diff --git a/src/rubberband.cpp b/src/rubberband.cpp
index 1ff4e11fa459a64ada6fa1731329c091b1f2415f..f52e416fa5ac7d4d8fe03df63c578efc0ff862dd 100644
--- a/src/rubberband.cpp
+++ b/src/rubberband.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ void Inkscape::Rubberband::move(Geom::Point const &p)
     auto const &css = Handles::Manager::get().getCss()->style_map;
     auto const &style = css.at(Handles::TypeState{.type = _handle});
 
+    auto mode = _mode;
+    if (mode == Mode::EITHERRECT) {
+        mode = _start.x() > _end.x() ? Mode::TOUCHRECT : Mode::RECT;
+    }
+
     switch (_mode) {
         case Inkscape::Rubberband::Mode::RECT:
             if (!_rect) {
diff --git a/src/rubberband.h b/src/rubberband.h
index 85029aa0aaeef4ebe3f4174bf0b9192ef97255aa..bbdcbc5d71902eb19a6c19f6bf1705ab5f6cb830 100644
--- a/src/rubberband.h
+++ b/src/rubberband.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public:
     enum class Mode {
         RECT,
         TOUCHPATH,
-        TOUCHRECT
+        TOUCHRECT,
+        EITHERRECT // Right to Left
     };
 
     void start(SPDesktop *desktop, Geom::Point const &p, bool tolerance = false);
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index b9093e958fd1f9577d82623cf2837b057b2b5537..a5ebce5883acf1935d4e1d90018344e66c0041cc 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -2567,12 +2567,15 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageBehavior()
     _sel_inlayer_same.init ( _("Select same behaves like select all"), "/options/selection/samelikeall", false);
 
     _sel_layer_deselects.init ( _("Deselect upon layer change"), "/options/selection/layerdeselect", true);
+    _sel_right_to_left.init ( _("Right to left touch selection"), "/options/selection/righttoleft", false);
 
     _sel_touch_topmost_only.init ( _("Select the topmost items only when in touch selection mode"), "/options/selection/touchsel_topmost_only", true);
     _sel_zero_opacity.init(_("Select transparent objects, strokes, and fills"), "/options/selection/zeroopacity", false);
 
     _page_select.add_line( false, "", _sel_layer_deselects, "",
                            _("Uncheck this to be able to keep the current objects selected when the current layer changes"));
+    _page_select.add_line( false, "", _sel_right_to_left, "",
+                           _("Check this if you want to use CAD based 'cross' selection where Right to Left selections use touch selection mode."));
     _page_select.add_line(
         false, "", _sel_zero_opacity, "",
         _("Check to make objects, strokes, and fills which are completely transparent selectable even if not in outline mode"));
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.h b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.h
index f9364e994be94817700eb34ee57ae9880810f96a..c4a527b91aa55f875c968c58e9a09142177f8cb3 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.h
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.h
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ protected:
     UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_inlayer_same;
     UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_touch_topmost_only;
     UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_layer_deselects;
+    UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_right_to_left;
     UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_cycle;
     UI::Widget::PrefCheckButton _sel_zero_opacity;
 
diff --git a/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.cpp b/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.cpp
index 53fd5283b3d85c55e06456c6d9d88a345c0b498a..bc4e290f28702bfe9de963a9eb261af60060e31d 100644
--- a/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ SelectToolbar::SelectToolbar(SPDesktop *desktop)
     _select_touch_btn.set_active(prefs->getBool("/tools/select/touch_box", false));
     _select_touch_btn.signal_toggled().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this, &SelectToolbar::toggle_touch));
 
+    // Hide and show the touch rectangle option when in right to left mode
+    _select_touch_btn.set_visible(!prefs->getBool("/options/selection/righttoleft", false));
+    _prefs_oberver = prefs->createObserver("/options/selection/righttoleft", [=](const Preferences::Entry& entry) {
+        _select_touch_btn.set_visible(!entry.getBool());
+    });
+
     _tracker->addUnit(Util::UnitTable::get().getUnit("%"));
     _tracker->setActiveUnit(desktop->getNamedView()->display_units);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.h b/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.h
index f8c750dda5e1cff7e07a00affb5e61559b9cdd5b..2785a7265fa73fe20fba98d6812f1f94e3a918c3 100644
--- a/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.h
+++ b/src/ui/toolbar/select-toolbar.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <glibmm/refptr.h>
 
+#include "preferences.h"
 #include "toolbar.h"
 #include "helper/auto-connection.h"
 
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ private:
     std::vector<Gtk::Widget *> _context_items;
     std::vector<auto_connection> _connections;
 
+    Inkscape::PrefObserver _prefs_oberver;
+
     bool _update;
     std::string _action_key;
     std::string const _action_prefix;
diff --git a/src/ui/tools/select-tool.cpp b/src/ui/tools/select-tool.cpp
index ddcf7e2260535507ef918c4d18553a7e58364d2c..cca5b0b26607908140b0d265a0c03a9a5e5883d7 100644
--- a/src/ui/tools/select-tool.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/tools/select-tool.cpp
@@ -1043,9 +1043,12 @@ void SelectTool::updateDescriber(Inkscape::Selection *selection)
  */
 std::pair<Rubberband::Mode, CanvasItemCtrlType> SelectTool::get_default_rubberband_state()
 {
+    auto prefs = Inkscape::Preferences::get();
     auto mode = Rubberband::default_mode;
     auto handle = Rubberband::default_handle;
-    if (Inkscape::Preferences::get()->getBool("/tools/select/touch_box", false)) {
+    if (prefs->getBool("/options/selection/righttoleft", false)) {
+        mode = Rubberband::Mode::EITHERRECT;
+    } else if (prefs->getBool("/tools/select/touch_box", false)) {
         mode = Rubberband::Mode::TOUCHRECT;
         handle = CanvasItemCtrlType::RUBBERBAND_TOUCHRECT;
     }