diff --git a/src/pretix/base/pdf.py b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
index 191f07dcf2..68f4ec80ec 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/pdf.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ DEFAULT_VARIABLES = OrderedDict((
     ("telephone", {
         "label": _("Phone number"),
         "editor_sample": "+01 1234 567890",
-        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: phone_format(order.phone)
+        "evaluate": lambda op, order, ev: phone_format(order.phone, html=False)
     }),
     ("email", {
         "label": _("Email"),
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/phone_format.py b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/phone_format.py
index 0a4b0180c2..c38ff75613 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/templatetags/phone_format.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/templatetags/phone_format.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 from django import template
+from django.utils.html import escape
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from phonenumber_field.phonenumber import PhoneNumber
 from phonenumbers import NumberParseException
 
@@ -27,17 +29,20 @@ register = template.Library()
 
 
 @register.filter("phone_format")
-def phone_format(value: str):
+def phone_format(value: str, html=True):
     if not value:
-        return ""
-
-    if isinstance(value, str):
+        v = ""
+    elif isinstance(value, str):
         try:
-            return PhoneNumber.from_string(value).as_international
+            v = PhoneNumber.from_string(value).as_international
         except NumberParseException:
-            return value
+            v = value
+    elif isinstance(value, PhoneNumber) and value.national_number:
+        v = value.as_international
+    else:
+        v = str(value)
 
-    if isinstance(value, PhoneNumber) and value.national_number:
-        return value.as_international
+    if html:
+        v = mark_safe('<span class="force-ltr">' + escape(v) + '</span>')
 
-    return str(value)
+    return v
diff --git a/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py b/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
index bc4008776b..a9cc5bd498 100644
--- a/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
+++ b/src/pretix/presale/checkoutflow.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ from pretix.base.services.cart import (
 from pretix.base.services.memberships import validate_memberships_in_order
 from pretix.base.services.orders import perform_order
 from pretix.base.signals import validate_cart_addons
+from pretix.base.templatetags.phone_format import phone_format
 from pretix.base.templatetags.rich_text import rich_text_snippet
 from pretix.base.views.tasks import AsyncAction
 from pretix.multidomain.urlreverse import eventreverse
@@ -1088,7 +1089,7 @@ class ConfirmStep(CartMixin, AsyncAction, TemplateFlowStep):
             ctx['contact_info'] = []
         phone = self.cart_session.get('contact_form_data', {}).get('phone')
         if phone:
-            ctx['contact_info'].append((_('Phone number'), phone))
+            ctx['contact_info'].append((_('Phone number'), phone_format(phone)))
         responses = contact_form_fields.send(self.event, request=self.request)
         for r, response in sorted(responses, key=lambda r: str(r[0])):
             for key, value in response.items():
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/scss/_rtl.scss b/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/scss/_rtl.scss
index c20634a1ff..75b4c66c23 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/scss/_rtl.scss
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixbase/scss/_rtl.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ html.rtl {
   }
 }
 
+.force-ltr {
+  direction: ltr !important;
+  unicode-bidi: embed;
+}
+
 @media(min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
   html.rtl .nameparts-form-group {
     input, select {