diff --git a/packages/victory-core/src/victory-util/textsize.ts b/packages/victory-core/src/victory-util/textsize.ts
index d7d2e80a3..01a40db03 100644
--- a/packages/victory-core/src/victory-util/textsize.ts
+++ b/packages/victory-core/src/victory-util/textsize.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // http://www.pearsonified.com/2012/01/characters-per-line.php
 /* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-import { assign, defaults } from "lodash";
+import { assign, defaults, memoize } from "lodash";
 
 // Based on measuring specific character widths
 // as in the following example https://bl.ocks.org/tophtucker/62f93a4658387bb61e4510c37e2e97cf
@@ -243,6 +243,77 @@ const _approximateTextHeightInternal = (text: string | string[], style) => {
   }, 0);
 };
 
+const _approximateDimensionsInternal = (
+  text: string | string[],
+  style?: TextSizeStyleInterface,
+) => {
+  const angle = Array.isArray(style)
+    ? style[0] && style[0].angle
+    : style && style.angle;
+  const height = _approximateTextHeightInternal(text, style);
+  const width = _approximateTextWidthInternal(text, style);
+  const widthWithRotate = angle
+    ? _getSizeWithRotate(width, height, angle)
+    : width;
+  const heightWithRotate = angle
+    ? _getSizeWithRotate(height, width, angle)
+    : height;
+  return {
+    width: widthWithRotate,
+    height: heightWithRotate * coefficients.heightOverlapCoef,
+  };
+};
+
+const _getMeasurementContainer = memoize(() => {
+  const element = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "svg");
+  element.setAttribute("xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
+
+  const containerElement = document.createElementNS(
+    "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",
+    "text",
+  );
+  element.appendChild(containerElement);
+
+  element.style.position = "fixed";
+  element.style.top = "-9999px";
+  element.style.left = "-9999px";
+
+  document.body.appendChild(element);
+
+  return containerElement;
+});
+
+const _measureDimensionsInternal = (
+  text: string | string[],
+  style?: TextSizeStyleInterface,
+) => {
+  const containerElement = _getMeasurementContainer();
+
+  const lines = _splitToLines(text);
+  for (const [i, line] of lines.entries()) {
+    const textElement = document.createElementNS(
+      "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg",
+      "tspan",
+    );
+    const params = _prepareParams(style, i);
+    textElement.style.fontFamily = params.fontFamily;
+    textElement.style.transform = `rotate(${params.angle})`;
+    textElement.style.fontSize = `${params.fontSize}px`;
+    textElement.style.lineHeight = params.lineHeight;
+    textElement.style.fontFamily = params.fontFamily;
+    textElement.style.letterSpacing = params.letterSpacing;
+    textElement.textContent = line;
+
+    containerElement.appendChild(textElement);
+  }
+
+  const { width, height } = containerElement.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+  containerElement.innerHTML = "";
+
+  return { width, height };
+};
+
 export interface TextSizeStyleInterface {
   angle?: number;
   characterConstant?: string;
@@ -255,21 +326,18 @@ export interface TextSizeStyleInterface {
 // Stubbable implementation.
 export const _approximateTextSizeInternal = {
   impl: (text: string | string[], style?: TextSizeStyleInterface) => {
-    const angle = Array.isArray(style)
-      ? style[0] && style[0].angle
-      : style && style.angle;
-    const height = _approximateTextHeightInternal(text, style);
-    const width = _approximateTextWidthInternal(text, style);
-    const widthWithRotate = angle
-      ? _getSizeWithRotate(width, height, angle)
-      : width;
-    const heightWithRotate = angle
-      ? _getSizeWithRotate(height, width, angle)
-      : height;
-    return {
-      width: widthWithRotate,
-      height: heightWithRotate * coefficients.heightOverlapCoef,
-    };
+    // Attempt to first measure the element in DOM. If there is no DOM, fallback
+    // to the less accurate approximation algorithm.
+    const isClient =
+      typeof window !== "undefined" &&
+      typeof window.document !== "undefined" &&
+      typeof window.document.createElement !== "undefined";
+
+    if (!isClient) {
+      return _approximateDimensionsInternal(text, style);
+    }
+
+    return _measureDimensionsInternal(text, style);
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/stories/victory-label.stories.js b/stories/victory-label.stories.js
index 322c92b9f..66b094861 100644
--- a/stories/victory-label.stories.js
+++ b/stories/victory-label.stories.js
@@ -415,6 +415,30 @@ export const LineHeight = () => {
           />
         }
       />
+      <VictoryScatter
+        {...defaultScatterProps}
+        labelComponent={
+          <VictoryLabel
+            lineHeight={[2, 1, 3]}
+            text={["测试汉字", "不在正常的 ASCII 范围内", "最后一行"]}
+            backgroundStyle={[{ stroke: "blue", fill: "none" }]}
+          />
+        }
+      />
+      <VictoryScatter
+        {...defaultScatterProps}
+        labelComponent={
+          <VictoryLabel
+            lineHeight={[2, 1, 3]}
+            text={[
+              "اختبار اللغات التي تُقرأ من اليمين إلى اليسار",
+              "مثل العربية",
+              "هناك أكثر من ذلك بكثير",
+            ]}
+            backgroundStyle={[{ stroke: "blue", fill: "none" }]}
+          />
+        }
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };