diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/display_list/aiks_dl_text_unittests.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/display_list/aiks_dl_text_unittests.cc
index 4f11e10f29..c26530af02 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/display_list/aiks_dl_text_unittests.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/display_list/aiks_dl_text_unittests.cc
@@ -155,6 +155,28 @@ TEST_P(AiksTest, CanRenderTextFrameWithHalfScaling) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(OpenPlaygroundHere(builder.Build()));
 }
 
+// This is a test that looks for glyph artifacts we've see.
+TEST_P(AiksTest, ScaledK) {
+  DisplayListBuilder builder;
+  DlPaint paint;
+  paint.setColor(DlColor::ARGB(1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1));
+  builder.DrawPaint(paint);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
+    builder.Save();
+    builder.Translate(300 * i, 0);
+    Scalar scale = 0.445 - (i / 1000.f);
+    builder.Scale(scale, scale);
+    RenderTextInCanvasSkia(
+        GetContext(), builder, "k", "Roboto-Regular.ttf",
+        TextRenderOptions{.font_size = 600, .position = DlPoint(10, 500)});
+    RenderTextInCanvasSkia(
+        GetContext(), builder, "k", "Roboto-Regular.ttf",
+        TextRenderOptions{.font_size = 300, .position = DlPoint(10, 800)});
+    builder.Restore();
+  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(OpenPlaygroundHere(builder.Build()));
+}
+
 TEST_P(AiksTest, CanRenderTextFrameWithFractionScaling) {
   Scalar fine_scale = 0.f;
   bool is_subpixel = false;
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/text_contents.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/text_contents.cc
index 7c8be8c684..d3d6f6e36e 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/text_contents.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/entity/contents/text_contents.cc
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ void TextContents::ComputeVertexData(
         Point position;
         if (is_translation_scale) {
           position = (screen_glyph_position +
-                      (basis_transform * point * scaled_bounds.GetSize()))
+                      ((basis_transform.m[0] < 0 ? Matrix::MakeScale({-1, 1, 1})
+                                                 : Matrix()) *
+                       point * glyph_bounds.GetSize()))
                          .Round();
         } else {
           position = entity_transform *
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/testing/impeller_golden_tests_output.txt b/engine/src/flutter/testing/impeller_golden_tests_output.txt
index 5cb5a2cc76..c7318d7805 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/testing/impeller_golden_tests_output.txt
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/testing/impeller_golden_tests_output.txt
@@ -880,6 +880,9 @@ impeller_Play_AiksTest_SaveLayerDrawsBehindSubsequentEntities_Vulkan.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SaveLayerFiltersScaleWithTransform_Metal.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SaveLayerFiltersScaleWithTransform_OpenGLES.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SaveLayerFiltersScaleWithTransform_Vulkan.png
+impeller_Play_AiksTest_ScaledK_Metal.png
+impeller_Play_AiksTest_ScaledK_OpenGLES.png
+impeller_Play_AiksTest_ScaledK_Vulkan.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SetContentsWithRegion_Metal.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SetContentsWithRegion_OpenGLES.png
 impeller_Play_AiksTest_SetContentsWithRegion_Vulkan.png