diff --git a/tests/testicontheme.c b/tests/testicontheme.c
index 216a398a96..0413135da5 100644
--- a/tests/testicontheme.c
+++ b/tests/testicontheme.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   GList *list;
   int size = 48;
   int scale = 1;
+  GtkIconLookupFlags flags;
   
   gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 
@@ -76,6 +77,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       return 1;
     }
 
+  flags = GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_USE_BUILTIN;
+
+  if (g_getenv ("RTL"))
+    flags |= GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_DIR_RTL;
+  else
+    flags |= GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_DIR_LTR;
+
   themename = argv[2];
   
   icon_theme = gtk_icon_theme_new ();
@@ -102,8 +110,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	scale = atoi (argv[5]);
 
       error = NULL;
-      pixbuf = gtk_icon_theme_load_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale,
-                                                   GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_USE_BUILTIN, &error);
+      pixbuf = gtk_icon_theme_load_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale, flags, &error);
       if (!pixbuf)
         {
           g_print ("%s\n", error->message);
@@ -146,8 +153,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
                         G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), window);
       gtk_widget_show_all (window);
 
-      info = gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale,
-                                                   GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_USE_BUILTIN);
+      info = gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale, flags);
 
       if (info == NULL)
 	{
@@ -201,7 +207,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       if (argc >= 6)
 	scale = atoi (argv[5]);
 
-      icon_info = gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale, GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_USE_BUILTIN);
+      icon_info = gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale (icon_theme, argv[3], size, scale, flags);
 G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       g_print ("icon for %s at %dx%d@%dx is %s\n", argv[3], size, size, scale,
 	       icon_info ? (gtk_icon_info_get_builtin_pixbuf (icon_info) ? "<builtin>" : gtk_icon_info_get_filename (icon_info)) : "<none>");