diff --git a/www-client/google-chrome-beta/google-chrome-beta-48.0.2564.48_p1.ebuild b/www-client/google-chrome-beta/google-chrome-beta-48.0.2564.48_p1.ebuild
index b8bb8a192b27e..e448b33dbd322 100644
--- a/www-client/google-chrome-beta/google-chrome-beta-48.0.2564.48_p1.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/google-chrome-beta/google-chrome-beta-48.0.2564.48_p1.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI="5"
 
 CHROMIUM_LANGS="am ar bg bn ca cs da de el en_GB es es_LA et fa fi fil fr gu he
 	hi hr hu id it ja kn ko lt lv ml mr ms nb nl pl pt_BR pt_PT ro ru sk sl sr
-	sv sw ta te th tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
+	sv sw ta te th tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW fake_bidi"
 
 inherit readme.gentoo chromium eutils multilib pax-utils unpacker
 
diff --git a/www-client/google-chrome-beta/metadata.xml b/www-client/google-chrome-beta/metadata.xml
index b6a2d8a0f0440..6c5158d03d714 100644
--- a/www-client/google-chrome-beta/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/google-chrome-beta/metadata.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
 	</longdescription>
 	<use>
+		<flag name="linguas_fake_bidi">Install fake-bidi translation</flag>
 		<flag name="plugins">Add system plugins path to launcher</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>