diff --git a/lib/widgets/emoji.dart b/lib/widgets/emoji.dart
index d8af9827d76..a2fa55e2502 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/emoji.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/emoji.dart
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ class UnicodeEmojiWidget extends StatelessWidget {
           SizedBox(height: boxSize, width: boxSize),
           PositionedDirectional(start: 0, child: Text(
             textScaler: textScaler,
-            style: TextStyle(fontSize: size),
+            style: TextStyle(
+              fontFamily: 'Apple Color Emoji',
+              fontSize: size),
             strutStyle: StrutStyle(fontSize: size, forceStrutHeight: true),
             emojiDisplay.emojiUnicode)),
         ]);