diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
index 137a3ac81b9b5..081ee2c82d8ed 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowOrganizerController.java
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ class WindowOrganizerController extends IWindowOrganizerController.Stub
      * will be filtered to only include these.
      */
     static final int CONTROLLABLE_CONFIGS = ActivityInfo.CONFIG_WINDOW_CONFIGURATION
-            | ActivityInfo.CONFIG_SMALLEST_SCREEN_SIZE | ActivityInfo.CONFIG_SCREEN_SIZE;
+            | ActivityInfo.CONFIG_SMALLEST_SCREEN_SIZE | ActivityInfo.CONFIG_SCREEN_SIZE
+            | ActivityInfo.CONFIG_LAYOUT_DIRECTION;
     static final int CONTROLLABLE_WINDOW_CONFIGS = WindowConfiguration.WINDOW_CONFIG_BOUNDS
             | WindowConfiguration.WINDOW_CONFIG_APP_BOUNDS;