diff --git a/dev/react/src/tests/animate-presence-pop-rtl.tsx b/dev/react/src/tests/animate-presence-pop-rtl.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9816f9a801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/react/src/tests/animate-presence-pop-rtl.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "framer-motion"
+import { useState } from "react"
+
+export const App = () => {
+    const [state, setState] = useState(true)
+
+    return (
+        <div dir="rtl">
+            <div
+                id="container"
+                style={{
+                    display: "flex",
+                    width: "fit-content",
+                    position: "relative",
+                }}
+                onClick={() => setState(!state)}
+            >
+                <AnimatePresence mode="popLayout">
+                    <motion.div
+                        key="a"
+                        id="a"
+                        style={{
+                            width: 100,
+                            height: 100,
+                            backgroundColor: "red",
+                        }}
+                    />
+                    {state ? (
+                        <motion.div
+                            key="b"
+                            id="b"
+                            exit={{
+                                opacity: 0,
+                                transition: { duration: 10 },
+                            }}
+                            style={{
+                                width: 100,
+                                height: 100,
+                                backgroundColor: "green",
+                            }}
+                        />
+                    ) : null}
+                </AnimatePresence>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/cypress/integration/animate-presence-pop-rtl.ts b/packages/framer-motion/cypress/integration/animate-presence-pop-rtl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a47e02bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/cypress/integration/animate-presence-pop-rtl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+describe("AnimatePresence popLayout RTL", () => {
+    it("correctly pops exiting elements in RTL direction without shifting", () => {
+        let initialLeft: number
+
+        cy.visit("?test=animate-presence-pop-rtl")
+            .wait(50)
+            .get("#b")
+            .then(([$b]: any) => {
+                initialLeft = $b.getBoundingClientRect().left
+            })
+            .get("#container")
+            .trigger("click", 60, 60, { force: true })
+            .wait(100)
+            .get("#b")
+            .should(([$b]: any) => {
+                const bbox = $b.getBoundingClientRect()
+                expect(bbox.left).to.equal(initialLeft)
+            })
+    })
+})
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PopChild.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PopChild.tsx
index 1eb727a4ff..aaf586874d 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PopChild.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/components/AnimatePresence/PopChild.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ interface Size {
     left: number
     right: number
     bottom: number
+    direction: string
 }
 
 interface Props {
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class PopChildMeasure extends React.Component<MeasureProps> {
             size.left = element.offsetLeft
             size.right = parentWidth - size.width - size.left
             size.bottom = parentHeight - size.height - size.top
+            size.direction = computedStyle.direction
         }
 
         return null
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ export function PopChild({ children, isPresent, anchorX, anchorY, root, pop }: P
         left: 0,
         right: 0,
         bottom: 0,
+        direction: "ltr",
     })
     const { nonce } = useContext(MotionConfigContext)
     /**
@@ -100,10 +103,13 @@ export function PopChild({ children, isPresent, anchorX, anchorY, root, pop }: P
      * styles set via the style prop.
      */
     useInsertionEffect(() => {
-        const { width, height, top, left, right, bottom } = size.current
+        const { width, height, top, left, right, bottom, direction } = size.current
         if (isPresent || pop === false || !ref.current || !width || !height) return
 
-        const x = anchorX === "left" ? `left: ${left}` : `right: ${right}`
+        const isRTL = direction === "rtl"
+        const x = anchorX === "left"
+            ? (isRTL ? `right: ${right}` : `left: ${left}`)
+            : (isRTL ? `left: ${left}` : `right: ${right}`)
         const y = anchorY === "bottom" ? `bottom: ${bottom}` : `top: ${top}`
 
         ref.current.dataset.motionPopId = id