diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/display_name-test.js.snap b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/display_name-test.js.snap
index 533359ffe..29fdc2412 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/display_name-test.js.snap
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/display_name-test.js.snap
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ exports[`<DisplayName /> renders display name + account name 1`] = `
 <span
   className="display-name"
 >
-  <strong
-    className="display-name__html"
-    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
-      Object {
-        "__html": "<p>Foo</p>",
+  <bdi>
+    <strong
+      className="display-name__html"
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={
+        Object {
+          "__html": "<p>Foo</p>",
+        }
       }
-    }
-  />
+    />
+  </bdi>
    
   <span
     className="display-name__account"
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/display_name.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/display_name.js
index 2cf84f8f4..a1c56ae35 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/display_name.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/display_name.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default class DisplayName extends React.PureComponent {
 
     return (
       <span className='display-name'>
-        <strong className='display-name__html' dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} /> <span className='display-name__account'>@{this.props.account.get('acct')}</span>
+        <bdi><strong className='display-name__html' dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} /></bdi> <span className='display-name__account'>@{this.props.account.get('acct')}</span>
       </span>
     );
   }
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
index d23ff87fa..2600d68ad 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/status.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       prepend = (
         <div className='status__prepend'>
           <div className='status__prepend-icon-wrapper'><i className='fa fa-fw fa-retweet status__prepend-icon' /></div>
-          <FormattedMessage id='status.reblogged_by' defaultMessage='{name} boosted' values={{ name: <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick} data-id={status.getIn(['account', 'id'])} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} className='status__display-name muted'><strong dangerouslySetInnerHTML={display_name_html} /></a> }} />
+          <FormattedMessage id='status.reblogged_by' defaultMessage='{name} boosted' values={{ name: <a onClick={this.handleAccountClick} data-id={status.getIn(['account', 'id'])} href={status.getIn(['account', 'url'])} className='status__display-name muted'><bdi><strong dangerouslySetInnerHTML={display_name_html} /></bdi></a> }} />
         </div>
       );
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/account_timeline/components/moved_note.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/account_timeline/components/moved_note.js
index 1c0e081cc..280389bba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/account_timeline/components/moved_note.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/account_timeline/components/moved_note.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default class MovedNote extends ImmutablePureComponent {
       <div className='account__moved-note'>
         <div className='account__moved-note__message'>
           <div className='account__moved-note__icon-wrapper'><i className='fa fa-fw fa-suitcase account__moved-note__icon' /></div>
-          <FormattedMessage id='account.moved_to' defaultMessage='{name} has moved to:' values={{ name: <strong dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} /> }} />
+          <FormattedMessage id='account.moved_to' defaultMessage='{name} has moved to:' values={{ name: <bdi><strong dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} /></bdi> }} />
         </div>
 
         <a href={to.get('url')} onClick={this.handleAccountClick} className='detailed-status__display-name'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
index 9d170cad5..6db62b330 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export default class Notification extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const { notification } = this.props;
     const account          = notification.get('account');
     const displayNameHtml  = { __html: account.get('display_name_html') };
-    const link             = <Permalink className='notification__display-name' href={account.get('url')} title={account.get('acct')} to={`/accounts/${account.get('id')}`} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} />;
+    const link             = <bdi><Permalink className='notification__display-name' href={account.get('url')} title={account.get('acct')} to={`/accounts/${account.get('id')}`} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={displayNameHtml} /></bdi>;
 
     switch(notification.get('type')) {
     case 'follow':