e892e73f296c3fde21784eacccb..f3a74903595344a1554ef9367967d1b09bc3ac9f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/css/system.theme.css
+++ b/core/modules/system/css/system.theme.css
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ ul.tabs {
 }
 [dir="rtl"] .messages {
   border-width: 1px 0 1px 1px;
-  background-position-x: 99%;
+  background-position: right 10px top 18px;
   padding-left: 20px;
   padding-right: 35px;
   text-align: right;
@@ -562,10 +562,11 @@ ul.tabs {
   margin-left: 8px; /* LTR */
 }
 [dir="rtl"] .messages--status {
-  background-position: 99.3% 19px;
+  background-position: right 12px top 19px;
   border-color: #c9e1bd transparent #c9e1bd #c9e1bd;
   box-shadow: 8px 0 0 #77b259;
   margin-right: 8px;
+  margin-left: 0;
 }
 .messages--status,
 .ok {
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
index 27799bc76cb522977ab53b057701745499d24ef0..5e508f980db2566abbb054e27ac751fe47837bbe 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/style.css
@@ -1287,7 +1287,8 @@ div.tabs {
   background: #f0f0f0;
   background: rgba(30, 50, 10, 0.08);
 }
-div.messages {
+div.messages,
+[dir="rtl"] div.messages {
   margin: 8px 15px;
 }