diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
index f0755294794c76a7f6e2a8963276bc76093f80b2..98e82355502faeb11e495ef09d646a7ff2154e15 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 ea3b78b67a1ec90ee48b7e2c75f38fd0715d2206..781e6e11b95fb44ccfa8ad0851a01b1b9fe6d9ba 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)}`);