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diff --git a/lisp/language/hebrew.el b/lisp/language/hebrew.el
index 3e8ad4d8389..bd32ba59b05 100644
--- a/lisp/language/hebrew.el
+++ b/lisp/language/hebrew.el
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
 
 (define-coding-system-alias 'iso-8859-8 'hebrew-iso-8bit)
 
+;; These are for Explicit and Implicit directionality information, as
+;; defined in RFC 1556.  We don't yet support directional information
+;; in bidi languages, so these aliases are a lie, especially as far as
+;; iso-8859-8-e is concerned.  FIXME.
+(define-coding-system-alias 'iso-8859-8-e 'hebrew-iso-8bit)
+(define-coding-system-alias 'iso-8859-8-i 'hebrew-iso-8bit)
+
 (set-language-info-alist
  "Hebrew" '((charset . (hebrew-iso8859-8))
             (coding-priority hebrew-iso-8bit)