diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/emoji_react_validator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/emoji_react_validator.ex
index ed072b888..bf5166633 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/emoji_react_validator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/object_validators/emoji_react_validator.ex
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.EmojiReactValidator do
   defp fix(data) do
     data =
       data
+      |> fix_emoji_qualification()
       |> CommonFixes.fix_actor()
       |> CommonFixes.fix_activity_addressing()
 
@@ -61,6 +62,20 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.EmojiReactValidator do
     end
   end
 
+  defp fix_emoji_qualification(%{"content" => emoji} = data) do
+    # Emoji variation sequence
+    new_emoji = emoji <> "\uFE0F"
+
+    if Pleroma.Emoji.is_unicode_emoji?(new_emoji) do
+      data
+      |> Map.put("content", new_emoji)
+    else
+      data
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp fix_emoji_qualification(data), do: data
+
   defp validate_emoji(cng) do
     content = get_field(cng, :content)
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction-unqualified.json b/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction-unqualified.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..722fd7092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/emoji-reaction-unqualified.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "type": "EmojiReact",
+  "signature": {
+    "type": "RsaSignature2017",
+    "signatureValue": "fdxMfQSMwbC6wP6sh6neS/vM5879K67yQkHTbiT5Npr5wAac0y6+o3Ij+41tN3rL6wfuGTosSBTHOtta6R4GCOOhCaCSLMZKypnp1VltCzLDoyrZELnYQIC8gpUXVmIycZbREk22qWUe/w7DAFaKK4UscBlHDzeDVcA0K3Se5Sluqi9/Zh+ldAnEzj/rSEPDjrtvf5wGNf3fHxbKSRKFt90JvKK6hS+vxKUhlRFDf6/SMETw+EhwJSNW4d10yMUakqUWsFv4Acq5LW7l+HpYMvlYY1FZhNde1+uonnCyuQDyvzkff8zwtEJmAXC4RivO/VVLa17SmqheJZfI8oluVg==",
+    "creator": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#main-key",
+    "created": "2018-02-17T18:57:49Z"
+  },
+  "object": "http://localtesting.pleroma.lol/objects/eb92579d-3417-42a8-8652-2492c2d4f454",
+  "content": "❤",
+  "nickname": "lain",
+  "id": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#reactions/2",
+  "actor": "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin",
+  "@context": [
+    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
+    {
+      "toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#",
+      "sensitive": "as:sensitive",
+      "ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#",
+      "movedTo": "as:movedTo",
+      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers",
+      "inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri",
+      "conversation": "ostatus:conversation",
+      "atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri",
+      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
+      "Emoji": "toot:Emoji"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/emoji_react_handling_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/emoji_react_handling_test.exs
index ceedb185f..41d96fa66 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/emoji_react_handling_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/emoji_react_handling_test.exs
@@ -37,6 +37,32 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier.EmojiReactHandlingTest do
     assert match?([["👌", _]], object.data["reactions"])
   end
 
+  test "it works for incoming unqualified emoji reactions" do
+    user = insert(:user)
+    other_user = insert(:user, local: false)
+    {:ok, activity} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{status: "hello"})
+
+    data =
+      File.read!("test/fixtures/emoji-reaction-unqualified.json")
+      |> Jason.decode!()
+      |> Map.put("object", activity.data["object"])
+      |> Map.put("actor", other_user.ap_id)
+
+    {:ok, %Activity{data: data, local: false}} = Transmogrifier.handle_incoming(data)
+
+    assert data["actor"] == other_user.ap_id
+    assert data["type"] == "EmojiReact"
+    assert data["id"] == "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin#reactions/2"
+    assert data["object"] == activity.data["object"]
+    # heart emoji with added emoji variation sequence
+    assert data["content"] == "❤\uFE0F"
+
+    object = Object.get_by_ap_id(data["object"])
+
+    assert object.data["reaction_count"] == 1
+    assert match?([["❤\uFE0F", _]], object.data["reactions"])
+  end
+
   test "it reject invalid emoji reactions" do
     user = insert(:user)
     other_user = insert(:user, local: false)