diff --git a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
index 7840e992602..b85eb8357ed 100644
--- a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
+++ b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@
 .mx_Markdown_STRIKETHROUGH {
     text-decoration: line-through;
 }
+
+.mx_Emoji {
+    /* Should be 1.8rem for our default message bodies, and scale with the */
+    /* surrounding text */
+    font-size: max($font-18px, 1em);
+    vertical-align: bottom;
+}