diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index f0755294..98e82355 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export default class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
 
   handleEmojiPick = (data) => {
     const position     = this.autosuggestTextarea.textarea.selectionStart;
-    const emojiChar    = String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(data.unicode, 16));
+    const emojiChar    = data.unicode.split('-').map(code => String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(code, 16))).join('');
     this._restoreCaret = position + emojiChar.length + 1;
     this.props.onPickEmoji(position, data);
   }
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
index ea3b78b6..781e6e11 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const insertSuggestion = (state, position, token, completion) => {
 };
 
 const insertEmoji = (state, position, emojiData) => {
-  const emoji = String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(emojiData.unicode, 16));
+  const emoji = emojiData.unicode.split('-').map(code => String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(code, 16))).join('');
 
   return state.withMutations(map => {
     map.update('text', oldText => `${oldText.slice(0, position)}${emoji} ${oldText.slice(position)}`);