diff --git a/.changeset/fix-sequence-messagealign-rtl-arrows.md b/.changeset/fix-sequence-messagealign-rtl-arrows.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b540d3d72f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-sequence-messagealign-rtl-arrows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: correct messageAlign label position for right-to-left arrows in sequence diagrams
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99faf6fc252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { SequenceDB } from './sequenceDb.js';
+
+vi.mock('./svgDraw.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    drawText: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+vi.mock('../../utils.js', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    default: {
+      ...actual.default,
+      calculateTextDimensions: vi.fn(() => ({ width: 40, height: 14 })),
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+import * as svgDraw from './svgDraw.js';
+import { drawMessage, setConf } from './sequenceRenderer.js';
+
+function mockDiagram(name = 'svg') {
+  const children = [];
+  const elem = {
+    get __children() {
+      return children;
+    },
+    __name: name,
+    append(n) {
+      const child = mockDiagram(n);
+      children.push(child);
+      return child;
+    },
+    lower: vi.fn(() => elem),
+    attr: vi.fn(() => elem),
+    style: vi.fn(() => elem),
+    text: vi.fn(() => elem),
+  };
+  return elem;
+}
+
+describe('drawMessage (#3594)', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setConf({
+      messageFontFamily: 'sans-serif',
+      messageFontSize: 14,
+      messageFontWeight: '400',
+      messageAlign: 'left',
+      wrapPadding: 10,
+      arrowMarkerAbsolute: false,
+      showSequenceNumbers: false,
+    });
+    vi.mocked(svgDraw.drawText).mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it('passes min(startx, stopx) and abs(stopx - startx) to drawText when startx > stopx', async () => {
+    const diagram = mockDiagram();
+    const startx = 320;
+    const stopx = 80;
+    const sequenceDb = new SequenceDB();
+    const diagObj = { db: sequenceDb };
+
+    const msgModel = {
+      startx,
+      stopx,
+      starty: 40,
+      stopy: 90,
+      message: 'RTL label',
+      type: sequenceDb.LINETYPE.SOLID,
+      sequenceIndex: 1,
+      sequenceVisible: false,
+      id: '0',
+      from: 'Bob',
+      to: 'Alice',
+      fromBounds: startx - 20,
+      toBounds: stopx + 20,
+    };
+
+    const msg = { type: sequenceDb.LINETYPE.SOLID, centralConnection: 0 };
+
+    await drawMessage(diagram, msgModel, 100, diagObj, msg, 'test-id');
+
+    expect(svgDraw.drawText).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const messageTextCalls = vi
+      .mocked(svgDraw.drawText)
+      .mock.calls.filter((call) => call[1]?.class === 'messageText');
+    expect(messageTextCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+    const textObj = messageTextCalls[0][1];
+    expect(textObj.x).toBe(Math.min(startx, stopx));
+    expect(textObj.width).toBe(Math.abs(stopx - startx));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
index bdd650c4015..eaad1244553 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceRenderer.ts
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ async function boundMessage(_diagram, msgModel): Promise<number> {
  * @param lineStartY - The Y coordinate at which the message line starts
  * @param diagObj - The diagram object.
  */
-const drawMessage = async function (
+export const drawMessage = async function (
   diagram,
   msgModel,
   lineStartY: number,
@@ -468,9 +468,9 @@ const drawMessage = async function (
   const { startx, stopx, starty, message, type, sequenceIndex, sequenceVisible } = msgModel;
   const textDims = utils.calculateTextDimensions(message, messageFont(conf));
   const textObj = svgDrawCommon.getTextObj();
-  textObj.x = startx;
+  textObj.x = Math.min(startx, stopx);
   textObj.y = starty + 10;
-  textObj.width = stopx - startx;
+  textObj.width = Math.abs(stopx - startx);
   textObj.class = 'messageText';
   textObj.dy = '1em';
   textObj.text = message;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.spec.js
index 490852b5c15..3b39e2a2c01 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/svgDraw.spec.js
@@ -164,6 +164,57 @@ describe('svgDraw', function () {
       expect(text3.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('y', 10);
       expect(text3.text).toHaveBeenCalledWith('fine lines');
     });
+    describe('messageAlign anchor positioning', function () {
+      const x = 100;
+      const width = 200;
+      const textMargin = 10;
+
+      it('anchor "left" positions text at x + textMargin', function () {
+        const svg = MockD3('svg');
+        svgDraw.drawText(svg, {
+          x,
+          y: 20,
+          text: 'hello',
+          width,
+          anchor: 'left',
+          textMargin,
+        });
+        const text = svg.__children[0];
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('x', x + textMargin);
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('text-anchor', 'start');
+      });
+
+      it('anchor "center" positions text at x + width/2', function () {
+        const svg = MockD3('svg');
+        svgDraw.drawText(svg, {
+          x,
+          y: 20,
+          text: 'hello',
+          width,
+          anchor: 'center',
+          textMargin,
+        });
+        const text = svg.__children[0];
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('x', x + width / 2);
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('text-anchor', 'middle');
+      });
+
+      it('anchor "right" positions text at x + width - textMargin', function () {
+        const svg = MockD3('svg');
+        svgDraw.drawText(svg, {
+          x,
+          y: 20,
+          text: 'hello',
+          width,
+          anchor: 'right',
+          textMargin,
+        });
+        const text = svg.__children[0];
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('x', x + width - textMargin);
+        expect(text.attr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('text-anchor', 'end');
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should work with numeral font sizes', function () {
       const svg = MockD3('svg');
       svgDraw.drawText(svg, {